antlion

In reality, antlions bear no resemblance to elephants barring the two tiny prongs that could be misinterpreted as tusks.

Scientists reveal terrifying tactics antlions use to lure prey into death traps

For instance, antlions throw small pebbles at potential prey, archer fish down prey by spitting water at them, and sea otters use stones to crack open shells.

Sand-dwelling antlions in central Florida are non-invasive, nonendemic organisms that nevertheless thrive in the Florida scrub, a rare xeric ecosystem with a remarkably high rate of endemism (Deyrup 1990).

Phenology and larval-adult size relations in the antlions Macroleon quinquemaculatus.

The larval duration of antlions ranges from three months to two years, depending on the availability of prey (Furunishi & Masaki, 1981, 1982).

Antlions (Myrmeleontidae) is the biggest and cosmopolitan family of Neuroptera whose larvae have adopted a diversity of predatory strategies.

For example, lucas and Brockmann (1981) studied the predatory behavior of antlions (Myrmeleon crudelis) they fed red-imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) and, in two cases, antlion larvae died with fire ants locked onto their mandibles.

Effects of larval antlions Euroleon nostras (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae) and their pits on the escape-time of ants.

In a Patch of Fireweed Injecting his great curiosity and by Bernd Heinrich wonder, Heinrich reveals each step Harvard University Press, 1984 of his thinking as he struggles with scientific problems: thermoregulation in moths and bees, aggregation by whirligigs, leaf manipulation by caterpillars, and behavior of dung beetles, antlions, and wasps.

Substrate particle-preference of wormlion Vermileo vermileo (Diptera: Vermileonidae) larvae and their interaction with antlions. Eur.

Their highly characteristic, fairly slow, flapping flight was intriguing and reminiscent of some large antlions (e.g., species of Palpares).