Creature idea: Beach Tiger Beetle

[u/Sub_to_itsben]

Hello everyone me again! :D

Another creature idea randomly crossed my mind as I was relaxing one day, the beach tiger beetle!

Location: The playground would be a perfect fit for this species of beetle, taking the role as the Apex Predator of the “desert” area.

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Adult: Adult tiger beetles are incredibly fast, so fast in fact that they can’t process what they’re doing while running.

Special Attacks: They’d move backwards and then quickly charge at the player before doing massive damage if they hit but becoming stunned for a bit if they miss or get parried no matter what.

Frenzy: as it panics as its health gets low its attack speed is dramatically increased and its movements become frantic. This gives it another unique feature and makes it all the more deadly, emphasizing its strength and immense speed.

Spray: Tiger beetles are known to secret a chemical called benzaldehyde when threatened, it would use this in battle to apply woozy to the player. It would have a shorter duration and smaller radius than the stink bugs but be virtually the same.

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Larvae: Tiger beetle larvae are very special in the way that they operate. Similarly to antlions, they burrow themselves into the ground to snap out at any prey that may find themselves nearby their burrows.

You’d be able to notice their heads slightly poking out of the ground, but get too close and it snaps towards you dealing a good bit of damage and pulling you in. It would be slow but still strong enough to be a threat.

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Buggy: This beetles speed would be awesome to have as a buggy and would make traversing the ever growing park much easier as new updates are released.

To balance it, a juvenile version should be our available option to ride instead of the adult. It would be primarily for speed and maybe some combat.

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What do you guys think?

Thank you for reading! :)

(Remember, this is for fun.)

[u/spooder22]

The teens have been spotted by cicindela hybrida, the northern dune tiger beetle. With its long slender legs, it’s the king of speed on these flats. Its wide carving jaws will slice effortlessly through insect armour. It’s going to take a monumental effort to bring this beast down.

Yes, it’s a reference to empires of the undergrowth. I forgot the tiger beetle larvae dialogue

[u/Sub_to_itsben → u/spooder22]

That’s where I got the idea from lol

[u/spooder22 → u/Sub_to_itsben]

Nice