Delta Flower Scarab

Trigonopeltastes delta

Insectstrong against fungi, fish

Common

Swarm

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).

Trigonopeltastes delta

Photo: Bradley Saul (original photo) · CC0 (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Fungi
Fish

Weak against

Amphibians
Arachnids

Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.

The species

Trigonopeltastes delta, the delta flower scarab or D beetle, is a diurnal species of scarab beetle native to the southeastern United States, though their range extends as far north as New Jersey.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Trigonopeltastes delta, 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.

Observations: 6,180 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: about 500 mg
Diet: Herbivore

What it eats (GloBI)

Coastalplain chaffhead
Pinebarren Aster
Southern arrowwood
White beggarticks
Whiteleaf Mountain Mint
Daucus carota
and 8 more

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from100 points, the Common budget

Every Common card has 100 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

HP 39
ATK 23
DEF 38

How they’re shared out:

Type: Herbivorous insect: HP 44, ATK 27 and DEF 29 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 6,180 observations on iNaturalist: the better known a species is, the more HP it has.
Size: About 500 mg: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.
Variation: A fixed variation, unique to the species, of up to 5% on each stat.