Name: Thetanfly/Nomfrog
Scientific Name: Buccellam sapiens (Wise morsel) Xenorana insatiabilis (Insatiable alien frog)
Empire name: Pe'mak'an dan Di'mak'an (Eater and Eaten)
Diet: Detritivore (Thetanfly), Carnivore (Nomfrog)
Taxonomy: Frog and flylike aliens
Species first evolve: 12 Million B.C.E
Galactic Empire Age: 5 Million B.C.E - Present
Lifespan: 8 years (Thetanfly) 60 (Nomfrog)
Culture/Religion: Endosomatophilia (Thetanfly) Gluttony/hypnosis (Nomfrog)
Archetype: Bard
Abilities: High speed, intelligence, bioluminescence, flight (Thetanfly), strength, intelligence, high jump, dexterous hands (Nomfrog)
Length/Height: 2cm long (Thetanfly), 6.5ft tall (Nomfrog)
Sapience level: Sapient (Thetanfly) Near-sapient (Nomfrog)
Predator Type: Symbiote
Bio: Symbiotic empires (2 or more dominant species evolving in the same world and surviving to the space stage) are rare in the galaxy, and Symbiote empires whose species eat each other are even rarer. Such is the case with the Pe'mak'an dan Di'mak'an Empire, a hybrid civilization with two species of vastly different lineages, those being the Thetanflies and the Nomfrog.
Nomfrog, despite being slightly less intelligent than their Thetanfly symbiotes, are seen as the official face of the Pe'mak'an dan Di'mak'an Hybrid empire. They are formidable predators that can leap high in the air, often being launched twice-to-thrice their height in a single leap. This makes them deceptively graceful despite their fat bellies and/or thighs, which they use to their advantage when hunting same-sized or larger prey. When descending down to a sizeable prey, the Nomfrogwill position itself so that it will land on their prey gut-first, not only stunning the prey, but also crushing their prey underneath their weight.
Although this tactic of bellyslamming their prey from a great height is an effective way to incapicate prey to be eaten, it's also a good way of getting Nomfrog killed. If the Nomfrog misses its target or the target has defense mechanisms against falling objects, it will get stunned upon landing if not outright killed if jumping from a high enough height.
Despite being preyed on by the Nomfrogs, the Thetanflies do not hold their predators in animosity, quite the opposite in fact, as thetanflies have co-evolved with Nomfrogs instead of evolving defense mechanisms against them. For instance, their chitin is indigestible to Nomfrogs, which they use as living houses and nurserys for their maggots. Both species have learned to interact with each other by using the Thetanfly's bioluminescent abdomen, flickering it in a way analogous to morse code. In modern times, this conditioning has reached the point of being almost hypnotic to the Nomfrog, causing them to drop what they're doing previously to try and understand the new command.
This works especially well when both species are hunting prey. A Thetanfly would use its unassuming looks to latch onto prey before giving the signal to their Nomfrog ally to eat them along with the creature they're latched on if they're small, or to jump on them like mentioned earlier if they're larger, though if the latter occurs, the Thetanfly will fly out of the way before impact occurs. Once eaten, the digestive system of the Nomfrog will get to work, digesting their meal in a matter of minutes. When this happens, the Thetanflies move in to feed on whatever scraps remain. They will also eat the dead skin or dried up slime on the Nomfrog to keep them clean.
Pictured here is a 21 year old female Nomfrog following two Thetanfly siblings to a hunting spot while the rest of their family is sleeping inside her stomach. Due to the dissonance between both races' lifespan, these two Thetanflies are the third generation of her original Thetanfly family that were in her care. She's a pretty bubbly type of pred who's easily excitable when smelling food and is protective of her Thetanfly family. She will also be the main Nomfrog I will use in RPs.
* The base for the Nomfrog was not created by me, but was made as an OC request from a friend of mine on DeviantArt (Idk if he has a FA account so I'll just refer to him by his DA name, Sammywhiskers) for another friend of mine. You might know the latter friend as Supermariofanboy519 . He rejected that design for being far too uncanny, but allowed me to take the original rejected design and use it as my own after I edited it to be less scary. So full credit to both of them for the design and idea of a humanoid amphibian respectively.
Scientific Name: Buccellam sapiens (Wise morsel) Xenorana insatiabilis (Insatiable alien frog)
Empire name: Pe'mak'an dan Di'mak'an (Eater and Eaten)
Diet: Detritivore (Thetanfly), Carnivore (Nomfrog)
Taxonomy: Frog and flylike aliens
Species first evolve: 12 Million B.C.E
Galactic Empire Age: 5 Million B.C.E - Present
Lifespan: 8 years (Thetanfly) 60 (Nomfrog)
Culture/Religion: Endosomatophilia (Thetanfly) Gluttony/hypnosis (Nomfrog)
Archetype: Bard
Abilities: High speed, intelligence, bioluminescence, flight (Thetanfly), strength, intelligence, high jump, dexterous hands (Nomfrog)
Length/Height: 2cm long (Thetanfly), 6.5ft tall (Nomfrog)
Sapience level: Sapient (Thetanfly) Near-sapient (Nomfrog)
Predator Type: Symbiote
Bio: Symbiotic empires (2 or more dominant species evolving in the same world and surviving to the space stage) are rare in the galaxy, and Symbiote empires whose species eat each other are even rarer. Such is the case with the Pe'mak'an dan Di'mak'an Empire, a hybrid civilization with two species of vastly different lineages, those being the Thetanflies and the Nomfrog.
Nomfrog, despite being slightly less intelligent than their Thetanfly symbiotes, are seen as the official face of the Pe'mak'an dan Di'mak'an Hybrid empire. They are formidable predators that can leap high in the air, often being launched twice-to-thrice their height in a single leap. This makes them deceptively graceful despite their fat bellies and/or thighs, which they use to their advantage when hunting same-sized or larger prey. When descending down to a sizeable prey, the Nomfrogwill position itself so that it will land on their prey gut-first, not only stunning the prey, but also crushing their prey underneath their weight.
Although this tactic of bellyslamming their prey from a great height is an effective way to incapicate prey to be eaten, it's also a good way of getting Nomfrog killed. If the Nomfrog misses its target or the target has defense mechanisms against falling objects, it will get stunned upon landing if not outright killed if jumping from a high enough height.
Despite being preyed on by the Nomfrogs, the Thetanflies do not hold their predators in animosity, quite the opposite in fact, as thetanflies have co-evolved with Nomfrogs instead of evolving defense mechanisms against them. For instance, their chitin is indigestible to Nomfrogs, which they use as living houses and nurserys for their maggots. Both species have learned to interact with each other by using the Thetanfly's bioluminescent abdomen, flickering it in a way analogous to morse code. In modern times, this conditioning has reached the point of being almost hypnotic to the Nomfrog, causing them to drop what they're doing previously to try and understand the new command.
This works especially well when both species are hunting prey. A Thetanfly would use its unassuming looks to latch onto prey before giving the signal to their Nomfrog ally to eat them along with the creature they're latched on if they're small, or to jump on them like mentioned earlier if they're larger, though if the latter occurs, the Thetanfly will fly out of the way before impact occurs. Once eaten, the digestive system of the Nomfrog will get to work, digesting their meal in a matter of minutes. When this happens, the Thetanflies move in to feed on whatever scraps remain. They will also eat the dead skin or dried up slime on the Nomfrog to keep them clean.
Pictured here is a 21 year old female Nomfrog following two Thetanfly siblings to a hunting spot while the rest of their family is sleeping inside her stomach. Due to the dissonance between both races' lifespan, these two Thetanflies are the third generation of her original Thetanfly family that were in her care. She's a pretty bubbly type of pred who's easily excitable when smelling food and is protective of her Thetanfly family. She will also be the main Nomfrog I will use in RPs.
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* The base for the Nomfrog was not created by me, but was made as an OC request from a friend of mine on DeviantArt (Idk if he has a FA account so I'll just refer to him by his DA name, Sammywhiskers) for another friend of mine. You might know the latter friend as Supermariofanboy519 . He rejected that design for being far too uncanny, but allowed me to take the original rejected design and use it as my own after I edited it to be less scary. So full credit to both of them for the design and idea of a humanoid amphibian respectively.
Category Artwork (Digital) / Macro / Micro
Species Amphibian (Other)
Gender Multiple characters
Size 829 x 753px
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