kindly see below picture (2 nos.)
antloin
antloin trap. not trap for antloin but trap created by antloin. antloin is hiding inside. i am not joking.
actually what is being viewed by you, dear reader, is antloin baby or what is called LARVA. simply i dont want to confuse with technical terminlogy so i will call it antloin. antloin baby. no, loin baby.
anyway. i am walking the field with these fellows anup and iman and i see this little fellow (by which i mean i see hole or trap which has little fellow) so very excitedly i go in search of an ant. these fellows also i convice as to beauty of this creation of nature so we all go in search of an ant. except the ANTLOIN all of us go searching. you see irony? haha.
anyway
i found many ants which bravely fought to keep their freedom so i let them go
finally i dropped one ant into trap.
he is stuggling frantically to get out sand is falling from under his legs miniature avalanch happens and the fellow cant get out
within two seconds our hero has put his pincers through the bottom of the pit and like a
HURRICANE he has seized poor ant. ant is paralysed. within five seconds ant has been dragged into pit.
within few hours ant's carcass will be tossed out, sucked dry, by antloin baby.
i am not joking. marvels of nature.
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acknowledgements:
the pictures have been obtained from the wikipedia page on antlions, which, in addition to good photography has a lot of interesting stuff on antlions. all of the above is true. the lion baby grows up to sprout wings and become something that looks like a damsel fly. interested? visit this.
it was, as represented above, a beautiful morning. in additions to the creatures mentioned above i also observed several small green bee-eaters, one white breasted kingfisher, several seven sisters, one spotted owlet, one wagtail male ( i think), one indian robin male (i think),and several sparrows. pity i had to mug for my exam.
