Movie 1.

Representative video of a trial. In the first part, a larva responding to the stimulus is shown; in the second part, a larva not responding is shown.

Antlion larvae follow optimality rules in body orientation during sand tossing

Francesca Lo Bello, Massimo De Agrò, and Giorgio Vallortigara

Journal of Experimental Biology 2026. 229:None-None; doi: 10.1242/jeb.252138