Order Embioptera (Noun)
Meaning
Web spinners.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Order Embioptera consists of approximately 400 species of web spinners, most of which live in warm, dry climates.
- Web spinners in the order Embioptera produce silk from their enlarged hind legs to construct webs.
- In order Embioptera, female web spinners usually lack hind wings and tend to stay near their webs.
- Members of the order Embioptera exhibit distinct leg adaptations, particularly the web spinners' silk-producing hind legs.
- Researchers are working to further understand the order Embioptera and its place in the larger arthropod phylogeny, specifically among web spinners.