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For anyone thats interested heres the whole 'Life History and Ecology' text:
Life History and Ecology
The order Embiidina (webspinners or embiids) is another group within the Orthopteroid complex that probably appeared early in the Carboniferous period. Many insect taxonomists believe webspinners represent another evolutionary "dead end" that diverged about the same time as Plecoptera. Determining phylogenetic relationships for this group is unusually difficult because the Embioptera have a number of adaptations not found in any other insects. The tarsi of the front legs, for example, are enlarged and contain glands that produce silk. No other group of insects, fossil or modern, have silk-producing glands in the legs. The silk is used to construct elaborate nests and tunnels under leaves or bark. Webspinners live gregariously within these silken nests, feeding on grass, dead leaves, moss, lichens, or bark. Nymphs and adults are similar in appearance. Embiids rarely leave their silken tunnels; a colony grows by expanding its tunnel system to new food resources. Well-developed muscles in the hind legs allow these insects to run backward through their tunnels as easily as they run forward. Only adult males have wings. Front and hind wings are similar in shape and unusually flexible; they fold over the head when the insect runs backward through its tunnels. Blood (hemolymph) is pumped into anterior veins to stiffen the wings during flight. In Embiidina, the mouthparts are directed forward (prognathous) rather than downward as in other primitive orthropteroids. This may simply be an adaptation for life in a tunnel, or as some taxonomists have suggested, it may mean that Embiidina are really more closely related to earwigs (order Demaptera). Most Embiidina are tropical or subtropical.
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Message edited on: 09/10/2005 11:42
WOW!!! I think this one looks really good Jeroen!!! I have a suggestion though...why not make a webpage for me as well? I would love to have one myself.
How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when
isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is
supposed to be fire and brimstone?
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I agree Jeroen this looks really good to me !!!
Ilona
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I prefer the new look to the previous one. I liked it also but seening the new one convinces me this is better. I think the layout and color, etc., work well with the type of website you are putting together. Tom. You are way ahead in "style" to many sites with .edu in the addresses, done by universities, etc.
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