If you've ever seen small, cone-shaped pits in fine soil or sand, you've likely found an antlion trap. These pit-building insect larvae hide beneath the surface, waiting to ambush ants and other small ...

An antlion (Euroleon nostras) waits in its sand pit for prey insects that fall or run into the funnel. Normally you can only see its sickle-like pincers sticking out of the sand. The larvae of ...

A couple of months ago as I was unlocking the door to my barn, I noticed a conical-shaped hole in the sandy soil next to the door sill. It looked like an upside-down volcano about two inches in ...

THE brine-pit1 described is apparently a disused A well from which brine was formerly pumped (Fig. I). It is situated on the south side of Wych-brook, the boundary between Cheshire and Flintshire ...

Scuba diving in abandoned mine pit lakes, insect cuisine and backyard pocket prairie kits. Scuba diving in abandoned mine pit lakes, raising and eating insects and backyard pocket prairie kits.

BUTTE -- Montana Tech graduate student Sarah Dakel concluded her thesis defense with a bang Thursday: she announced the discovery of what researchers believe are the first true bugs found living in ...