 Apart from pit @-@ trap @-@ forming taxa , the biology of members of the family Myrmeleontidae , to which the antlions belong , has been little studied . The life @-@ cycle begins with oviposition ( egg @-@ laying ) in a suitable location . The female antlion repeatedly taps the prospective laying site with the tip of her abdomen and then inserts her ovipositor into the substrate and lays an egg . 
