| Euroleon nostras | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | Myrmeleontidae |
| Genus: | Euroleon |
| Species: | E. nostras
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| Binomial name | |
| Euroleon nostras (Fourcroy, 1785)
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Euroleon nostras is a species of antlion found over most of Europe.[1][2] The scientific name can be translated as "our European [ant] lion".[3][4] Adults resemble dragonflies or damselflies and may reach up to 30 mm (1.2 in) long, with a wingspan of 70 mm (2.8 in). The larvae prey on ants and other small creatures and require dry sandy soil in which to dig their pitfall traps.
- ^ Ples, Marek (March 2023). "Lab Snapshots by Marek Ples: Entomology & Carcinology; Antlion Euroleon nostras". weirdscience.eu. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
- ^ Niels Schulz. "Ameisenjungfer" (in German). natur-lexikon.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2007-02-06.
- ^ Kwizera, Charles (5 March 2010). "Wildlife Discovery: The Antlions". The New Times. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Nostras" here is not an inflection of the possessive "noster", but the adjective "nostras, -atis" meaning "of our country": so "European lion of our country" would perhaps be better.