Significados de ant lion em inglês

Back Home, once, I saw the trap of an ant lion.

Oh, see the ant lion he is watching!

It is like the larvæ of the dobson, the aphis lion, and the ant lion in that respect.

Yes, that is the way the larva of the aphis lion and of the ant lion made their cocoons.

An ant slid part way down its funnel and tried to climb out again, and the ant lion down below is flinging sand at it.

Within the cocoon they become motionless pupæ, and finally appear as silver-wingedlittle creatures that bear no resemblance to the large-jawed ,everhungry, ant lion.

Ant lions sometimes develop wings and resemble dragonflies, although they are not particularly well-adapted for flight.

It was the sort of wild, dry country, favoured by ant lions, fritillaries and other sun-loving butterflies, lizards and snakes.

Yes, the little silken room they weave we call a cocoon, but the ant lions make theirs of silk and sand.

Yes, May, the ant lions eat many ants, and they moult and grow, and, finally, they, too, make a little cocoon about themselves.