Cobalt Milkweed Beetle
Chrysochus cobaltinus
Insectstrong against fungi, fish
Common
While active with another insect in play, each of its attacks also hits the opposing bench for 10, without knocking them out (20 with two others).
Chrysochus cobaltinus
Photo: © Alan Vernon (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped
Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.
Chrysochus cobaltinus, the cobalt milkweed beetle or blue milkweed beetle, is a member of the diverse family of leaf beetles, Chrysomelidae. It is named after its cobalt-blue exoskeleton, which makes it easy to spot and distinguish, and its tendency to feed off milkweed plants. It occurs in the Western United States and British Columbia.
These beetles use dogbane and milkweed plant species as their primary source of food. Both these plants contain toxic molecules known as cardenolides. C. cobaltinus beetles are resistant to cardenolide toxic effects and can further use them for their own protection against predators. By storing them in pronotal and elytra glands, they can utilize these toxins to their advantage and evolutionary benefit.
These beetles participate in polygamous matings in which both female and male beetles mate with multiple partners. Females can particularly mate with three male beetles simultaneously. After the mating has occurred, males tend to stay mounted on the female's back for an average of 1.7 hours. This postcopulatory behavior has been attributed to increase the male's chance of producing his offspring with his paternal genes. It has been shown to prevent females from mating with other males (while the original male remains on her back) until the male removes himself.
Abridged excerpt from the Wikipedia article Chrysochus cobaltinus, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
No global status on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Common.
Every Common card has 100 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:
How they’re shared out:
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DEF 37