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Trigoniophthalmus alternatus, a non-native jumping bristletail common in humid areas where I live. unlike almost all insects most people are familiar with, jumping bristletails are ancestrally wingless—a very old lineage! they don’t seem to be too disappointed with their lot in life though, grazing on algae in the same old way as ever and also firing themselves a good foot in the air when startled.