Any idea what is making these. There is constantly every time I look little puffs of dirt coming from them. I have seen an ant not the sign of what is making them. So tell me what is down there? Should I worry?
Take one of those little twigs and lightly disturb the bottom of one of the sand pit traps. They will latch on with their mandible and you can pull them out and watch them borrow back into the ground. They let go pretty quick if they think you're too big to eat.
Ant lions are amazing little creatures! If you just very lightly disturb the dirt, like move a grain or two, you might see them react. They are super sensitive. So cool to see!
Antlion larvae (aka "doodlebugs") made those little funnel-shaped pits. They sit buried at the bottom; when an ant or small bug slips in, the sides collapse and the larva flips sand to drag it down.
Kilo11
You're taking mortar fire from the neighbor, I say you attack now before they zero in on your position
MrPostman84
Take one of those little twigs and lightly disturb the bottom of one of the sand pit traps. They will latch on with their mandible and you can pull them out and watch them borrow back into the ground. They let go pretty quick if they think you're too big to eat.
PerthAussieMike
Baby Sarlaccs
AntiProtonBoy
Mini Sarlaac pits
BeckyLookAtHerButt
Small sarlacss
mirrorz
Sand Devils/Doodle bugs
porcodemonio
TerribleAwful
alas, your garden bed has butthole syndrome
JamesDestined
they are like tiny blow holes, and they are constantly eurpting!
jimhotep
Ant lions. These are little traps to capture ants; the ant lions sit at the bottom of the hole and wait for something to fall in.
JamesDestined
ohhhh I haven't fallen in thank god!
trhopkins
Ant lions.. don't fall into those holes!
JamesDestined
Blakeadelic
Ant lions are amazing little creatures! If you just very lightly disturb the dirt, like move a grain or two, you might see them react. They are super sensitive. So cool to see!
JamesDestined
I have been leaving them alone, but just how active they I got curious!
JustDriftingAboutTheInterWebs
Baby meteorites
JamesDestined
lol, it does look like that a bit
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Ant Lions
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larval Lacewings
JamesDestined
Lacewing larvae are highly effective predators of many common garden pests, including aphids, which they can consume at a rate of up to 60 per hour.
JamesDestined
sounds cool, looks like I let them be :D
Antininny
Antlion larvae (aka "doodlebugs") made those little funnel-shaped pits. They sit buried at the bottom; when an ant or small bug slips in, the sides collapse and the larva flips sand to drag it down.
JamesDestined
so the little puffs are a kill. Kind of cute.
Antininny
Antininny
https://www.augustachronicle.com/story/lifestyle/2018/04/27/campbell-vaughn-doodlebugs-have-cute-name-but-are-nasty/12387655007/
JamesDestined
thanks :)
thenetbear
Antlion larvae
https://bygl.osu.edu/node/2264
karashu2000
3rdoption
Reminds me of the creatures from Star Trek 2.
JamesDestined
thanks that appears to be them. Are they cool or are they pests (I live in Sydney Australia)
Kilo11
The devil's sandbox, gonna say pest
Centroid
They are very cool.
Turboslacker
Harmless
MarkoffChaney
For humans, but ants would disagree.
JamesDestined
so long as i don't fall in one of the holes
iamlegendinjapan
Both
JamesDestined
I looked them up and it said they eat pests