A member of the family Antlionidae; an antlion, a type of insect larva with a distinctive hunting behavior.
From antlion + -id (biological suffix for family members). Antlion comes from ant + lion, referring to the larva's fierce predation on ants.
Antlion larvae are engineering geniuses—they dig perfect conical pit traps in sand and wait for ants to slide down, then grab them with sickle-shaped jaws; they're like tiny construction workers building deadly mousetraps.
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