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Antlion
Antlions are a group of insects in the family Myrmeleontidae (sometimes misspelled as "Myrmeleonidae"). The most well-known genus is Myrmeleo. There are about 2,000 species. Strictly speaking, the term "antlion" applies to the larval form of the members of this family, but while several languages have their own terms for the adult, there is no widely used word for them in English. Very rarely, the adults are called "antlion lacewings".
Spotted on Mar 29, 2013
Submitted on Mar 29, 2013
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Distoleon tetragrammicus
Yes, this bug will become! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Distol...
How big is this larva? It looks much bigger than our mexican ones. Do you know which antlion it turns into? Very neat spotting.
How long was it? It looks much bigger than those we have here. Very nice spotting! Do you know which antlion it turns into?
Yes, and the tip of the loader
yup right at the bottom. Looks a little striped.
Yes, if you look closely you will notice, I took out the soil
this is an ant lion pit? Is the antlion in there?