We live in west central Florida and have seen this phenomenon in the yard around our home and also around the area in different places. It's small circular "divots" in the sand and often they are around the edge of the house below where the roof line ends, but we have seen this under trees and also out in the middle of the yard, far away from everything.
Thanks in advance.
Google 'ant lion'
THAT'S IT!!! Wow, so those are sand traps. Kind of cool! Other then a potential biting risk sounds like these guys eat ants so maybe it's a good thing to keep 'em around :O)
No biting risk - they're not nearly as fearsome as they appear, unless you're an ant.
Well, I've learned about Ant Lions. I loved this from Wikipedia: "the dry carcass is flicked out of the pit". Video at 11.
I would have thought it was golfers.
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In Queensland Australia we see those all the time - they are made by spiders here
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