Large, grasshopper-like insects that first appeared in Nintendo's 1994 Super Metroid Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) video game. Not unlike Metroids, Beetoms are life energy leeches. Utilizing its powerful hind legs, a Beetom will leap onto any organism that gets too close, and, once fastened, feed until either its host is dead or the insect is forcefully removed.

Materials:
Newsprint, tissue paper, white glue, hot glue, wire twist ties, and acrylic paint.

Dimensions*:
(* The numbers given are approximations, as the dimensions of this figure can vary depending on how the back legs are positioned.)
2.0 cm/0.8 in. x 3.1 cm/1.2 in. (highest point x widest point)

Articulation:
Eight points in the back legs (hip, double-jointed knees, and ankles).

Time:
About half a day on November 6, 2008.

For comparison purposes, below are two images of Beetoms taken from the Super Metroid video game. The first photo depicts Samus Aran stumbling upon a couple of Beetoms in Norfair. The second is an animation of a Beetom feeding on Samus--notice that its eye changes from green to red while draining life.

•   Super Metroid SNES video game and instruction manual.


•   GameFAQs Super Metroid information/game guides.

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