“Look at all the antlions you have,” Tavares resident Mike Endres said, pointing at the sandy ground surrounding our bamboo gazebo. “You must know all about antlions.” Staring at the patch of ...

Antlions or doodlebugs (Myrmeleon immaculatus) are tiny insect larvae that dig funnel-shaped pits in sandy soil in areas protected from wind and direct rainfall. If you have a sharp eye, you can find ...

A study shows that pretending to be immobile — sometimes for an hour or more — helps larvae of insects called antlions outlast hungry predators. By Cara Giaimo Antlion larvae are famously ferocious: ...

A fierce looking insect, the antlion lives in ambush holes in the earth waiting for, you guessed it, ants to drop in! Stuart McCausland cq photographed this antlion and several others along with lots ...

If you are an outdoorsy person, you would have sometimes noticed tiny, 3-inch wide conical pits on the ground. Seen where the soil is loose, these spiral, conical holes are created by a tiny, oval, ...