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I found antlions in the wild once on a beach, which is where I also found some wild D. intermedia
. It was fun dropping ants into the traps, and nearby the D. intermedia would gobble up the flying antlions.
Do you know that the antlion does not poop in its larval stage, so it stores the poop until it deposits it when it exits its coccon. It may not poop for years
Oh yeah, there were quite a few on the beach. They were everywhere, but mostly concentrated in the areas where people don't trample. I don't know their native range though. Search in sandy areas, I have only seen them in one beach so far.
antlion info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antlion
I'm guessing the flying adults are the ones that look like dragonflies/damselflies, because the ones that are just sitting there look NOTHING like either! I thought I knew what they looked like! They look more like dobsonflies or heck, even moths!
Yeah they like places where it is very sandy, dry, and where they are protected from foot traffic. Sides of paths, old lots, and the particularly like places where they can be safe from rain(next to houses and old sheds). Once you know where to look you can spot dozens of them in the right place.
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