On a still day the ant-lion patiently waits in the bottom of its funnel | Fit as Fiddles and as Hard as Nails

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On a still day the ant-lion patiently waits in the bottom of its funnel

TCD MS 10516 folio 73 recto

TCD MS 10516 folio 73 recto

[12th October 1916] (Pencil sketch, with note on verso ‘waterbug of 4/7/16: To Scale’, attached to folio 73r).

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Ant-lions: – To supplement observations in India: – On a still day the ant-lion patiently waits in the bottom of its funnel till the unwary ant tumbles in. But in windy weather the larva must exert itself. For the force of the wind levels /