During the age of dinosaurs, small predators with unexpectedly advanced eyes hunted in the darkness roughly 100 million years ago. The tiny creatures in question were lacewing larvae. Although adult ...

“These are doodle bugs, better known as antlion larvae,” explains Amila Sumanapala, a conservation biologist specialising in insects such as dragonflies and damselflies. “What people call ‘binkunda’ ...

Awaiting its prey at the bottom of the pit, the doodlebug--also known as antlion larva--throws loose sand at the ants with its large jaws to prevent its targets from escaping the trap. When the ...