Luiz Claudio Marigo / Ant lion {Myrmeleon sp} camouflaged on grass leaf, Brazil

John Chan / Antlion (Myrmeleon californicus) larva catching an ant in its funnel shaped pit, Southern California, USA, August.

Kim Taylor / Giant ant lion (Palpares libelluloides) Bulgaria, July.

Kim Taylor / Giant ant lion (Palpares libelluloides) Bulgaria, July.

John Abbott / Ant lion (Scotoleon sp) in flight, Jeff Davis County, Texas Controlled conditions. April

Juergen Freund / Antlion (Myrmeleontidae) out of its sandy trap, Queensland, Australia.

Chris Mattison / Ant-lion larva (Myrmeleontidae) captive

MYN / Marc Pihet / Antlion (Euroleon nostras), Maine-et-Loire, France, August, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marc Pihet / Antlion (Euroleon nostras), Maine-et-Loire, France, August, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marc Pihet / Antlion (Euroleon nostras), Maine-et-Loire, France, August, meetyourneighbours.net project

Philippe Clement / Cone shaped sand pit traps of Antlions (Myrmeleontidae2, La Brenne, Indre, France, June

Fabrice Cahez / Ant lion (Palpares libelluloides) resting, Aude, France, July.

MYN / Corne van der Linden / Giant hairy ant-lion (Heoclisis fundata) Perth, Western Australia, October.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Antlion (Myrmeleon hyalinus) larva, Central Coastal Plain, Israel, June. Focus-stacked. meetyourneighbours.net project

John Abbott / Ant Lion (Myrmeleon sp.) Kernville, Kern County, California, USA, June.

Fabrice Cahez / Antlion (Palpares libelluloides) on grass stem, Aude, France, July.

Bence Mate / Antlion {Myrmeleontidae} on Globe thistle {Echinops sp} Pusztaszer, Hungary

Bernard Castelein / Ant lion on reed stem (Myrmeleon formicarius) Belgium

Jose B. Ruiz / Adult Ant lion {Myrmeleon formicarius} on branch, Spain.

Jane Burton / Ant lion {Myrmeleontidae} pits under an Acacia tree. East Africa.

Jane Burton / Ant Lion (Morter obscurus) larva showing jaws for capturing prey. Kenya, captive

Mark Taylor / Ant lion (unidentified). Namibia, Africa.

Bernard Castelein / Ant lions on reed stem.

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Ant lion larva {Myrmeleon sp} Lake Malawi Malawi

Guy Edwardes / Antlion (Palpares libelluloides) imago clinging to Lavender (Lavandula sp.) flower in lavender field, near Bratsigovo, Bulgaria. June.

Roman Willi / Antlion (Myrmeleontidae) larva emerging from soil, Lucerne, Switzerland. August. Focus stacked image.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Long-tailed antlion (Scotoleon nigrilabris) portrait, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

Roman Willi / Antlion (Myrmeleontidae) larva, camouflaged in sand, hunting a passing Ant (Formicidae), Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.