Explaining Insects 🦋 on Instagram: "Antlions are predatory insects best known for their cone-shaped sand pits used to trap ants and other small insects. The larval stage—often called the doodlebug—waits buried at the bottom of the pit and ambushes prey that slips inside. With large, sickle-shaped jaws, the antlion injects digestive fluids, liquefies the prey’s insides, and then sucks them out. As adults, antlions resemble delicate dragonfly-like insects. They fly at night, are weak fliers, and