Archaeognatha

Your insect is probably a bristletail

 

Fact file

Order: Archaeognatha
Body length: 7 - 15mm
Species: World - 350, UK - 7

Bristletails are found almost everywhere - under stones, in leaf litter, or on rocks at the seashore. They look a bit like silverfish but have a humped body that lets them jump out of the way of predators.

 

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illustration Archaeognatha