Miner Pedesorm

The Miner Pedesorm split from its ancestor, the Armored Pedesorm, and then split into three distinct subspecies that are better adapted to each biome.

The first subspecies lives in Shachonian Lava Tubes. It uses its sharp trunk claw like a pickaxe and chips rocks off of the wall. It then eats the rocks in order to fortify its shell. Because the rocks are black, the Cave Miner Pedesorm's shell is black. In order to actually nourish it, this subspecies eats various global genus species that are adapted to the cave, primarily consisting of spore towers and rustmolds. These pedesorms mainly rely on their sense of smell to navigate the caves. They only leave the caves to breed. This is because there is either very little or no soil for them to lay their eggs in inside of the caves.

The second subspecies lives in Maineiac Volcanic. It is a generalist that feeds on small, global genus flora. They fortify their shell with chiton from glass flora. Thus, their shells are cyan. Because chiton isn't a tough as stone, they are easier to eat than the other subspecies. with their shells easier to crack, they are easily eaten by most small predators like the karybdos and the harvester pedesorm. They use their trunk claws to cut flora. they reproduce the fastest because they are constantly being eaten.

The third subspecies lives in Maineiac High Grassland. It parasitizes the Dry Shrubite. They primarily feed on the insides of Dry Shrubites. They get into the living part of the shrubite by mining through the outer, stony layer like the cave subspecies. They eat parts of the outer layers of the Dry Shrubite and use the stony material to fortify their shells. Thus, their shells are gray. They bore small, simple tunnels in the Dry Shrubites' flesh. They seem to instinctively stop eating the shrubite when it begins to look too sickly to be eaten further. Still, the grassland subspecies is a major pest that causes extensive damage to the shrubites. After maiming one shrubite, they move to another, healthier shrubite. If they can't find any healthy shrubites, they will resort to eating small, global species flora like pioneerroots and marbleflora.