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Wheel Bug
Category: Bugs
Arilus Cristatus
They are commonly found around fields and gardens, their most distinctive feature is the crested wheel on their back. They come from the same family as the Assassin bug, meaning that they can have a painful bite if not handled carefully, causing inflammation and blistering. When they consume prey their saliva causes paralysis, eating them alive in their frozen state.
Hourglass Spider
Category: Bugs
Cyclocosmia
An extremely rare and valuable spider with what appears to be a disc on its belly. Not many of these have ever been spotted, which is why it is worth so much! Their burrows can be almost 6 inches deep! This spider makes a burrow with a trap door made of things such as leaves or thin pieces of wood, it waits for its prey to get close to the door, then it snaps the door open and takes its prey underground where it will meet its final doom. Although they are posionous they avoid kematas at all costs for fear of being trampled.
Artwork by FiretailCat
Mosquito
Category: Bugs
Coquillettidia
This specific Mosquito type is more known to attack familiars and animals such as cows! Unfortunatley this mosquito can carry a larvae that attacks the hearts of Krooks and Flibbs so make sure to give your beloved companions their preventative medicine every month to keep this nasty bug away. They can be hard to find during the day but generally hide in shady areas. They are most active at night.
- Found in Green Coast Bay
- Value of 55 opals
- Discovered by restingden's Aurora
- Artwork by FiretailCat
Woolly Bear Caterpillar
Category: Bugs
Pyrrharctia isabella
This small creature might look cute and fluffy but they have countless stingers! The "fur" that stands of their bodies allows them to sting an enemy, causing their wound to swell and burn for a short amount of time. Never ever handle this with your bare paws! This little guy transforms into the Isabella Tiger Moth!
Dog-Day Cicada
Category: Bugs
Neotibicen
Some kems love em and some hate them. Dog Day cicada's song is much like a power saw cutting through a thick tree, it lasts for several seconds before fading away to nothing. You can tell dog-day cicadas apart from the rest of their family by the color veins on its wing. These cicadas wings start green at the base of their wing then gradient into a black shade. Whatever you do, don't touch them! they scream really loud and flap their wings very fast to intimidate pretadors.
Artwork by FiretailCat
Green Caterpillar
Category: Bugs
Actias
It's hard to tell whether this green baby is going to turn into a buttefly or a moth as it has no distinctive markings! However if you can pin point its biome location you should be able to tell then!
- Found in Green Coast Bay
- Value of 50 opals
- Discovered by restingden's Aurora
- Artwork by MothKinq
Green Striped Grasshopper
Category: Bugs
Chortophaga viridifasciata
A common grasshopper that can be found all across val-shenn. Some kems like to leap into the grass to startle all of the nearby grasshoppers, its an easy way to snag a lot of bugs at once!
- Found in Green Coast Bay
- Value of 85 opals
- Discovered by restingden's Aurora
Artwork by FiretailCat
Green Praying Mantis
Category: Bugs
Mantis religiosa
The Green Praying mantis is a very common bug, it can be found hiding in flower petals, waiting to catch its next prey. Praying mantis have no fear and will leap onto anything it deems a threat. Although they cannot harm kematas it is very startling to be jumped by one!
Artwork by FiretailCat
Violet Carpenter Bee
Category: Bugs
Xylocopa violacea
Unlike your averae bee, these purple bees live in dead wood. Females carve tunnels in the wood and do most of the work while male bees are used primarly for breeding and collecting small amounts of pollen. They are quiet large in size compared to most bees but are very docile and only attack if provoked. They will always lead a friendy kem to the most beauiful of flowers.
- Found in Green Coast Bay
- Value of 435 opals
- Discovered by restingden's Yasuo
- Artwork by MothKinq
Queen Bee
Category: Bugs
A queen bee is what drives a bee to work. If you take the queen bee with you the whole hive will follow. Many experienced kems who farm Honey bees know how to find the queen bee with ease. Queen bee larva are three times as large as a normal bee larva, once they reach full maturity the queen bee will leave the hive to start their own colony.
Purple Dragonfly
Category: Bugs
One of the best things about dragonflies is that they like to eat mosquitoes and gnats. They are carnivores and eat all types of other insects too including cicadas, flies, and even other smaller dragonflies.
Emerald Ash Jewel Beetle
Category: Bugs
Agrilus planipennis
Kematas of olden days would use the wings of the jewel beetle to create unique jewlery. To this day this practice is still used and many jewelry pieces have jewel beetle wings as accents to things such as opals or rubys! This particular Jewel beetle can be found living on ash trees. They burrow tunnels to lay their eggs and the larvae eat the tree until they reach their final stage. These little bugs sell for a pretty penny and are highly sought after by Jewlery crafters
Artwork by FiretailCat
Wolf Spider
Lycosidae spp
These fast hunters can spook any kem, regardless of size! From the smallest fae to the largest Behemoth! They have 8 eyes, 4 of which reflect light, which allows them to hunt at any time of day and in any kind of environment. They are solo hunters and rarely interact with other Wolf spiders unless it is time for breeding. They're good housemates but most kems would prefer they keep their distance!
- Discovered by Jellyfishlace's Basheil
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Ereshka
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Ice Mimic Beetle
Mimicus glacies
A small bug about 3 cm wide. It can be seen in cracks and crevices of glaciers and ice caps. The community of Ereshka are doing their best to rid their territory of this bug, as the eating of the ice caps and glaciers can cause large cracks in the ice and snow, causing avalanches and glacier crumbling.
- Discovered by Basheil
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Ereshka
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Pine Sawyer Beetle
Acanthocinus aedilis
This strangely shaped beetle can survive freezing temperatures of -37 F, in its adult and larvae form! They can often be found burrowed at the base of trees, as wood is their main source of food. They both benefit and harm the environment, as their development within wood creates nutrient cycling but also makes way for harmful fungus. Male Pine Sawyer Beetles antennas can be 3 times the size of their body while female are, on average, about 1.5 times their body. Not much else is known about this species.
- Discovered by Jellyfishlace's Baseil
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Ereshka
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Asian Horntail
Eriotremex formosanus
The larvae of this horntail are often found burrowed in dead or rotting trees, their main source of food are beetles. They rarely sting kems but when they do it can be painful, thankfully they're not deadly to kematas but if stung by multiple Horntails they should seek medical attention! Generally, the Asian Horntail is a docile creature and does not go out of its way to bother others.
- Discovered by ???
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Ereshka
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Mountain Pine Beetle
Dendroctonus ponderosae
This beetle comes in a varied size of 2-5 cm. This little creature is considered Val-shenns most stubborn pest. They can be found in pine trees all across Val-shenn, burying their eggs under the bark of Pine trees and causing strange fungi to form and cause many trees to rot. In the ____ era, Dendroctonus ponderosae caused over 80% of pine trees to die out, which caused mass hysteria across Val-shenn.
- Discovered by Jellyfishlace's Basheil
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Ereshka
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Glacier Stonefly
no known scientific name
A rare and elusive species of Stonefly, it is said that Glacier Stoneflies shaped the glaciers and mountains with their steel-like jaws. They eat the ice and snow in small chunks. Their life span is short, on average about 1-4 weeks once they leave their larvae stage.
- Discovered by ???
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Ereshka
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Amethyst Back Scarab
Amethystus Ateuchus sacer
Found deep in the caves of Ereshka, this scarab-like beetle is often confused for actual Amethyst, its thick shell is used to repel predators. Their large pincers are used for battling for mates and generally, only males adorn them, but in some instances, females might have a smaller pair.
- Discovered by Tyr'ehl
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Ereshka
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Common Blue Butterfly
Category: Bugs
Lycaenidae
The Common Blue Buttefly is addressed as such as it is the most easily found of all the blue butterflies. This butterfly can be find in just about any habitat so long as it doesnt have snow as they do poorly in the cold.