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Doodles

The doodlebug larvae, aka antlions, are back and have set their traps in waiting for hapless ants to fall into and become a meal. These larvae may wait in their pits for days for meal, and it could take months to ingest enough ants to grow into the lacy-winged adult fly that is sometimes mistakenContinue reading “Doodles”

Oodles of Doodles

Steep-walled pits shadowed in the lowering sunlight are the lairs of antlion larvae which are often referred to as doodlebugs. The larvae wait patiently, I guess, for small insects, mostly ants, to tumble into the pit to be captured and consumed as food. It may take months for the doodlebugs to catch enough food toContinue reading “Oodles of Doodles”