Since Sneeg is bringing back his origins SMP species, i thought mixing aimsey's moth species with that of an enderman would be interesting. Taking inspo from hummingbird moths, which are found in Wales.
There is a fun mechanic on my region involving this 2 honey based mons. Depending on which one you have at the front of your party, you can attract certain pokemons to appear in the wild that wont show up normally.
MELIFÉE is based on a Honeypot Ant, they make their honey by eating flowers, herbs and spices, which make a very sweet honey with healing properties. They try to keep their honey as pure as possible, so they carve honey dippers and lids out of wood using their mandibles to handle their honey without touching it.
BEEKREEPER make their honey by consuming meat, usually from corpses, their honey has a very strong taste and strange properties, so it is not safe for human consumption without being properly harvested and purified.
If MELIFÉE is at the front of your party, it will attract JOLIBRI, the hummingbird moth pokemon, but if you have BEEKREEPER at the front it will attract BEEZZARD, the vulture bee pokemon
JOLIBRI have a friendly relationship with MELIFÉE, they often surround them and keep watch in case other pokemons want to attack them and steel their honey, in exchange MELIFÉE gives them free honey
similar to JOLIBRI and MELIFÉE, BEEZZARD has a symbiotic relationship with BEEKREEPER, where they bring them meat and receive the excess honey they produce
And regardless of wich one of the 2 you have on your party, you will attract this 2 randomly: NECTAROBER, the Honey thief pokemon (based on a bee beetle) and BUMBLBOOZ, the Brewer pokemon (based on a drunk bumblebee)
NECTAROBER loves honey but are unable to make any, so they try to steal it. They will mostly target MELIFÉE, but will also mug BEEKREEPER if the opportunity arises. They use the fluff on their bodies to look bulkier and more intimidating that they really are, but are actually pretty weak.
BUMBLEBOOZ doesnt care about where the honey comes from, because they dont eat it directly. They collect the honey, mix it with water and other herbs and store it so it can become mead, which they drink constantly, thats why they are always seen drunk.
Can you do one for hummingbird moths? I love them to the point that I got a neck tattoo of one lol. They're so beautiful to me.
Moth Of The Day #65
Hummingbird Hawk-moth
Macroglossum stellatarum
From the sphingidae family. They have a wingspan of 40-50 mm. They tend to inhabit gardens, parks, meadows, bushes, and woodland edge. They can be found in Southern Europe and North Africa. Their name comes from the resemblence to hummingbirds, and it is an example of convergent evolution.
Some commissions I did a while back for people in the $20 tier over on Patreon! A vegetarian Bagheera kiplingi jumping spider and a hummingbird moth for @vlinesnauce, a copepod and a banana roach for @karltface, and a ruby-tailed wasp for Midgebot.