What kind of living environment does the antlacew need?

Collective feeding: large enamel plates or 25 cm 25 cm plastic trays can be used as feeding containers, but their depth must be more than 5 cm. Fill the tray with a centimeter thickness of dry fine sand.

Because the antlion has the characteristics of cannibalism, the density should not be too large, and the trap set by it has a certain sphere of influence, the second instar is suitable for every 30 square centimeters, and the third instar is suitable for every 40 square centimeters. The 1st instar larvae and the traps they build are smaller, and the feeding density can be appropriately increased, but when they reach the 2nd instar, they must be partially transferred and evacuated (the antlion throws its molted skin out of the edge of the trap it builds, which can be used as a basis).

Single-head feeding: Because antlions need a certain sphere of influence for life and habitat, collective feeding cannot increase the feeding density, while single-head feeding can increase the feeding density and ensure that they do not cannibalize each other. Use a plastic cup or small porcelain teacup with a height of 5 cm, a bottom diameter of 3 4 cm, and a diameter of 5 cm as a container, fill it with dry fine sand with a thickness of centimeters, and raise 1 antlion per cup.

Also can be installed in the plastic tray with collective breeding with longitudinal and horizontal partition slats, every partition slats are spaced between 5 centimeters, can be divided into 25 squares of 5 centimeters 5 centimeters, all put in the dry fine sand of centimeter thickness, each grid feeds 1 ant lion, and single-head feeding can be from 1 instar to cocoon without evacuation and replacement of containers.

Antlacewing. The common name for the Lacewing myrmeleontidae insect, this type of insect has short antennae, equal to the sum of the length of the head and thorax, and the end is enlarged. The morphology is very similar to that of damselfly, with narrow and long wings, inconspicuous wing nevi, and an elongated lower wing chamber.

Larval hindfoot excavation type. Most species wait for their prey on the ground or in ambush sand, or chase their prey on the ground. Some species capture prey through traps, and the larvae hide at the bottom of the funnel-shaped trap to feed on ants and other insects that fall into the trap, so the larvae are called antlions.

The larvae move backwards, so they are also called "backward worms", which can be used in traditional Chinese medicine. The common ones in China are antflies, Zhonghua East antflies, etc.

Adults inhabit forests and grasses, prey on lepidopteran and coleoptera larvae, and have phototaxis. The larvae burrow in the sand, build funnel-shaped traps, and lie in them to prey on ants and other small animals in the fallen holes, so they are called "ant lions". The larvae mature and pupate in sandy soil.

The East China antlacewing is a large insect of the order Veloptera. The body wings are narrow and long, the veins are like a net, and the shape is a bit like the dragonfly and damselfly, but when at rest, the four wings are not flat and do not fit on the back, but the forewings cover the hind wings, and the left and right are close to the clamping abdomen and are ridge-like. Insects of the Pulseoptera include lacewings, ant lacewings, praying frogs, lacewings, lacewings, etc., most of the adults and larvae are terrestrial, all of them are predatory, preying on aphids, ants, leaf mites, scale insects and other soft insects and various insect eggs, which is of great significance for controlling insect populations and maintaining ecological balance.

In recent decades, China and many other countries in the world have successfully applied Veloptera insects to the biological control of pests.

The antlion is a type of insect that will make traps and wait for passing insects to fall into, and then throw out the shell after sucking up the sap, and so on. The antlion is a larva of the dragonfly, which resembles a dragonfly and has a pair of long antennae, which many people often mistake for a long-horned dragonfly, and the villagers say that it is the natural enemy of the small black mosquito.

Lacewings are the most diverse and widely distributed families in the order Veloptera, and about 2,000 species of 350 genera have been recorded in the world, especially in the arid regions of Asia, Africa, Australia and most of the Americas. More than 70 species of antlacewings have been recorded in China, and Wang Xinli et al. of China Agricultural University have studied the classification of antflies, and it is estimated that there are about 35 genera and 200 species in mainland China. Distribution:

North China, Northeast China, Northwest China; Mongolia. Dragonflies are active during the day, and ants are mostly nocturnal. In the north and south of the great river in China, there are many antflies.