Nectar Crystalworm

The Nectar Crystalworm split from its ancestor and has spread to the woodlands and scrublands of southern and central Drake. Like their ancestor they use the holes on their head segment to smell and take in air for their tracheal system. They are hermaphrodites: after mating both individuals will fly off to lay eggs on the leaves of crystal flora. They can live up to a year and mate two to three times during that period, producing up to two hundred eggs each time. The eggs can remain dormant for months and survive freezing temperatures in this state. They only hatch when temperatures remain above freezing for several consecutive days. Hatchlings are well developed and capable of flight within hours.

They have long slightly sticky tongues which allow them to feed on the spores of spore-producing crystal trees as well as the nectar of Baseejies. They are avid consumers of creab jelly and an important means of dispersal for the creab complex. Lurspire fruit makes up a fairly small portion of their diet as they are poorly camouflaged against the lurspire’s foliage.