That's one smart bug, and what a fascinating article you have here. I love that you are the bug person of the neighborhood. Never heard of one of these. Seen many ant-lion cones in the ground, but not an aphid lion. Probably similar, as the ant lion isn't anything to write home about either, in the looks department.
Glad you got it all sorted out. The music on your video was classic too, a slow moving bug, to fast-paced and scary music.
We bug people need to stick together lololololol...... It is fun seeing something i've never seen before and I am glad you enjoyed my curious article @ddschtein.