Each year when I have visited Cyprus particularly but also other countries in the Mediterranean I have been struck by the number of bristletails and related species that I find outdoors, under stones. I find this group fascinating but there seems to be little published (at least not that I can find) and very little on the internet. Sadly even with keys I doubt I could identify them myself as poor (and deteriorating) manual dexterity is severely restricting me in every day activities and in typing as well as in natural history as I cannot manipulate small things, undertake microscopy etc which is very frustrating. Fortunately I am still at present managing to take reasonable photographs.
There are two species that appear to be particularly common in Cyprus as I have found them there regularly and photographed them previously in 2014 and these were again seen at several sites this year. Foolishly I neglected to collect any but I do have the images.
I wonder if anyone could help as I am keen to know what they are and it would be good to get more people aware of these. Is there a specialist out there who could help with these please?
This second one (as with the first) one was photographed near San Andreas, Korucam Burnu, in the north of Cyprus on 25 March 2014. I think ithis one is possibly Neoasterolepisma wasmannii
Any specialist help would be very greatly appreciated.