Antlions experience competition when they are still larvae and looking for food or prey intake. It is called the shadow competition in where the pits are located in the upstream that can block the path of the prey thus the ones in the downstream will have less prey intake.
Antlions can experience competition when they are still in the larvae state.
Explanation:
The term Antlion is the common name for neuropterous insects of the Myrmeleontidae family, whose long-jawed larvae bury themselves at the bottom of a conical funnel they have built into the ground to capture prey. When the prey reaches the hole, the rolling grains of sand or earth warn the lion ant, which digs its head and throws a jet over the prey. The victim falls to the bottom of the hole and is harvested by the lion ant's strong jaws.
