Embiidina
    
    The name of the order derives from the Greek word ‘embio' meaning lively, referring to the fluttery movement of the wings in males. They are also known as webspinners because they spin webs from the silk secreted by glands present in the enlarged tarsi of the front legs (unique among insects). Embiids are small insects, ranging from 4 to 15 millimeters in body length. There are about 300 known species, in 8 families, and most are tropical or subtropical. Webspinners live gregariously within the silken nests or tunnels they build under leaves or bark. During the day they remain in these shelters, and at night they come out to feed on plant material, which includes leaves, bark, mosses and lichens. Webspinners undergo simple metamorphosis; eggs are laid in the tunnels, and nimphs undergo 4 instars before reaching adulthood. Only adult males may have wings; those who do disperse from one colony to another before mating. Male webspinners probably do not eat, and they enter the female tunnel only to mate, after which they die soon after. Females generally exhibit simple parental care, licking the eggs and occasionally moving them.