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The silverfish and firebrats, moderate-sized to small insects with three taillike appendages at the end of the abdomen. Similar to the Microcoryphia (Archaeognatha), the jumping bristletails.

Links:

Gordon Ramel's Thysanura Page Introduction to the biology, classification, and ecology of silverfish, the Thysanura. www.earthlife.net/insects/thysan.html

Silverfish and Firebrats (Order Thysanura) Introduction and images from California. www.bugpeople.org/taxa/Thysanura/OrderThysanuraPage.htm

Thysanura Introduction to silverfish and firebrats from John R. Meyer's Entomology class. www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/compendium/silver.html

Thysanura (Silverfish, Fishmoths) Introduction from the South African Museum. www.museums.org.za/bio/insects/fishmoths

Thysanura of North America Systematic checklist. www.nearctica.com/nomina/oddbugs/thysanur.htm

Fishmoths (Thysanura) of South Africa Systematic checklist. www.ru.ac.za/academic/departments/zooento/Martin/thysanura.html

Silverfish and Firebrats Notes from Iowa State. www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/silverfi.html

Thysanura Introduction and images from Discover Life. www.discoverlife.org/nh/tx/Insecta/Thysanura

Silverfish Fact sheet from Virginia Tech. www.ext.vt.edu/departments/entomology/factsheets/silverfi.html

Thysanura (Silverfish and Firebrats) Image, very brief introduction, and references. tolweb.org/tree?group=Thysanura&contgroup=Insecta

Silverfish and Firebrats Identification, life cycle, and control. An Ohio State University Extension fact sheet. ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2108.html

Integrated Pest Management in Schools Identification and control of silverfish, firebrats, and booklice. schoolipm.ifas.ufl.edu/tp12.htm

Silverfish, Firebrat Basic information from Texas A&M University. insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/aimg2.html

Digital Microscopy at Mount Allison University Scanning electron micrographs of a silverfish. www.mta.ca/dmf/silverfish.htm