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* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun''. In the Lamakan desert, one can use Reveal on circles of rocks to see if they contain life-restoring oases. Sometimes they are revealed to be traps where an antlion's pincers are waiting; if it is, the party is forced to enter battle (sometimes Isaac is seen running as he is dragged backwards while the antlion [[SayItWithHearts Says It With Hearts]]). The antlion monster itself is a BigCreepyCrawly the size of a car.

* The boss of the third world in ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' DS, Priscilla the Peckish, is this. She lives in a massive sand pit and eats the Shy Guys that fall into it, spits out Needlenoses at you, and if you try to jump over her, she will leap up out of the sand pit and try to eat you, chewing on you for a few seconds then spitting you out if she does.

** The long-term creature the Ankheg (present in nearly every version0 could be considered to be a subversion - it physically resembles an ant lion nymph, even down to having venomous (or acidic) jaws - but does not create a cone or trap its prey, instead acting as a roving underground predator.

* ''Videogame/FinalFantasyIV'' and ''Videogame/FinalFantasyV'' feature antlions as bosses. In the former, it borders on TragicMonster, as Edward explains it's tame right before it attacks him, and then almost breaks down crying after the group is forced to kill it.

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* In ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'', the [[http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Sand_Jaws Sand Jaws]] enemies lie on the sand and will bite Zero for slow but continuous pain if he touches them. The [[http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Quicksand_Mixer Quicksand Mixer]] enemy in the same level sucks Zero into a quicksand pit and deals strong collision damage if he touches them.

* Trapinch is a VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} that waits in its hole to capture prey, and like its RealLife counterpart, evolves into a dragonfly-like creature. Its Arena Trap ability prevents grounded enemies[[labelnote:*]]minus Ghost types as of Generation VI[[/labelnote]] from escaping.

The inspiration for most of these is the larva of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antlion antlion,]] which digs out a hole and waits for food to come tumbling down. (It's also not actually an ant.)

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* The PCEngine version of ''VideoGame/{{Strider}}'' has a giant antlion as the mid-boss of the ShiftingSandLand stage.

* ''Corruption of Champions'' has a CuteMonsterGirl version in the Desert called the "Sand Trap". If you end up in a fight with it, you have to alternate climbing up the pit with attacking it, or else you'll be dragged to the bottom and lose automatically. On the other hand, sometimes you catch yourself right before you would have walked into the pit, at which point you have a choice between fighting it or, since it can't move, just turning around and leaving. The monsters are also living puns as they are living [[PitTrap Pit]] ''[[DudeLooksLikeALady Traps]]''.

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* Trapinch is a VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} that waits in its hole to capture prey, and like its RealLife counterpart, evolves into a dragonfly-like creature. Its Arena Trap ability prevents non-flying enemies from escaping.

* The boss fight against Molgera in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' revolves around the monster sticking its head out of a quicksand vortex with smaller versions of itself flying out of the sand to attack. You have to attack its [[WeakPoint tongue]] with the Hookshot and then slash it with your sword to inflict damage. Molgera will also erupt from its pit, fly around the room, then divebomb Link and try to swallow you in a single gulp.

* ''Corruption of Champions'' has a CuteMonsterGirl version in the Desert called the "Sand Trap". If you end up in a fight with it, you have to alternate climbing up the pit with attacking it, or else you'll be dragged to the bottom and lose automatically. On the other hand, sometimes you catch yourself right before you would have walked into the pit, at which point you have a choice between fighting it or, since it can't move, just turning around and leaving. The monsters are also living puns as they are living [[PitTrap Pit]] ''[[DudeLooksLikeALady Traps]''.

* ''Corruption of Champions'' has a CuteMonsterGirl version in the Desert. If you end up in a fight with it, you have to alternate climbing up the pit with attacking it, or else you'll be dragged to the bottom and lose automatically. On the other hand, sometimes you catch yourself right before you would have walked into the pit, at which point you have a choice between fighting her or, since she can't move, just turning around and leaving.

The inspiration for most of these is the larva of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antlion antlion,]] which digs out a hole and waits for food to come tumbling down.

* The boss of the third world in ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' DS, Priscilla the Peckish, is this. She Lives in a massive sand pit and eats the Shy Guys that fall into it, spits out Needlenoses at you, and if you try to jump over her, she will leap up out of the sand pit and try to eat you, chewing on you for a few seconds then spitting you out if she does.

* The boss of the third world in ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' DS, Priscilla the Peckish, is this. She eats the Shy Guys that fall into the sand pit and spits out Needlenoses at you, and if you try to jump over her, she will leap up out of the sand pit and try to eat you, chewing on you for a few seconds then spitting you out if she does.