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ORDER: ZYGENTOMA
(Ancient Greek - zyg = bridge ; entoma= insect)
Wingless primitive insects up to 20mm long. More common in damp sheds than in the garden, medium sized, flattened, silvery scaled.
Fleas use their leg joints as levers to crouch down, before springing up to 200 times their body length.
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