Zancudos



Zancudos is a Neopteron.

English: Zancudos

Japanese: ザンクどす (Zankudosu)

Latin: Sanguinem lactantem insectum

Physiology
Zancudos is a large, mosquito-like Neopteron with an orange exoskeleton adorned with silvery stripes. A small head with red compound eyes is located on a bulbous thorax, followed by a cylindrical abdomen. The bottom half of the abdomen is transparent. The foremost pair of legs are tipped with pincers. Zancudos's proboscis is long, thing, and needle-like.

Abilities
Zancudos uses it long, sharp proboscis to pierce the skin of its prey and draw blood which is stored in its abdomen. Zancudos can fly four 24 hours without landing. When extracting fluids from prey, Zancudos is capable of temporarily gaining certain attributes from it, similarly to the Leviathan Baruragaru.

Behavior
It feeds on the blood of both monsters and humans, and is capable of drinking over a gallon of blood in one feeding. Zancudos drinks so much blood that its blood type will change to that of its victim following a feeding. It is also gluttonous, occasionally gorging itself to the extent that it becomes too heavy to fly. Zancudos mostly is nocturnal but will sometimes become active during the day. Like real life mosquitoes, only female Zancudo drink blood. Male Zancudo use their proboscis to stab into trees and suck up sap.

Habitat
Zancudos can be found in a large variety of environments such as the Swamp, Jungle, Great Forest, Flooded Forest, Primal Forest, Sunken Hollow, Everwood, and the Ancient Forest.