Mabel says it is just what she thought it was—a larva.
Yes, it is a larva.
You see it looks a little like the lacewing larva, and it, too, belongs to the Neuroptera.
What jaws!
How do you suppose it makes its tunnel?
If we give it plenty of sand, and keep very quiet, perhaps it will go to work.
There! it is throwing the sand about.
May says it is using its own head as a trowel. Yes, it is shovelling the sand away with its head.
Why is Ned laughing? Oh, see the ant lion he is watching! An ant slid part way down its funnel and tried to climb out again, and the ant lion down below is flinging sand at it.