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The larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants
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antlion
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The antlions are a group of about 2,000 species of insect in the family Myrmeleontidae , known for the fiercely predatory habits of their larvae , which in many species dig pits to trap passing ants or other prey. The adult insects are less well known, ...
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alt. Any of various nocturnal insects from the family Myrmeleontidae whose adults resemble damselfly and whose larvae bury themselves under a cone-shaped pit in sand to trap insects such as ants. n. Any of various nocturnal insects from the family Myrmeleontidae ...
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n. the larva of an ant lion or of any of several other insects [syn: doodlebug , ant lion ] winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants [syn: ant lion , antlion fly ]
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Descriptions ranged from a pale-blue multitentacled squid-thing that waited in the snow for travelers the way an antlion ambushes its prey, to a ghoul with a legion of skeletal zombies at its beck and call.