Will they once turn into giant butterflies of doom?

No, I don't think so - maybe if there isn't enough food to sustain them, they'll turn into a butterfly and seek better grounds, but if there's plenty to eat, they just stay as a grub forever :b

But I wonder where they would hang up their cocoon, they are tooo big for bushes and trees... :D

Oh, they wouldn't start off this big. I think if they're going to turn into a butterfly, they're probably only, like, cat/dog-sized - they only get elephant-sized if there's another food around that they don't need to turn into a butterfly?

cute

Thanks, haha, the art director thought so too :b

Quite the fatty. 8>

lol, yes. I thought of him as the Fatterpillar while I was working on him XD

How delightfully scary.

Hehe, thanks!

Public enemy number one for gardeners, farmers and anyone trying to find an apple to munch on.

Haha, yep. The Skidi gliders are quite fond of their fields, so they find these guys quite the pest :b

Wow, these are really cool! I love the bestiary thus far!

Thanks a lot, glad to hear it!

You are most welcome!

I think I know why the skidi reall want them away from their fields. They can guide these creatures off into the distance and be used as a mount to get around, or go after an enemy field. They are the war tanks of the Skidi invasion into the human lands, Myahahhahaha!!! xD

lol, wow. And using a carrot on the stick probably really would be good enough to steer them around XD

Exactly. Now we have the story background for why the adventures are having to fight one on the ER cover xD everything makes since now lol Just need to add more carrots probably

Would they have any natural predators such as A form of Parasitic wasp? Or even just a fungal infection of sorts?

I imagine only a small number of the Elephant grub population manage to reach that size over their lifespan... How long does it take for them to go from an Egg to 'Adult' larval state?

Also... Grub implies the larval stage of a beetle... Which usually resides underground :P

Oh, probably. Like a lot of animals, I'm sure they get picked off quite readily while they're young, and just a few live long enough in an abundant enough area to get this big, as you say. Once they get this big, though? Probably only big enough monsters like cyclops and giants... and also bands of Skidi, hehe.

As for the details of their actual lifespan, no clue :b I'm usually not responsible for coming up with serious details of lore - they just sometimes need me to come up with ideas, and throw them at them, and then they figure out what makes the final cut, as it were.

Right, forgot about that - I mean, I know they're larval/neotonic as opposed to adult in form, but forgot grubs are specific to beetles. Doesn't really matter, though, whether they're supposed to be from a beetle species or a butterfly/moth species - the art director wasn't sure if she wanted them to be partially subterranean anyway, so still works out, haha.

I can only imagine these massive Grubs bursting from the earth after several years slumber to once again feast upon a bounty of plants....

Could make a nice side-quest for some farmers as a field they thought was safe actually had one of those monstrosities burst from the ground and begin to devour the year's crop...

"MY CABBAGES!"

why do i imagine it making sloppy trombone sounds as it crawls through the countryside? This is good stuff.

XD If it talks, it'll sound like Jabba the Hutt. Apparently to get him sounding extra gross, the foley artists ran their fingers through cheese casserole and used that sound for all his movements and stuff XD

You are an absolute font of obscure information XD

Speaking of which, did you know barnacles have the largest penis:body ratio of all animals? :V

((It's 'cause they're sedentary. To prevent excessive breeding with the same immediate neighbours, they evolved super-long tentacle penises so they can "go abroad" and mix their genes up with more barnacles elsewhere :b The things you learn in university...))

Now why would I look at a Barnacle's junk?!?!?! Gaak XD XD

Okay obscure facts. Hmmm... Helena Bonham Carter insisted that her make up artist, apply her make up for her character, Maria, in "The Fight Club" with her left hand, because Carter thought the character was not the type that was ever precise with their make up.

For all of their ferocity, in Mongol Asia, it was safe enough for a woman to travel with a bag of gold from end to end, and get to her destination end to end.

The most successful British Infantry rifle was patented by an American. (James Parris Lee).

The Batcave from the 60's show was actually a disused quarry near the Hollywood sign.

Hahah, nice.

Nom nom nom nom!

Very nicely done. This creature is kind of scary....its eating a tree.

Hehe, thanks! And yeah, a lot like elephants :V Super destructive and potentially horrendously dangerous, even though they're "just" herbivores grazing for food :b Although at least these guys don't travel in herds!

This is the caterpillar that grows into the butterfly that flaps its wings and across the world an earthquake happens o3o

lol! I never thought of that, but could definitely be the case, haha.

Grubs are usually edible. That's a lot of meat on the table. Insects and grubs actially don't taste bad but most people are reluctant to eat them Cajun stir Reid crickets are yummy. Lots of protein too. :)

Yeah, definitely!