Nectar Batworm
| Nectar Batworm | ||
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| (Melitozetes buttlicker) | ||
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| 15/101, gamma ray burst | ||
| Information | ||
| Creator | Hydromancerx Other | |
| Week/Generation | 14/93 | |
| Habitat | Flisch Marsh | |
| Size | 10 cm Wingspan | |
| Primary Mobility | Unknown | |
| Support | Exoskeleton (Chitin) | |
| Diet | Nectarivore (Lotusworm Shrub) | |
| Respiration | Semi-Active (Unidirectional Tracheae) | |
| Thermoregulation | Heterotherm (Basking, Muscle-Generated Heat) | |
| Reproduction | Hermaphroditic (eggs) | |
| Taxonomy | ||
| Domain Kingdom Subkingdom Phylum Class Subclass Order Suborder Family Genus Species | Eukaryota Binucleozoa Symbiovermes (info) Thoracocephalia Optidorsalia Polyptera (info) Cataleipoptera Membranopennes Laborlapsidae Melitozetes Melitozetes buttlicker | |
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The nectar batworm split from its ancestor, the batworm, in the Flisch Marsh. It has specified to depend only on the lotusworm shrub flower's nectar. It has gotten smaller so it can fit inside the flower and get to the nectar. It helps the lotusworm shrub spread its pollen-like gametes around and without it they could not reproduce. Its wings have become strong as well and with a high sugar diet of nectar it has enough energy to hover in midair. However it must eat all the time to survive.
They will fly in small flocks going from grove to grove spreading pollen and drinking the nectar. They stay in this group as protection versus predators (safety in numbers), but feel no kinship to one another. If one dies, it does not bother them. Oddly enough, these are all brothers and sisters. When a nectar batworm lays its eggs, it lays them in an egg sack. These eggs all hatch at almost the same time, and after they hatch, they look very similar to their distant ancestor, the slugworm. Their wings will fully mature and grow enough for flight about a week after being hatched. About a month after being born, they gain the ability to mate. They will immediately do so, and then group back together once more. About every four months, they will scatter and mate again, then group together again with their siblings. As long as they live, they will stay together as a group.
Its sense of smell has improved greatly, so that they may find the flowers which are in bloom. Like their ancestor they have developed a mild poison that coats the outside of their body, keeping away most predators. You can constantly see them swarming from flower to flower, busy as bees.
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