And now for some less terrifying things!
[CREATURE:PACK_BEETLE_STL]
[NAME:pack beetle:pack beetles:pack beetle]
[CASTE_NAME:pack beetle:pack beetles:pack beetle]
[CREATURE_TILE:'B'][COLOR:1:0:0]
[DESCRIPTION:A typically docile, large beetle, used as a pack animal by merchants due to its impressive endurance.]
[PREFSTRING:unyielding persistence][PREFSTRING:stubbornness and tenacity]
[BODY_SIZE:2495000]
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:166333]
[BODY_SIZE:1:0:499000]
[BODY_SIZE:2:180:1497000]
[BODY_SIZE:4:0:2495000]
[BODY:BEETLE_BASE_STL:ANTENNAE_STL:MANDIBLES_STL:BEETLE_WINGS_STL:2EYES_STL:BRAIN_STL:HEART_ABDOMEN_STL]
[CLUSTER_NUMBER:4:6][FREQUENCY:40]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
[CREATURE_CLASS:ALL][CREATURE_CLASS:ARTHROPOD][CREATURE_CLASS:INVERTEBRATE]
[LARGE_ROAMING][MUNDANE][CHILD:3][NATURAL][COMMON_DOMESTIC]
[BIOME:NOT_FREEZING][POPULATION_NUMBER:9000:13000]
[GRAZER:120]
[SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:2500]
[PET][PACK_ANIMAL][WAGON_PULLER]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:LIGHT_CHITIN_MATERIALS_STL]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:LIGHT_CHITIN_TISSUES_STL]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:INSECT_LAYERS_STL]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:INSECT_POSITIONS_STL]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:BITE_MANDIBLE_STL]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STING_INJECTION_STL]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:IS_INSECT_STL]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:APPEARANCE_VARIABILITY_BODYSIZE_HLG]
[CASTE:FEMALE]
[FEMALE]
[CASTE:MALE]
[MALE]
[CREATURE:BOMBUS_STL]
[NAME:bombus:bombuses:bombus]
[CASTE_NAME:bombus:bombuses:bombus]
[CREATURE_TILE:'b'][COLOR:6:0:1]
[DESCRIPTION: A large, landbound beelike insect with a long wooly coat.]
[PREFSTRING:wooly coats][PREFSTRING:adorable features, and wants you to stop laughing]
[BODY:BASIC_INSECT_STL:WINGS_STL:STINGER_STL:2EYES_STL:BOOK_LUNGS_STL:BRAIN_STL:HEART_ABDOMEN_STL:MANDIBLES_STL]
[BODY_SIZE:635000]
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:79375]
[BODY_SIZE:2:0:158750]
[BODY_SIZE:4:0:317500]
[BODY_SIZE:6:0:635000]
[CHILD:5]
[LARGE_ROAMING][PET][ALL_ACTIVE]
[BIOME:NOT_FREEZING][MUNDANE][NATURAL][COMMON_DOMESTIC]
[CLUSTER_NUMBER:4:7][POPULATION_NUMBER:4000:7000]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:LIGHT_CHITIN_MATERIALS_STL]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:LIGHT_CHITIN_TISSUES_STL]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:INSECT_LAYERS_STL]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:INSECT_POSITIONS_STL]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:FLUFFY_BUG_STL]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:BITE_MANDIBLE_STL]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STING_STL]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:IS_INSECT_STL]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:APPEARANCE_VARIABILITY_BODYSIZE_HLG]
[CASTE:FEMALE]
[FEMALE]
[CASTE:MALE]
[MALE]
[SELECT_CASTE:ALL] copied wholesale from sheep, then tweaked slightly.
[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:WOOL]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:YELLOW:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:fuzz:SINGULAR]
[TISSUE_LAYER_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:LENGTH:0:0:0:0:0:0:0]
[APP_MOD_NOUN:fuzz:SINGULAR]
[APP_MOD_RATE:1:DAILY:0:300:0:0:NO_END]
[APP_MOD_DESC_RANGE:10:50:100:150:200:300]
[SHEARABLE_TISSUE_LAYER:LENGTH:300]
And the latest two insectile beasties to emerge from the divine forge, whose operator seems to have finally stumbled into competence (no glaring, species-extinct-at-birth errors! Hooray!). The Bombus is a fuzzy giant bumblebee who can be sheared to make fuzzy woolen sweaters for the hobbits. The Pack Beetle is a beetle the size of a rhino that can be employed to lug all the shit we haven't gotten around to modding in around. These are the first two things I've made that don't have the sole intent to make life a buzzing hell for the natives.
Up next will be the glorious Vermin Hunter we've all needed - a lovely, slightly oversized version of the venerable Goliath Bird-Eating Spider.