The Electrapede

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The Electrapede is a rare dragon that is exclusively found within the massive chambers of the Verdant Hollow cave system. They build their nests out of silk and plant matter which they harvest using the two horns on their face, they will lay up to twenty eggs which hatch in about forty days. Adult Electrapedes typically feed on other dragons, trapping them with their electrified silk spit, while larvae use the long prolegs on their tail to pull cave grubs out of their burrows before eating them. Instead of a typical breath weapon, they have a silk gland in the back of their throat, they can "spit" this silk at targets up to fifty feet away and are capable of electrifying it using a pair of organs next to the gland. Their voice is raspy and rather quiet.

ART

a sheet depicting a six-legged, winged dragon and its growth stages. Its body is mostly a bluish grey with lighter blue wing membranes and underside. The adult dragon has a somewhat pickaxe-shaped head, its four pairs of cyan eyes are positioned in a vertical row, and its mouth is rather wide. Its legs are on the thinner side and end in sharp claws, and its wings are rather large. Its tail is thin and long. The larval dragon has a light blue, angular facial shield, like the adult it bears four pairs of eyes. Its body is mostly blue-grey, with a light blue underside. Its front four pairs of legs are held above the ground, while its back three pairs are long and end in light blue suction cup-like feet. Its egg is a dull cyan and is covered in webbing. In the upper left corner are a front view of the dragon's face and a side view of its head, its tongue is purple and forked. Directly above the adult dragon is a sketch of a hunk of meat labeled as 'diet'. In front of the dragon is a second sketch depicting the dragon spitting webbing with electricity coming off of it, it is labeled as 'Electrified Webbing'.

Drawn in 2023

Notes

This dragon was initially designed in 2018 and was called the Teslapede. In their original concept, they were incredibly venomous, I have since removed this trait as I felt that these dragons wouldn't really need it.