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Netting Beetle

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also known as lav peq, these insects were bio-engineered by the Yuuzhan Vong to fly around an area and exude an organic netting. When released in swarms, netting beetles formed a dense network of fibers that stuck to anything it touched, creating the netting as a by-product of their feeding. The first wave of beetles strung their fibers between trees and bushes, while successive waves fed on whatever they found in order to replenish the netting. Using these creatures, Yuuzhan Vong warriors could capture a fugitive or enemy without actually knowing where they are. Many times, the netting beetles fed on the flesh of the enemy, using the cells in the formation of the netting, but this was rarely fatal to the captured individual. Once a target had been captured, the grub-like insects began to reel themselves back along the fibers, drawing the captured prey back to the attacker. A speciallized form of netting beetles was used on prison worlds such as Selvaris, with enough rudimentary intelligence to accept minimal training. This allowed the Selvaris netting beetles to fly in coordinated patterns, crisscrossing their webs to weave a much stronger web.