New to me!

[urbpan]

This came fluttering into my face at work yesterday.




It's an adult antlion if I'm not mistaken. (Am I mistaken, scientists?)



It calmed down when I gave it a stick to perch on.



Sorry I took so many pictures--all my life and I've never seen one before.



Apparently they're nocturnal, and on the right background they're pretty hard to see!

See this post for more on antlions.

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[hissilliness.livejournal.com]

I've been reading about antlions all my life (there's a good fanciful one in Finn Family Moomintroll and an obvious antlion stand-in eating Boba Fett in Return of the Jedi), but I've still never seen one. Grr!