Random Creature Suggestions

As the name implies, just some random suggestions for potential new creatures:

Houseflies: While Gnats are already in the game I'd like to see true flies. I imagine they'd be neutral and about the size of bees

Black Horsefly (boss): Large aggressive fly, can have a Lord of the Flies/Beelzebub vibe to it commanding hordes of gnats or such

Maggots: To go with Houseflies and Botflies, could see these being essentially aggressive grubs especially in large numbers

Triops: Also known as tadpole shrimp they're freshwater crustaceans that resemble horseshoe crabs. They are omnivorous and mainly found scratching the mud on the bottom of aquatic environments, while omnivorous they'll eat anything organic in nature to the point where they have no issue cannibalizing smaller individuals

Apple Snail: Large freshwater snails, although they're non-native to the US and considered invasive species and tend to devastate native aquatic plants, still would add more variety to the aquatic environments

Giant Water Bug (boss): Also known as toe biters the predatory aquatic bugs are also among some of the largest insects in the world with some of them growing almost as large as some of the largest beetles. Male specimens will also carry eggs in their backs

Solifugid: Also known as Camel Spiders they are arachnids native to dry environments and known for people exaggerating their size, aggression, and speed, although they are indeed relatively fast and will consume anything they can catch with some of the larger species even preying on lizards and small mammals, as such these could work both as a regular bug (smaller variants) and a boss (larger variant)

Mole Cricket: Fossorial insects found in many parts of the world and occasionally pests. Depending on the species mole crickets can be herbivorous, omnivorous, or predatory, so in-game they'd be best off as neutral. Naturally they'd be found only in subterranean areas

Mole (boss): Subterranean omnivorous mammals, moles have toxins in their saliva used to paralyze earthworms but they'll prey on a variety of small invertebrates. Could see this being akin to the Ultracite Titan boss fight in Fallout 76 where only the upper portion of the mole emerges from the ground for the fight and such. Since moles also create "larders" where they store prey that's often still alive it could add for some creepy moments with the players stumbling upon such larder in the mole's den