Foraging theory was first developed to predict the behaviour of widely‐foraging animals that
actively search for prey. Although the behaviour of sit‐and‐wait predators often follows …

The Neuropterida are a multiordinal clade of holometabolous insects that encompasses the
extant orders Megaloptera, Neuroptera, and Raphidioptera. Recent phylogenetic work …

Biotremology is a field of study focused on an ancient way of communication by animals
endowed with specialized organs for emission and reception of substrate-borne vibrations …

Sand-dwelling wormlion and antlion larvae are predators with a highly specialized hunting
strategy, which either construct efficient pitfall traps or bury themselves in the sand …

Pit-building antlion larvae are small sit-and-wait arthropod predators that dig conical pits in
sandy soils. We investigated the effect of exposure to constant light versus constant dark …

In this study, we reconstruct the first time-calibrated phylogeny of the iconic antlion family,
the Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontiformia). We use maximum likelihood and …

Most animal traps are constructed from self-secreted silk, so antlions are rare among trap
builders because they use only materials found in the environment. We show how antlions …

A sand-dwelling Mediterranean ant, Cataglyphis cursor, recently was discovered to engage
in two new forms of rescue behaviour, behavioural patterns that require would-be rescuers …

The selection of a suitable habitat may maximize the survival and reproduction chances of
individuals. We examined the habitat choice of wormlions, small sand-dwelling insects that …

European pit‐building antlions (Euroleon nostras/Geoffroy in Fourcroy/) detect their prey by
sensing the vibrations that prey generate during locomotory activity. The behavioural …