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• Myrmeleon mobilis

  Myrmeleon mobilis is a pit-making antlion species in the family Myrmeleontidae. The larva constructs conical pits in sandy substrate to trap small ground-dwelling arthropods, using a unique discontinuous gut physiology where solid waste is retained until adulthood. A 2005 microbiological study identified its bacterial associates as primarily Proteobacteria, including Wolbachia-like organisms in non-gut tissues and Enterobacteriaceae-like bacteria in the gut. The species is recorded from North America.

  antliondoodlebugpit-trap-predatorNeuropteraNorth-Americamyrmecophagoussit-and-wait-predatorcryptic-adultbacterial-symbiontsdiscontinuous-gut