Moonflower Xenobee
| Moonflower Xenobee | ||
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| (Xenoapis lunavermis) | ||
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| 22/?, unknown cause | ||
| Information | ||
| Creator | Clarke Other | |
| Week/Generation | 19/126 | |
| Habitat | Huggs Temperate Rainforest, Huggs Temperate Woodland, Krakow Temperate Woodland | |
| Size | 10 cm Wingspan | |
| Primary Mobility | Unknown | |
| Support | Exoskeleton (Chitin) | |
| Diet | Nectavore (Moonflower Ferine) | |
| Respiration | Semi-Active (Unidirectional Tracheae) | |
| Thermoregulation | Heterotherm (Basking, Muscle-Generated Heat) | |
| Reproduction | Hermaphrodite (Eggs) | |
| Taxonomy | ||
| Domain Kingdom Subkingdom Phylum Class Subclass Order Suborder Superfamily Family Genus Species | Eukaryota Binucleozoa Symbiovermes (info) Thoracocephalia Optidorsalia Polyptera (info) Cataleipoptera Membranopennes Xenoapoidea Xenoapidae Xenoapis Xenoapis lunavermis | |
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The moonflower xenobee split from its ancestor when it migrated with the moonflower ferine. Because the moonflower ferine only flowers once a month, the new species of xenobee had to evolve. It has grown bigger eyes to better see in the moonlight, but this is not the most unique adaptation. It now hatches from its eggs the day before the full moon, and mates then. After this, the males die. That night, when the moonflower ferine opens, the xenobees consume as much nectar as possible, lay eggs, and die. The eggs the females lay hatch the day before the full moon. The eggs will also only hatch if it is warm enough. This means they do not live when the moonflower ferine hibernates. They have become less woolly, because they only live in the warmer months.
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