Identification: spacefaring hordes which migrate from world to world, chewing as they go
Variants: the main variation is in whether they gnaw through the whole lithosphere or just lick it clean
Also Known As: Star‐Aphids or Galactic Weevils (but not Space‐Hoppers)
Origin: the star sector of Delta Echo Alpha Tango Hotel
| LOOKS: | mouthparts and not much else, in sky‐darkening quantities | D− |
|---|---|---|
| BRAINS: | apparently they can do all that astrogation and stuff by pure blind instinct | 40 |
| LETHALITY: | one‐on‐one they're beatable, but they come in packs of a trillion | 0.9 |
| CULTURE: | if they could read the Michelin guide they'd see Earth only has one star | 02 |
| HARDNESS: | where did they evolve, then – the Big Rock Candy Mountain? | 2½ |
| TOKENISM: | registered as a protected species, since they regularly experience habitat loss | 86 |
Hobbies: ravening
Call: in space no‐one can hear you OM‐NOM‐NOM
Natural Predators: the Cosmocetaceanoids, if ramscoops count as natural
Migratory Range: western spiral arm, overwintering in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Not To Be Confused With: the Bolshevotermitoids, who only come by the million
See Also: the Ecorodentoids, who could teach them a thing or two about sustainability