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Creature traits:
* '''Flight''': This creature is capable of flying. As a free action, this creature may toggle Flight on or off once per turn. If Flight is on, this creature receives the following effects:** Primed [[Explosives#Directional mines|directional mines]] will not be set off by a flying creature on the same Side.** Opponents attacking a flying creature suffer from a [[FT]] malus: FT+2 with melee attacks, FT+1 with ranged attacks.** Flying creatures cannot take [[cover]].** Flying creatures suffer from certain maluses: [[Recoil]] +1 and [[FT]]+1.{{TraitFlight}}
{{Lore}}
An The giant beetle is one of several species of giant insects native to the Mazes. It appears to be an enormous insect, with version of the appearance ''[https://www.coleoptera.org.uk/species/sphaerius-acaroides sphaerius acaroides]'', reaching roughly 2 feet of a beetleheight and 4 feet 6 inches of length. Adults of both sexes weigh between 40 and 55 pounds on average. Females lay clutches of one to eight eggs, and larvae are known for their sickly-green color.
The giant beetle is one of several species of giant insects native to the Mazes. It appears to be an enormous version of the ''[https://www.coleoptera.org.uk/species/sphaerius-acaroides sphaerius acaroides]'', reaching roughly 2 feet of height and 4 feet 6 inches of length. Adults of both sexes weigh between 40 and 55 lbs on average. Females lay clutches of one to eight eggs, and larvae are known for their sickly-green color. Besides their size, giant beetles differ from their original cousins in coloration; their bodies evolved to take on a more rocky-concrete gray instead of the original shiny black, presumably to better match the environment of the Mazes' Uncivilized Area. Interestingly, the color of their blood can vary between is a shade of dark green and light red - the reason for this is unknown, and appears to change between individualsrather than a regular beetle's yellow.
These creatures attack anything in range, including people, and feed on just about any type of soft organic matter they can find. Despite that or their scary appearance, they are not very dangerous and can be disposed of with judicious application of handgun fire or other appropriate weapon.
Like all members of the '''Bugs''' category, the origin of these creatures is unknown. Because they lack any magical or supernatural elements, it has been theorized that these creatures are the result of some type of past scientific experiment gone wrong, and that they have since escaped into the UA and become a species native to the Uncivilized Area.
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