Antlion from Cyprus

Subject:  What’s that bug?!
Geographic location of the bug:  Northern Cyprus
Date: 09/21/2017
Time: 08:01 AM EDT
Hey bug man, what’s this bug?!
How you want your letter signed:  Jade

Antlion

Dear Jade,
This Neuropteran is commonly called an Antlion, and the larvae of many species are subterranean predators that wait buried at the bottom of a pit for ants and other insects to tumble into their waiting mandibles.  Larvae are called Doodlebugs.

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