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Jamaica
noun
The larval form of the lacewing group of insects. Also known as antlions, they are known primarily for the funnel shaped pits they make in dry soft dirt to trap ants.
also known as
back back turkey, nanzi, tuty
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Jamaica
Jamaica
paullette
11 years ago

As a child found these insects all around the house and was happy to find them in British Columbia Canada and share the knowledge with them. He had never noticed them before and I was grateful when I came to this site and found a picture to share with him. Thanks

Jamaica
Jamaica
shamara
8 years ago

i assume that this insect was named after nanny of the maroons, our only female national hero . . . . and her "titty" lol thats kinda gross i have never seen this insect before and i don't want to . . . . it's creepy looking

Jamaica
Jamaica
Ian
7 years ago

We called them Nanny Goat in Clarendon We drop an ant in the hole and watch them come out and capture it. Awesome sight it was

Jamaica
Jamaica
Zimmy
7 years ago

We called them Nanny Back Back and boy! were they a wonder to behold. I would spend hours watching them weave their magic.when I was a child growing up in Jamaica. Those were the days.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Janet
7 years ago

I was not than grateful to find this site -as s child we would put our finger in the hole and call'nananny nanny came for your rice and peas and curry goat' now as an adult I was wondering what type of insect were we playing with were these insect dangerous or carried some contagious disease

Jamaica
Jamaica
Liz
5 years ago

In Jamaica would find these and say ‘ nanny goat nanny goat come for your supper, would use a stick and go round the hole till I found them and hold it in my hand! Would not do that now.😆. But never new till today that they ate ants.

Aruba
Aruba
Caycibs
5 years ago

" Nanzi " as we call them here on Aruba, where one of my toys as a kind. We picked up ants and deposite them in to the crater like trap they build, wait a second and the Nanzi will start comming up in to the trap by trowing tiny bit of sand in the sir, making the ant roll down on order to catch its pray.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Karing
5 years ago

This crazy !! Just laying and thinking about my childhood and remembering going under the houses to look for nanny...... thank God for the internet I now have more info about them.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Lando
5 years ago

I see them I my yard

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jwels
5 years ago

I used to put them in my hand with some dirt and watch them burrow backwards and enjoyed how they tickled the palm of my hand. Watching them move around was amazing. Now I have a picture to show my kids. Thanks for making this available.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Damion Dunkley
4 years ago

In St. Ann Jamaica we called them Back Nanny we would put them on a piece of cardboard and we would Sing, “Back nanny back nany back, front nanny front nanny front.” And they would move to the riddim corespondent to back when we said back and front when we said front.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Dionne Brown
4 years ago

We would say nanny, nanny buck buck come fi yu rice and peas and chicken and curry goat. If you don't come, mama and daddy will eat it aff. All this while making circular motions inside their circle. Then grabbing up a bunch of dirt in your hand, hoping the little insect was there. Pure joy if you felt that tickly movement in your hand middle.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Charmaine Perry
4 years ago

Mystery creatures In Clarendon where I grew up I would look out for the nest and I would say nanny goat, nanny goat come for your rice and peas and curry goat and it would come crawling up then put it in my hand with some dirt as it tickles. Funny how 1 of my aunt who had died calling me days later in my sleep saying the same words but repeating my name 2x come for rice and peas and curry goat

Jamaica
Jamaica
Charmaine Perry
4 years ago

Mystery creatures In Clarendon where I grew up I would look out for the nest and I would say nanny goat, nanny goat come for your rice and peas and curry goat and it would come crawling up then put it in my hand with some dirt as it tickles. Funny how 1 of my aunt who had died calling me days later in my sleep saying the same words but repeating my name 2x come for rice and peas and curry goat

Jamaica
Jamaica
Bobby Wizzart
4 years ago

I use to play with Nanny when I was a child living in Jamaica, it was fun. I am 65 years old and now living in America I still see Nanny holes. Thanks!

Jamaica
Jamaica
Yellow Girl
3 years ago

In Trench Town Jamaica my siblings and I would go behind the old house and find the holes then sing Nanny Nanny come for your rice and peas. We stir the hole with our finger or stick and say come back Nanny Nanny Titty eat Nanny Tirty sweet and wait for it to come out. You could watch it forever or hold in your hand. Thanks for sharing and igniting that memory from around four years old.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Bobby
3 years ago

Nanny Titty death trap

Antigua & Barbuda
Antigua & Barbuda
SandrA
3 years ago

We call them Jancheepee

Jamaica
Jamaica
Charms
2 years ago

Yes I used to play with this insect in Jamaica when I was a child. I am living in USA my husband is an American and told him about this insect and he did not know it. I look it and show him. It was fun watching this insect backing up.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Azizwhyte
last year

I catch a Nanny goat if you want to catc

Jamaica
Jamaica
Azizwhyte
last year

I catch a Nanny goat if you want to catch a Nanny goat you should put a stick right next to the Nanny goat and grab it fast when it's moving. and I saw my two Nanny goat breading.

Jamaica
Jamaica
Denise
last year

These bring back memories, hanging out under the house say nanny goat nanny goat come for your rice and peas lol

Montserrat
Montserrat
11 months ago

Chubby chubby

Montserrat
Montserrat
11 months ago

Chubby chubby we call it

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Angie.
3 months ago

Yes I recall finding them near or under the house in very fine loose sand/soil. We'd stir around the funnel shaped hole and say "Nanny Nanny come fi yuh rice and peas." We'd scoop them up to enjoy the way they moved backward in the sand.