Beetle Mania - King of the Monsters

Beetle Mania is a character from the SNK video game King of the Monsters. He is a giant, mutated insect which has taken on human-like proportions.

He was the character I always liked to play as, unfortunately he didn't return for the sequel.


Beetle Mania is (C) SNK playmore

Garbblix

The Garbblix are a race of marauding insectoid aliens. They have no central unified government, and instead are organized into tribal collectives which often war among themselves. They often raid settlements in the surrounding star systems which have lead to several border wars. Those Garbblix which have left their native territory often can be found as pirates or mercenaries.

Quchtoquetria

Quchtoquetria are large, prairie and forest dwelling creatures which share characteristics of both insects and reptiles. They are omnivorous, and live in loose nomadic troops. They are designated as an "emerging intelligence" and are protected by most space faring governments.

Bunniroach

The Bunniroach is the bizarre combination of a cockroach and bunny rabbit by a deranged scientific mind. The creatures have recently escaped and have been breeding at an alarming, uncontrollable rate.

Mufflegluff

Mufflegluffs are strange mutants which emerged from the wilderness in large numbers. They seem to have characteristics of tree dwelling mammals along with insect and cephalopod traits. Mufflegluffs are generally friendly, but are highly protective of each other, and will resort to violence to protect themselves.

Xtchlotil, the devourer

Xtchlotil the devourer is a huge beast, born from a mutated insect egg infected by strange extradimensional energy. Xtchlotil  grew to enormous size and began to consume everything around him, until finally all life on his planet had been destroyed. He then used his vast intellect and immense cosmic powers to rip open wormholes in the space time continuum, to discover more worlds to devour.

Skibrix

The Skrbrix are a race descended from wood dwelling insects. They have all but shedded their bulky exoskeletons except for key areas around their legs. They are still in the early stages of space travel, and have only spread to a few star systems.

Earcerci

Earcerci are bipedal aliens which are descended from deep soil burrowing insects. They have short limbs, a flexible exoskeleton which covers their body in rib-like structures, and walk with a bow-legged gait. Their brains are highly developed, and possess a unique five-lobed structure. Unlike most insectoid sentients, the Earcerci are individuals, and do not share a hive-mind. Earcerci society however still maintains many cultural holdovers from a hive-mentality, including a rigid caste system.

Goo-Goo Bug

Strange, clumsy, over-large insects, Goo-Goo bugs were originally genetically engineered with the intention of creating bio-weapons capable of wiping out enemy cities in huge swarms. Due to compound abnormalities in their genetic makeup, the results were less than satisfactory.

Catapede

After the bankruptcy of the Cristix corporation the remaining stock of  Kittahpillars were slated to be destroyed, however several of them managed to escape into the surrounding wooded areas. Years of  cross breeding with local alley cats have created a strange offshoot of the species, dubbed "Catapedes." They are generally more feral than Kittahpillars, however many of them have been (illegally) captured and domesticated.

Slutterbug

Slutterbugs are small, squirmy, soft-bodied insects which infest water holes, marshes, and swamps. The insects are notorious for crawling into the nose, ears, or other orifices of it's host animal. There the creature lays it's eggs. When the young hatch they cause unbearable pain as they did their way to the surface.

Figziggle

Figziggles are small, caterpillar like beings who live in shallow burrows in savannas and grasslands. The green sack-like organs along it's back are used for long term food storage so the creature can survive the long winters of it's native environment.

Bezzle

Bezzles are large, flying monstrosities spawned by illegal dumping of radioactive waste. They have been a blight on nearby farming communities and have been known to wipe out entire herds of cattle. The creatures are rather intelligent, and have sucessfully evaded attempts to wipe them out.

Ronny the Roach

Ronny the Roach

Lives in an alley

Where everything he owns is stashed

He'll set up shack anywhere

as long as it's filled

with all kinds of garbage and trash.

Infernal Locusts

A species of large, carnivorous insect which infest the multiple battlefields in Hell. After major battles they often swarm to feed upon the carnage, afterwhich they usually must be culled to keep them under control. Most demons actually consider the hellish insects to be a rare delicacy.

In the book of Revelations the swarm is released upon mankind under the command of Abbadon, lord of the pit.

Villipede

Villipedes are titan millipedes which have been known to measure 6 feet at the shoulder and up to 42 feet in length. The creatures hatch in mass after a roughly seven year cycle and begin to feed on all organic matter. After a hugely destructive migration southwards the mating ritual is completed, whereupon all Villipedes quickly die off and the cycle begins anew. The massive insects have been responsible for destruction of countless lives and millions in property damage.

Kpskiet

Kipkiets are slow moving, spiky beetle-like creatures which live in deep forests. They tend to dwell along the heavily shaded forest floor, where the creatures root through the detritus and top soil for small prey. When threatened Kipkiets withdraw into their shells in behavior similar to turtles.

Anthukabu

The Anthukabu is an insect which cultivates several different types of fungus on it's shell. The fungus serves as excellent camouflage, and also as a food source for the creature and it's young.

Nanoscarab

Nanoscarabs are minute, techno-organic insects created by scientists to originally for medical reasons. They Necroscrabs have since escaped and evolved thorough several hundred thousand generations into a highly organized artificial insect society with multiple classes. Unlike normal insects, nanoscarabs are capable of reducing any organic matter to base building material within seconds. Thus far all attempts to eliminate the nanoscarab swarm has been unsuccessful.

Aranarchix

The Aranarchix is a large, scaled beast mutated from a breed of ground dwelling insect. The creatures are capable of consuming prey twice it's size. Powerful leg muscles allow the Aranarchix to leap dozens of feet into the air. True to their insect evolution they will often live in colonies, which have been known to migrate according to weather patterns and attack human settlements. Programs to exterminate the Aranarchix have so far been unsuccessful, as their breeding rates keep populations high.