Antlion or Myrmeleontidae

These animals called in Indonesia as “Undur-undur”, because the larvas of this animal always walk to backward. This animal include as insect belong to the family of Myrmeleontidae. In this world about 2000 species and they spread all over the world, they live in the worm area with sand.

In west country this animal is called as antlion (the giant of ant). This name is given because always hunt ant to feed, by digging for a trap, so assume as the giant for every ant.

Antlion have the real name Myrmeleontidae include of ordo Neuroptera, this name come from Greek language, that means of “wing net.” Adult antliont similar with dragonfly, because have long abdomen with two transparent wing with veined in the thorax. Antlion can differ with dragonfly by the long antenna with the top a little curved. Antliont have smaller than dragonfly, and can’t fly as fast as dragon fly, because they are a weak flyer.

The biggest antlion in the world is from genus Palpares in Africa with a wingspan reaches 16 cm. The species from Arabia just have wingspan about 2 cm, mostly antliont have about 4 to 10 cm.

Spider

Spider comprise a large, widespread group of carnivorous arthropods. They have eight legs and can produce silk, and most have poison glands associated with fangs. There are more than 30,000 species of spiders are found on every continent except Antartica in almost every kind of terrestrial habitat and a few aquatic ones as well. Spiders range in body size from about 0.5 mm to 9 cm.

Classification:
Spiders constitute the order Araneae (class Arachnida), which is usually divided into 2 suborders. The suborder Orthognatha, or mygalomorph spiders has about 12 families and includes the trap door spiders, family Ctenizidae, and the large tarantulas, family Theraphosidae. The suborder Labidognatha or araceomorphs with about 60 families, contains the true spiders and includes most of the familiar ones. Among the major families are those which capture prey in webs, Araneidae, or orb weavers; Theridiidae, which capture prey that lands on their sheet webs - and those which hunt - lycosidae, or wolf spiders, mostly nocturnal; saiticidae, or jumping spiders, diurnal with excellent eyesight, and Thomisidae, or crab spiders.

Other Spiders:

• Spiders and the relatives
• Tarantula
• Poisonous Toilet Spider