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[[Image:Hl2antlion.jpg|thumb|right|195px|An antlion serves as both enemy and ally in ''[[Half-Life 2]]''.]]

'''Antlions''' are a fictional [[extraterrestrial life in popular culture|alien]] species found in the [[first-person shooter]] [[computer game]] ''[[Half-Life 2]]''. Antlions appear in chapters 7 (''Highway 17''), 8 (''Sandtraps''), and 9 (''Nova Prospekt'') of the game.
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The behaviour of Antlions in respect to sound, vibration and aversion to water is analogous to that of Sandworms in the [[Dune universe]].  However, while the use of Thumpers in the Dune universe attracts Sandworms, Antlions in ''Half-Life 2'' are repelled by the strong vibrations produced by them.

[[Image:HalfLife2 AntlionGuard.jpg|thumb|195px|An Antlion Guard]]

In addition to normal Antlions, there are also '''Antlion Guards'''
 (also known as a ''Myrmidont''). These are far larger and stronger than Antlions, and appear to have the ability to issue orders or otherwise control Antlions.  Perhaps unsurprisingly, since it is extracted from glands within their bodies, the pheromone-containing "bugbait" has no effect on Antlion Guards.

In the game, [[Gordon Freeman]] is required to travel along antlion-infested coastlines until he reaches a resistance base.  There he meets a [[vortigaunt]] ally who provides him with a bugbait "gland" from a felled Antlion Guard.  With the help of the bugbait, Gordon goads the Antlions into helping him attack the maximum security prison [[Nova Prospekt]].

The origin of the Antlions is unclear.  The kind of sandy environments they inhabit in ''Half-Life 2'' are not encountered in the border world [[Xen (Half-Life)|Xen]] (the origin of the alien species in ''Half-Life'').  However, as mentioned above, during ''Half-Life 2'' a vortigaunt skillfully harvests pheropods from an Antlion Guard, suggesting familiarity and that Antlions possibly are indigenous to Xen.

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[[Category:Half-Life characters|Antlion]]