Traditional geotechnical engineering is challenged in terms of sustainability, resilience,
reliability and resources availability in the context of climate change and urbanization …

Simple Summary The larvae of green lacewings and brown lacewings are called
'aphidlions', as they consume aphids. They play also an economic role as biological pest …

An agent‐based perspective in the study of complex systems is well established in diverse
disciplines, yet is only beginning to be applied to evolutionary developmental biology. In this …

Simple Summary The larvae of owlflies and antlions (here shortly embraced by the term
“owllions”) are ambush predators. Their mouthparts are transformed into teeth-bearing …

Antlion larvae are fluid-feeding ambush predators that feed on arthropods trapped in their
funnel-shaped pits built in sandy habitats; however, details are lacking about their feeding …

Wall-following behavior is the movement along a wall exhibited by various animals. It is a
conserved behavior among taxa, from unicellular organisms to humans, prone to selection …

Habitat selection plays a critical role in the survival and reproduction of animals, with
implications for all important behaviours. Animals are often limited in their familiarity with …

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 …

Remaining immobile for an unpredictable time following contact with a predator (postcontact
immobility) is a successful tactic to reduce predation. However, the mechanisms that may …

In larvae of lacewings (Neuroptera), each mandible is conjoined with its corresponding
maxilla (upper and lower jaws) forming a stylet. Stylets are specialized for piercing …