Antlion
Found only in Antlion Caverns, the species is found in its two known forms. As a larva it travels beneath the surface of the earth, ambushing anything it feels through its tremorsense. As an adult it forms funnels in the sandy substrate on the bottom of the caverns and waits for food to fall in, traveling right to its open waiting mouth. While they don't tend to be terribly deadly on their own, their sheer numbers and the difficulty of maneuvering through their territory without triggering attacks makes them difficult to live near.
Steaks made from the larva are considered in Riat to be some of the finest steak in the Afterdark. The fragile scales on the exterior of the larva are also used as a fuel source and, if properly treated, can be molded into a lightweight building material of various sizes and shapes, though its fragility remains to some extent. Different smelters use different methods to try to improve the resilience of the antlonite.
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