Translations:Codex: Bothrioc/9/en

All bothrioc possess a chitinous abdomen analogous to a tail above their buttocks, which is their reproductive organ, a complex ovipositor. Other than this organ, they only possess a cloaca situated between their buttocks.

Quadommes

The “quadomme” bothrioc, also known as harem-queens, have two unique adaptations from their brethren. The most noteworthy is their larger ovipositing abdomens: These contain a functioning silk spinnerette which they can use to produce durable and adhesive webs. The second is that they possess four legs, allowing them to rest comfortably atop one of their large webs. The legs are arranged in a diamond configuration such that two legs point forward and two back. The legs are longer on a dominatrix bothrioc than their cousins which allows them to maintain height comparable to their standing kin even with their knees completely relaxed, and while they can get into a respectable running gait, they find it uncomfortable and are unlikely to be distance runners. These adaptations have resulted in a change in their predation habits from being solitary mobile predators to sedate entrapment predators. This mindset causes them to collect lovers as well as food, and they will generally keep submissive bothrioc or other suitable incubators around for many years. Successful dominatrixes occasionally have as few as ten such incubators but up to as many as two hundred, according to one legend of a bothrioc warlord.

Reproduction

The reproductive habits of bothrioc are complex and have only recently become understood by the limited research teams able to travel around the cave systems of Myrellion.