Ant-Lion

"Once secured this way, the ant-lion injects digestive juices into its prey and sucks the animal dry before casting the empty corpse up and out of the pit trap."

By Andy Wood

You don't have to go too far to find some of the most interesting creatures on Earth.

Andy Wood is education curator for Audubon North Carolina and author of "Backyard Carolina," a collection of his WHQR commentaries.