EditorialAntlion, Myrmeleon species, and its lair. The antlion digs a pit (1,2) and hides its entire body in the sand (3) to ambush ants (4,5) and a caterpillar (6f). Building a pit by using its abdomen as a plough to expel sand (7,8). Handcoloured copperplate ...
EditorialAmbush of Alhandega (August, 939). Carried out by the King of Leon Ramiro II (ca.900-951) against the Muslim army of Emir and Caliph of Cordoba Abd-ar-Rahman III (889-961) after the Battle of Simancas. Engraving, 19th century.