Emerald Gullfly

The Emerald Gullfly is a species of derived griffinfly that has moved its lifecycle to the ocean. Gullflies begin their lives as eggs laid in the estuaries on the coast of Central Lemuria, once hatched they begin their journey to the ocean, eating anything they're able to catch including smaller gullfly larvae. Once they're around a meter long, they enter the food chain of the coastal habitats, living as ambush predators similar to mantises, even possessing similar grabbing arms. Gullflies spend the majority of their lives as larva, growing in size the entire time with some growing in excess of 4 meters. After around 5 years, gullflies migrate to the shallow coasts and wait in tidal pools until the tide goes out, then they begin to metamorphizes into their adult form. Gullfly adults are less robust than their larvae forms, but are usually longer averaging 4-5 meters long with 6 meter wingspans. Adults usually breed while their carapace hasn't fully hardened after their molt, during the initial breeding season, gullflies are extremely aggressive, making the coastal beaches dangerous places to be. After mating, females travel inland to brackish water estuaries to begin the cycle again. Gullflies will live another 5 years average in their adult forms, hunting seabirds and surface-dwelling fish but much like in their lives as larvae will attempt to attack anything they can catch, sometimes in swarms; attacking much larger creatures. Gullflies continue breeding after every consecutive molt, although these matings are not as in mass as the first spawning season.