Flisilensis skyi

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They managed to get to Zone C, after being brought to the sea and riding on a G. flotensis, travelling most of the distance safely, and finally settled there. They are 5 cm long and are social. They live in colonies underground. All of they are equal to each other, there lack a hierarchy.
They have 5 segments. Their 2 antennae are enormous and colorful with yellow, black, and light brown patches. They communicate with movements, antennae movements, and pheromones. Females are slightly bigger than males, to store energy for producing eggs. The females are bright yellow or orange with black dots. The males are sand yellow with greenish tones when seen from below. The females lay hundreds of little eggs at a time. They feed on P. longatumus leaves, seeds, trunks, branches, and occasionally nectar.
When the eggs hatch, useless larvae come to existence, they're white and eat anything that came from a polyph. They are blind and can regurgitate gastric acids to digest hard things, because their mandibles are still weak. Pupae are stored in special chambers. Adult males have only 6 functional legs, the other two (the second pair) have transformed into wing-like structures that allow them to glide and are used for show. Gliding allows them to get to the nectar more easily and avoid predators. The second pair of legs look really big when oriented correctly, and are a bit colorful than the rest of males' bodies. They have their post orbital ridges, found on the second segment, modified to form a crown-like structure.

Even though they aren't that defended, they reproduce efficiently and eat anything from polyphs.

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