I am fascinated by these insects called ant lions. They make these tiny funnel shaped traps in sandy, shady spots. We had these traps by one of the trees on our RV site. The ant lion waits at the bottom of the trap for ant to fall in and become its prey. I've watched an ant fall in and they cannot get back out. They try to climb up the side of the funnel but they just slide back down on the loose sand. These funnels are only an inch or so wide and only an inch or so deep but they work well for trapping ants. I couldn't feel sorry for the ants because they were invading my hummingbird feeder so I was rooting for the ant lion.
We are now in Quartzsite and its still in the mid 90's during the day but it cools off into the low 70's high 60's at night. We have been going out gold prospecting at 5:30 in the morning while its still dark so we can get set up and ready to run dirt before the sun rises and it gets hot. Now that its October some snow birds are starting to come in to the park. We are also seeing a lot more RV's on the highway heading to Yuma or Phoenix or Tuscon for the winter.
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