I'd say, "rarely escape", since most get the spiky jaws to the thorax :O

I've seen an ant escape though... it can be done.

It'd be fun to have a real-life, gigantic ant lion simulator to watch people try to escape... like one of those Japanese gameshows :)

Ya, I typically trace the characters, but not the text, backgrounds or graphic elements (arrows or accents).

Appreciate the comment, I'm really getting tired of this series and it's good to know someone finds it interesting. Looking forward to the new posts, flags or not :D