Vombeol

Appearance
There are two kinds of Vombeol, a Worker Form and a Soldier Form, which also look different. The Worker Form has three pairs of legs for walking, while the fourth one evolved to sac-like constructions growing over its abdomen to gather nectar in. The legs are black while the body is lime with black patterns on it. The workers have underdeveloped mandibles and cheliceres and the thorax is pretty small as well. In opposite to that the Soldier Form has bigger mandibles and is able to attack fiercely with its cheliceres. The fourth pair of legs developed to additional weapons to sting opponents. The soldiers body has some red areas in its pattern as well as a fully red head.

Habitat and Ecology
Vombeol inhabits the Plagued Meadows mainly where it lives in the enormous hive that is located there but sometimes it is also found in other environments like the Moor or the Bamboo Grove when the Temnoceran strays further from home in search for flowers. Vombeol has formed a symbiosis with the flowers in the Plagued Meadows and feed only on nectar and honey made from them.

Vombeol has a functioning spinneret, yet the silk it produces is gluey and doesn't form a thread. It usually uses it only to build the honeycombs or, as worker, if it gets surprised by an enemy or, as soldier, when it protects the hive. A Vombeol state is led by a single Vombeol Queen who is the only female in the state. The workers and soldiers are haploid males which are infertile.

As the Worker Form of Vombeol looks quite similar to Hukima when not looked closely some hunters start patting the Vombeol with silky end for the hunter. As Hukima doesn't interfere with the Temnoceran's nectar gathering, as it flies at other flowers in areas with Vombeols, the Neopteron usually gets tolerated.

These monsters have a unique relationship with Tassilo and Gurador. The two monsters often attack Vombeol hives to get their honey and larvae while the Temnocerans fight them back with their queen. These two parties are arch enemies and individuals of the Fanged Beast and/or Bird Wyvern get attacked on sight with alarm back at the hive.

Trivia

 * The name was created by Narwhaler. βόμβος (vomvos) is old Greek for "buzz" -> Vom and 벌 떼 (tte beol) is Korean for "swarm" -> beol