CLASS: BOTANICAL

   Similar at its core to the Snagnant, this cactiform botanical serves as a living, symbiotic nest for a unique breed of eusocial spider, obedient to the monster's complex vibrational commands. Insects and small vertebrates are more than enough to keep the colony and their mobile home well nourished, but even the largest monsters can succumb to the swarm's intensely toxic, tissue-destroying venom.

   Easygoing and nonconfrontational, an Arachtus rattles out a maraca-like warning before forced to unleash its scurrying, seething defenders.