NATURE'S CRAFTSMEN 



of water larvse. This fashion they maintain as mature 

 insects, only turning their energies against winged 

 forms. But Myrmeleons lay their eggs in sand, and 

 therein the larva3, which is the true ant-lion, is hatched 

 out, and at once begins its predatory career. 



I have found these insects in Texas and Colorado, 

 and as far east as New Jersey, and they abound along 



IMAGO FORMS OF ANT-LION {mYRMELEON IMMACULATUs) 



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