Machiloides banksi

Machiloides banksi · Order: Archaeognatha · Family: Meinertellidae

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Machiloides banksi
Photo: John P Friel, CC BY

Machiloides banksi is a rock bristletail that lives in the eastern United States. Adults are between 10 and 20 mm long.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

It measures about 10 to 20 mm in length.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is native to the eastern United States.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 7 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Mississippi, Virginia, Georgia, Missouri.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

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Photo: John P Friel, CC BY
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Photo: John P Friel, CC BY
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Photo: Katja Schulz, CC BY
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Photo: Alie / C.A. Kratzer, CC BY-SA

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machiloides_banksi

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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