This bristletail was in the deep, dark part of the twilight zone
In the boulder choke entrance. Mostly on vertical surfaces or on the ceiling.
Bristletails were mostly on vertical walls or 'ceiling' of boulders.
Found on the ceiling/wall of the cave, not far from the entrance.
Stylus on second and third leg pairs. Claws => male. There were two bristletails well into the entrance boulder choke. This habitat is very similar to observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/204799135. The entrances to the caves are holes filled with a pile of boulders, and the bristletails are found on the bottom of the lowest boulders. There are probably more living inside the boulder choke in cavities too small for me to access.
An adult and a juvenile were on the wall of the cave in the large entrance chamber. Although this part of the cave is not completely dark all the time, light levels are very low. The other specimens were hidden under the boulder collapse that forms the entrance to the cave.
This small Machiloides was in the twilight area of the cave, but in the darkness under a boulder. This was the smallest of three that were all next to each other. The body is about 6mm long. It appeared much lighter than the others next to it, and on closer inspection appears to not have its outer skin of scales.
This bristle tail was in the deepest, darkest part of the twilight zone.
Found in the gaps between boulders in the boulder choke entrance.
These two were in the same place as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202522265. Approx 1m outside the drip line of the cave entrance. The bristletails were in a recess on the wall of the 1.5m wide crack that leads to the cave entrance. Not sure of the gender of either. I could not see an ovipositor, nor could I see the spurs on the maxillipalps.
Entrance/Twilight zone of cave. There is a little light, lots of moisture in winter. Cool all year.
One of a few bristle tails in the entrance zone of the cave. This one dropped off the cave wall and disappeared into a crack before I could take more pictures.
I saw 3 Bristle-tails in the twilight zone of this cave.
Body (excluding tail) approx 20mm. This was the only specimen I saw. It was inside the cave near floor level, but directly below a sky-light cave entrance 20m above. This means that although it was deep into the dark zone of the cave, there was an entrance nearby.
Body: 11mm, Ant:26mm, Cerci:5mm, Term filament: 17mm. Found on the bottom of a large boulder, near the entrance, but in a completely dark area
There was a group of 4 bristletails together on the wall in the twilight zone of the cave. This area is in deep shade, and probably remains cool and damp most of the year.
It appears that bristletails do not travel well, as these have lost their scales too.
Ronan's Well Cave entrance. There were a number of bristletails in the cave entrance. See the last picture were a few have congregated in a recess in the cave wall.
This insect was found in long grass.
A black fly with wings like a wasp
Found on green tree by itself, I guess is a loner yet beautiful