have wings and are able to disperse, whereas the females remain near where they were hatched. Newly mated females may vacate the colony and establish a new one nearby. Others may emerge to search for a new food source to which the galleries can be extended, but in general, the insects rarely venture from their galleries.

Name and entomology

The name Embioptera ("lively wings") comes from Greek ?u???? , meaning "lively", and ?????? , meaning "wing", a name that has not been

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