Aptenoperissus is a four foot long insect that resembles a mix between a wasp, a grasshopper and an ant. They are fast, mobile and highly aggressive with long stingers filled with paralyzing venom. Their jaws are serrated mandibles that can shred through many hard substances and the have long strong forelimbs that they use for digging burrows in the ground. The Giant wasp has an unusual sexual dimorphism wherein the females are wingless instead possessing strong grasshopper-like back legs enabling them to leap great distances as well as pounce upon and pin potential prey. The males possess wings and are more docile than the females and generally spends its time flying about searching for a potential mate. When a male wasp enters the close proximity of the female, she will release a pheromone into the air which drives the male wasp into a vicious frenzy.
Aptenoperissus was the largest wasp in history but from casually looking at it you might think that it is more like a giant grasshopper. This would be a mistake because the wingless females are highly aggressive, diving upon and viciously stinging smaller creatures into paralysis. After the creature is paralyzed, the female injects it with eggs that incubate within the host. When the eggs hatch, the baby wasps begin to eat the host from the inside out, slowly killing it. The males have wings and are often found searching for a female to mate with, while still able to sting, the males are passive until they find a female to mate with. Upon finding a mate the male wasp becomes highly aggressive, attacking creatures near the female, attempting to aid the female in paralyzing nearby prey. The male will then mate with the female and upon completion, the female will kill and devour the male. If no paralyzed prey is nearby, she will instead paralyze the male and lay her eggs inside of him.
Perhaps a strange choice, a giant wasp, however a flying or jumping mount with high maneuverability (Like the Desmodus or Tapejara) that can snatch up smaller creatures in its front claws and sting them into paralysis would be really useful. Tamed Wasps would only enter the mating frenzy when mating is activated and the fact that you would have to sacrifice a male wasp (or another tame) would be a drawback, however after gestation you would be guaranteed at least two baby wasps if you sacrificed a decent sized creature. Instead of taming wasps, you would have to kill the female after her eggs have been laid in a creature, then protect the wild creature until the babies are born at which time you can claim them.
Invertebrate Arthropods are underused and underappreciated in Ark. There are no decent insects. Most are either cave dangers or just pests that plague Bob on the Beach. Giant Bees are tamed to become beehives. A fast nasty maneuverable mount that's useful for taming, PVP and exploring, the Giant Wasp is just what ARK needs!
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Aptenoperissus is a four foot long insect that resembles a mix between a wasp, a grasshopper and an ant. They are fast, mobile and highly aggressive with long stingers filled with paralyzing venom. Their jaws are serrated mandibles that can shred through many hard substances and the have long strong forelimbs that they use for digging burrows in the ground. The Giant wasp has an unusual sexual dimorphism wherein the females are wingless instead possessing strong grasshopper-like back legs enabling them to leap great distances as well as pounce upon and pin potential prey. The males possess wings and are more docile than the females and generally spends its time flying about searching for a potential mate. When a male wasp enters the close proximity of the female, she will release a pheromone into the air which drives the male wasp into a vicious frenzy.
Aptenoperissus was the largest wasp in history but from casually looking at it you might think that it is more like a giant grasshopper. This would be a mistake because the wingless females are highly aggressive, diving upon and viciously stinging smaller creatures into paralysis. After the creature is paralyzed, the female injects it with eggs that incubate within the host. When the eggs hatch, the baby wasps begin to eat the host from the inside out, slowly killing it. The males have wings and are often found searching for a female to mate with, while still able to sting, the males are passive until they find a female to mate with. Upon finding a mate the male wasp becomes highly aggressive, attacking creatures near the female, attempting to aid the female in paralyzing nearby prey. The male will then mate with the female and upon completion, the female will kill and devour the male. If no paralyzed prey is nearby, she will instead paralyze the male and lay her eggs inside of him.
Perhaps a strange choice, a giant wasp, however a flying or jumping mount with high maneuverability (Like the Desmodus or Tapejara) that can snatch up smaller creatures in its front claws and sting them into paralysis would be really useful. Tamed Wasps would only enter the mating frenzy when mating is activated and the fact that you would have to sacrifice a male wasp (or another tame) would be a drawback, however after gestation you would be guaranteed at least two baby wasps if you sacrificed a decent sized creature. Instead of taming wasps, you would have to kill the female after her eggs have been laid in a creature, then protect the wild creature until the babies are born at which time you can claim them.
Invertebrate Arthropods are underused and underappreciated in Ark. There are no decent insects. Most are either cave dangers or just pests that plague Bob on the Beach. Giant Bees are tamed to become beehives. A fast nasty maneuverable mount that's useful for taming, PVP and exploring, the Giant Wasp is just what ARK needs!
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