Not having sickle jaws like an antlion, the larva grasps prey by lashing forward and catching the victim by bending the head down to catch it between its two fang-like jaws and its pseudopod.
The larva does not possess the distinctive "sickle-shaped jaws" of an antlion, thus it seizes prey through swift, forward thrusts and traps the victim between its two pointed mandibles and a pseudopod.