Another antlion time lapse

[Moe3391]

hey Gordan, would you mind hitting that antlion over there with your crowbar :3 lmao

[MW2UNoMe13]

Where the hell are my suggestions? O_o

[videogamesrule124]

@delphidorcus when i hear antlion i think the game halflife but i knew there had to be a real bug but i think halflife when i hear it lol but amizing video

[MichaelkSimmons]

Looks like someone has a tom-tom.

[ITRIEDEL]

thats awseome

[BearorBust]

Nice to see that, always wondered how they made their traps.

[catepillar55]

I have two antlions right now. In larva form (Like the video) if you want to know how to catch one... you just find an ant. Then find an antlion hole (usually in silty or sandy ground) drop in ant. When you see movement of the antlion... Scoop up the antlion`s hole and the antlion. Put it on a plate and sift trough till you find it. Good Luck!!!

[halerrs94]

Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes...

[Reyalamor]

do ant lions hurt humans? :O

[ITRIEDEL]

@Reyalamor careful they can bite, but only if you grab then, they have poison like regular ants and the bite can feel a bit more painful than a fire ant bite....however there easy to catch and as long as you scoop them up and keep your palm flat they wont bite...but if you grab it with your fingers look out for a nice sting shortly after

[YousefsPie]

What do ant lions actually do? Do they eat the sand? Or do they just bulldoze it into the ground? Sorry may sound like a retarded question.

[delphidorcus]

@YousefsPie they shovel the sand out by flicking up a bunch with their mandibles. They keep walking backwards in a circular path, flicking sand up and away every few steps, until they dug themselves a nice funnel. They don't eat the sand, but the ants and other small insects that fall into the completed funnel.

[YousefsPie]

@delphidorcus Ah, I see thank you for this video, its very interesting.

[steving]

they build a cone shape into the ground. then they hide just under the surface at the bottom and when an ant stumbles into the cone it cant get out and bam. the ant lion feasts. it also shoots sand at it if it trys to escape.

[xXaSsaSsinsF34RXx]

@YousefsPie they just sling the sand everywhere, and sometimes they fling it at the ants to get them to not be able to get out at all before they eat them

[wishingstars163]

This is amazing! Good footage lol

[actolar]

It's fun to put those up against an ant without them hiding in sand like scared little kids.

[SquatingHobo]

@montooz its not a ant its a antlion they dig pit falls in order to trap and eat ants or enything that may fall in

[00Billy]

I hate campers

[kensan0809]

In the middle of pitting, he reversed the course.He must be bored by the work.

[gangsterG12]

i just want to fill that pit back up again haahaha

[montooz]

talk about an ugly ant O.o

[Toastertron3000]

Can you find ant lions in california Like at the wetlands :O?

[TheApple128k]

I don't even understand what is going on, is it digging under the dirt or making a hole up top?

[scavenski]

we humans are lucky, because we can construct a simple trap and leave it there for a day and catch something to eat. spiders and antlions spend their lives in their traps...

[lilaznmage15]

At first I thought it was drawing a yin yang... Am I too stereotypical?

[SilvrRazorFeather]

that's just amazing. simply beautiful.

[13lackLight]

lol the bit at the end is funny. just when you think he's done, nope, gotta do a bit more sand moving.

[Aszmodious]

they pinch but they are pretty much harmless XD but thats a skilled little monster you got there! i bet it was dizzy when it finished

[killweb2]

i think antlions are also know as doodlebugs

[bootsuie]

its funny hes like'weeeeeeeeeee!fun slide!'

[MerscratianAce]

So that's how they do it.

[htfkid2000]

i think my thumpers are out of order i need to get those back online!

[ursawarrior619]

how long is the ifespan of an antlion?

[Telonelemon3]

DAMN NATURE YOU SCARY!

[BlueDragon4484]

Anyone Got A Crowbar :/

[LoneWolf31390]

if gordan freeman was here he would be hiting it with a crow bar XDXDXDx

[shadowofyukkuri]

it looks like your pet is making a zen sand garden! antilions seem artistic.

[ryancatlin]

lol he chases himself

[mankyman6]

Antlion huh? Let me get my crowbar....

[sass666]

such a neat little hole..

[sigma1920]

absolutely beautiful.

looks like sand art in a zen temple garden.

thx a lot for ur vid response.

i have read in a book on japanese antlions that the pit diameter depends on the extent of antlion's hunger and has nothing to do with its developmental stage.

what do u think?

does that go for ur pet antlion, too?

i am subscribing to u.

keep posting :D

[delphidorcus]

Thanks for your comments & for subscribing to my videos. I thought about a zen sand garden as well when I saw it first.

I think the pit diameter is both a function of the antlion's stage and its state of hunger. When my antlion was small, there was no way it could ever have created a pit of such large diameter. Now the animal is fairly large and can flick more sand for a greater distance, making larger depths and therefore diameters possible. It digs more when it's hungry...

[basilisk678]

I agree with sigma! Awsome. I'm going to get my own antlion lol. I once saw them in my backyard and i touched the center hole, and hurt my finger..

[delphidorcus]

Ouch.. I never dared to get too close to their scary-looking mandibles.

[rklcardinal]

@delphidorcus

mandi who?

[bootsuie]

@basilisk678 sometimes it wnt hurt.if you keep pulling a little it will pop its head out and see how big are.then it freaks out

[Jothaxify]

@delphidorcus I think that maybe the ants size and hunger are directly related, a larger ant certainly needs more food than a small one, so I believe that the ants life stage and hunger would be one and the same in comparison to the size of its funnel. Just a thought.

[sigma1920]

that is interesting!

the hearsay in my previous comment was a bit overstatement.

i looked up the book again.

the pit size is just "roughly" proportional to their molting stage.

it is not safe to predict their stage solely from the pit size, the book says.

ur time-lapse vids are excellent.