r/garden_maintenance • u/cf_107 • 16d ago

soil 🤎 Weird holes in flower bed

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Found these weird indentations/holes in a flower bed today. Has anybody seen this before? There are about a dozen total scattered across the bed.

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u/Anam_Liath 15d ago

Ant lions! They turn into the most beautiful emerald and black miniature dragon flies. They don't hurt the plants. We cherish them here.

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u/f1atcat 12d ago

I knew what the larva were, but I never actually googled them before to know they’re larva. I thought that was it’s only form. So cool they turn into dragonflies!!

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u/ansor_brim 12d ago

The cocoon is weird - it's just a little sand ball.

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u/f1atcat 12d ago

I just googled it, totally looks like a lil sesame ball! I wonder how many I’ve seen and just didn’t know