Banauk

Insects native to Rashiki, known as "piranha wasps". Despite being less than a centimetre in length, these insects swarm in vast numbers around their victims, waiting until the animal collapses with nervous exhaustion before heading in to strip it to the bone. A typical swarm can reduce an adult groat to a skeleton in less than three minutes.

Because of the Rashikiian attitude to ecological preservation, all native animals (including insects) are protected. Most people wear flexible armour when travelling the outback. Care still has to be taken by armour-wearers not to enter the eye of a swarm, as the insect mass could easily block intake valves. However, the biggest danger from Banauk is actually to aircraft. Flying through a swarm can frequently cause a crash due to sheer weight of numbers settling on the vehicle.

Sources

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• Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), .