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Those funnel-shaped indentations in the dirt?
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Steve Wertz wrote: What insect makes those perfectly shaped, inverted cone-shaped impressions in the dirt? I was watching them at work this weekend - about 6 all with a square foot, each one spinning around under the dirt kicking up soil into a perfectly smooth funnel shape. I couldn't see what they under that dirt, but my guess is that small ants or other insects walk across the funnel and make the dirt fall into the funnel, allowing the unknown insect at the bottom to detect where the prey is, and pounce at it. I'd like to look them up and get their story, but I don't know what they are. Anyone? -sw Ant Lions. :-) -- Peace! Om "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson |
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