Quar’othi fire bugs are a volatile breed of insects with a diet based on a phosphorescent mold that is toxic to most other creatures. Occasionally bred for their explosive power, a poorly managed swarm of fire bugs has put a quick and disastrous end to more than one get rich quick scheme.

The Spore creature creator demo was released in the last couple days, and I’ve been wasting a good amount of time with it. I just have the freebie version, but I’ve already made a bunch of fun stuff, including this ethereal filcher:

It’s amazing how close to the illustration I was able to get (one of my favorite monster illustrations ever):

You can get the Spore demo here.