Sandy pitfall traps of antlions are elaborate constructions to capture prey. Antlions exploit the
interactions between the particles in their habitat and build a stable trap. This trap is close to …

1. Larvae of antlions (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) and wormlions (Diptera: Vermileonidae)
display a convergently evolved sit‐and‐wait hunting strategy of building pitfall traps in sandy …

Antlions and wormlions are unrelated insect taxa, but both construct pit traps in loose soil
and hunt similar prey. Owing to the likeness of their hunting strategies, and since no other …

The interaction of antlions and ants is postulated to be a predator-prey interaction in which
the involved parties coevolve. Here, we investigated two issues of potential significance in …

Traps are rarely used by animals, despite the plausible benefits of broadening the number
and diversity of prey that sit-and-wait foragers might be able to capture. The most well …

Trap-building predators are sit-and-wait predators that construct a trap and wait for other
arthropods to be captured in their trap. The abiotic features of their microhabitat play a …

Simple Summary Wormlions are small fly larvae that dig pit-traps in loose soil to hunt ants
and other prey. Their natural habitat is caves, but they are also abundant in Mediterranean …

Traps constructed by an animal reduce the amount of energy required to seek prey. The
main risk of trap-building predators is the greater uncertainty of encountering prey, owing to …

The physical structures built by animals are considered extended phenotypes that reflect
how organisms make decisions and deal with changes in their biotic and abiotic …

Larvae of pit-building antlions are expected to be more efficient at capturing prey than those
of non-pit-builders. To test this prediction, feeding behaviors were compared in the same …