At my mama's house recently, I came across a colony of ant lions in the backyard. As a child, I was fascinated by these little creatures, and I loved to gently touch their pits with a twig to watch them kick the dirt back out. Sometimes I would even scoop up the dirt surrounding a pit and let the ant lion run around in the dirt on my palm.
Imagine my surprise when I learned that these fascinating little creatures were only larvae. After going into a cocoon, they emerge with wings and take flight. What an interesting life to live. O brave new world that has such creatures in it.
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