antlion

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Any of various species of insects, many of them nocturnal, in the family Myrmeleontidae. The adults superficially resemble the unrelated damselflies. The larvae bury themselves in sand below a cone-shaped pit in which they trap insects such as ants.

Konzepte

gemeine Ameisenjungfer

gewöhnliche Ameisenjungfer

Ameisen-jungfer

Ameisen-Löwe

Synonyme

Übersetzungen

mirmelóntido

myrmeleontidae

μυρμηγκοφάγο έντομο

Myrmeleon

Myrmeleon formicarius

Etymologie (Englisch)

From ant + lion. Compare translingual Myrmeleon.

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