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LARVE FOURMILION [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

The larva of an antlion.

CONT

Antlions resemble damselflies but are softer-bodied and have conspicuous knobbed antennae. Larvae (sometimes called doodlebugs) have long sicklelike jaws and usually live at the bottom of a conical pit in dry sandy or dusty areas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
CONT

D’autres larves de fourmis-lions cheminent, cachées sous le sable, et happent les insectes au passage. Ces larves se métamorphosent dans un cocon soyeux, blanc, sphérique. Les plus grandes espèces habitent les pays tropicaux [...]

OBS

Pluriel : des fourmilions, des fourmis-lions.

OBS

fourmilion : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l’orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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