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‘Nightmarish’ antlions’ spiral digging techniques create effective and deadly traps

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A team of biologists and physicists, led by the University of Bristol, have uncovered new insights into how antlions – one of the fiercest and most terrifying predators in the insect kingdom – build their deadly pit traps.