The legs are about the same size and length and are set back underneath the body. cerci, which is a pair of appendages near the end of the abdomen. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Cercopoda: jointed foot-like appendages of the last abdominal segment; also applied like cerci. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
This particular individual was ~4.5 mm long from the front of its head to the tips of the appendages cerci at the rear end. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-12-01] Reference
Penicilli: a pair of small style or cerci-like pieces on the tip of the 8th dorsal segment of abdomen of various male Hymenoptera. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
But it is not, because I found it in a sealed bag therefore, it came out of a snail shell & it has a pair of cerci that are characteristics of drilid larvae. From Wordnik.com. [It was 5 years ago today] Reference
Infra-cereal plates: in Orthoptera - generally inconspicuous paired plates which underlie in part the cerci and in part the lateral portion of the supra-anal plate. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Most have forceps-like cerci (pichers) on the last segment of their abdomen. From Wordnik.com. [Ultimi bookmark postati su Segnalo] Reference
A. the base of the tail-feelers or cerci also, there are little tufts of thread-like gills as J.A. Palmén (1877) has shown. From Wordnik.com. [The Life-Story of Insects] Reference
The abdomen extends well beyond the wings, and frequently, though not always, ends in a pair of forceps-like structures termed cerci. From Wordnik.com. [News] Reference
From the egg of one of these beetles is hatched a minute armoured larva, with long feelers, legs, and cerci, whose task is, for example, to seize hold of a bee in order that the latter may carry it, an uninvited guest, to her nest. From Wordnik.com. [The Life-Story of Insects] Reference
One feature in which the larva often agrees with the imago is the possession on the terminal abdominal segment of a pair of long jointed cerci, and in many genera a median jointed tail-process (see fig. 9) is also present, in some cases both in the larva and the imago, in others in the larva during its later stages only. From Wordnik.com. [The Life-Story of Insects] Reference
Cercus: see cerci. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
1.5 inches or 38 mm in length male has both cerci and stylets incubation period: 38-49 days. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The second photo is a close-up of the cerci. From Wordnik.com. [Iowa Voice] Reference
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