Translations:Codex: Sand Worms/28/en

2. The ‘Green’ Female: Slightly larger and rarer than the beige female, this one is as green as the flesh of the larger worm body and covered in lighter green bumps that dot the majority of its surface. This variant of the parasite continuously lays full-sized eggs, producing one every eight hours, keeping its host in a state of ‘pregnancy’ until a male comes along to fertilize them. There is a refractory period after a fertilized laying which will temporarily cause the parasite to not lay eggs; times average at about three days. The newly fertilized eggs will be laid a short time after fertilization, often creating very large piles of eggs depending on how long it has been since the host was last fertilized. Hosts who choose to live with this type of parasite are advised not to let the growing number of eggs immobilize them. Emergency staff might take awhile to get to afflicted hosts and by then they may be in an even worse, if not critical, condition.