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|creator = Coolsteph
|image = Corkscrew_Krugg.png
|ancestor = Grub Krugg
|size = 5 cm Long
|habitat = Darwin Tropical Rainforest, Darwin Temperate Rainforest, Darwin Temperate Woodland
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|thermoregulation=Ectotherm
|respiration = Active (Microlungs)
|reproduction= Sexual; Many Quick-Hatching, Snail-like Eggs Laid on Host Skin
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|species = caudacochlea
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The corkscrew krugg lays its eggs on the skin of
Like most kruggs, the larvae resemble thornworms, with the closest resemblance to beach thornworms. Unlike thornworms, they have comparatively weak and very pale exoskeletons, no exposed red parts between segments, six articulated spike-like limbs and vestigial eyes. Within a week the larvae change to a creamy grub-like second form with a greater resemblance to an adult krugg. This transformation is controlled by hormones produced by the gut and visual lobes of the larvae's brain, and will only happen in a dark, warm, moist environment with plenty of nutrition. If a corkscrew krugg larvae does not have eyes or its gut cannot properly produce hormones, it will not transform to its secondary form.
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Corkscrew kruggs have mandibles hardened by sclerotin. This contributes to their color. The mandibles are also storage sites for orange pigments collected from their food. Corkscrew kruggs with darker mandibles are more attractive to other corkscrew kruggs.
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