#antlion
a rare glimpse of a pit-building antlion larva (Myrmeleon sp.) doodling around outside its pit
antlions can’t walk forwards, exclusively moving backwards via wiggly butt motions and using their head to toss sand out of the way
Ebony jewelwings and green lacewing larva are both beautiful in their own ways, one a bit more traditionally so than the other. ️
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The antlion loves ants. It loves them so much that it digs a slippery, conical deathpit house of fun, just for them. Sweet! Ants that stray into it slip downwards; if they manage to get a foothold, the antlion flicks sand at them so they lose their grip because it’s excited. Fun! When they reach the bottom, the antlion bites hugs them with its massive jaws and injects them with paralysing venom love. Awww!
Sources:Cotinis via Bugguide
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