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'''Ephemeral Sapworms''', which split from their ancestor, live only during wetter seasons. Like houseflies, their lives are short: it takes 4-6 days for an egg to grow to an adult, with a maximum lifespan of about 23 days, though most are eaten by predators or mangled by flying accidents before then.

Ephemeral Sapworms are most active at dawn and dusk, primarily in the morning hours. They become active after sunrise, generally hiding and resting after 10:00 AM. They may rest on the trunks of blackflora or within the blooms of [[~~Maulwarts~~|Maulwarts]], and occasionally the spore chambers or blooms of other blackflora of similar size. Ephemeral Sapworms exist in smaller swarms in Fermi Desert, due to the lower density of its hosts there.

Ephemeral Sapworms are most active at dawn and dusk, primarily in the morning hours. They become active after sunrise, generally hiding and resting after 10:00 AM. They may rest on the trunks of blackflora or within the blooms of [[Maulwart|Maulwarts]], and occasionally the spore chambers or blooms of other blackflora of similar size. Ephemeral Sapworms exist in smaller swarms in Fermi Desert, due to the lower density of its hosts there.

Because they have co-evolved with Maulwarts to drink their sap-like nectar, the adults' diets have less sap. The tongues of adults are not as sharp as most [[Sapworms]], for lack of need to puncture bark and suck sap. Where Maulwarts are scarcer, they may suck sap from [[Razorbark]] spore chambers. However, this puts them into competition with their better-adapted ancestors, and only their slightly keener senses for sniffing out Razorbark (and descendants') spore chambers and more specific feeding times with more vigorous activity makes this viable.

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 '''Ephemeral Sapworms''', which split from their ancestor, live only during wetter seasons. Like houseflies, their lives are short: it takes 4-6 days for an egg to grow to an adult, with a maximum lifespan of about 23 days, though most are eaten by predators or mangled by flying accidents before then.
-Ephemeral Sapworms are most active at dawn and dusk, primarily in the morning hours. They become active after sunrise, generally hiding and resting after 10:00 AM. They may rest on the trunks of blackflora or within the blooms of [[Maulwarts|Maulwarts]], and occasionally the spore chambers or blooms of other blackflora of similar size. Ephemeral Sapworms exist in smaller swarms in Fermi Desert, due to the lower density of its hosts there.
+Ephemeral Sapworms are most active at dawn and dusk, primarily in the morning hours. They become active after sunrise, generally hiding and resting after 10:00 AM. They may rest on the trunks of blackflora or within the blooms of [[Maulwart|Maulwarts]], and occasionally the spore chambers or blooms of other blackflora of similar size. Ephemeral Sapworms exist in smaller swarms in Fermi Desert, due to the lower density of its hosts there.
 Because they have co-evolved with Maulwarts to drink their sap-like nectar, the adults' diets have less sap. The tongues of adults are not as sharp as most [[Sapworms]], for lack of need to puncture bark and suck sap. Where Maulwarts are scarcer, they may suck sap from [[Razorbark]] spore chambers. However, this puts them into competition with their better-adapted ancestors, and only their slightly keener senses for sniffing out Razorbark (and descendants') spore chambers and more specific feeding times with more vigorous activity makes this viable.

Ephemeral Sapworm: Difference between revisions

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