Ant-nest rove beetle is a 3-star creature card from the Iron Age. Some rove beetles fool ants with chemical signals and get fed inside their nests.
Bonus by grade
| Grade | Copies needed | Bonus |
|---|---|---|
| Common | 0 | +10% Food cap |
| Uncommon | 2 | +18% Food cap |
| Rare | 5 | +30% Food cap |
| Epic | 10 | +45% Food cap |
| Legendary | 20 | +70% Food cap |
Duplicates raise the grade: Uncommon at 2, Rare at 5, Epic at 10, Legendary at 20.
Codex
- Common: Rove beetles are a huge family with short wing covers.
- Uncommon: Some species live inside ant nests.
- Rare: They copy the ants' chemical signals.
- Epic: The ants feed and groom them as if they were nestmates.
- Legendary: Some even eat the ants' larvae.
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Field guide
| Size | Family ranges from under 1 mm to 35 mm; most are 2–8 mm |
| Nest | Leaf litter, under stones and shores; some live inside ant nests |
| Diet | Mostly insect predators; ant-nest species eat ant brood and are fed by ants |
| Defence | Chemical: some produce irritants, and nest guests release calming scents to ants |
| Active | Not well known |
| Lifespan | Not well known |
| Where it lives | Almost everywhere beetles live, from forests to ocean shores |
Did you know?
- Staphylinidae is among the biggest animal families, with over 68,000 known species.
- Lomechusa-type beetles are adopted by ants and carried into the brood chambers.
- Young beetles of some species overwinter safely inside the host ants' nest.
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