What is Embioptera?
{{taxobox | name = Embioptera | fossil_range= [[Jurassic]] – Recent | image = Embia_major.jpg | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | subclassis = [[Pterygota]] | infraclassis = [[Neoptera]] | ordo = '''Embioptera''' | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = There are two suborders and ten families}} The '''Embioptera''' are an order of [[insect]]s, commonly known as '''webspinners'''. Webspinners are a small group of mostly tropical and subtropical insects. They are in the subclass [[Pterygota]]. The group first appeared during the [[Jurassic]] and is well represented in [[Cretaceous]] amber. The common name webspinner comes from the insects' ability to spin silk from structures on their front legs. They use the silk to make a web-like pouch or gallery in which they live. They feed on leaf litter, moss, bark and lichen. Occasionally they arrive in [[temperate]] countries, usually as passengers on [[cargo]].<ref>Briggs, Helen 2019. Webspinners: new order of insects sets up home in UK. ''BBC News'' Science & Environment. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47335931]</ref> {{-}} == References == {{reflist}} [[category:Insects]]