Larvae

Larvae are insects that appear when the planet reaches the Insects stage. They can be crafted in an Incubator, produced in an Ecosystem machine, or appear naturally in the wild. Wild larvae (up to 16 at once) will spawn over time around the player's current location, so if hunting the rarer varieties, one should travel slowly and be patient.

Types

There are 25 total species of larvae in game:

• 3 species of base larvae
• 2 species of industrial larvae
• 20 species of butterfly larvae

Like all crafted items, finished larvae can be recycled in a Recycling Machine. If a player did not receive the desired larva from the Incubator, they may recycle it and try again without wasting resources.

Base Larvae

There are 3 species of base larvae. These larvae cannot be recycled or used to generate Insect mass. Instead, they are the base ingredient for all other larvae and those that can be crafted are made in the Biolab. Edit: Dec 2024: Cannot craft Uncommon Larvae.

Image	Name	Craftable	Produced by Ecosystem	Spawn location(s)
	Common Larva	yes	yes	Everywhere
	Uncommon Larva	no	yes	Everywhere
	Rare Larva	yes	yes	Everywhere

Industrial Larvae

There are 2 species of industrial larvae. These larvae cannot be used to generate Insect mass, except as part of the Beehives. Their primary use is as ingredients in machines that produce useful resources for the player. They can be crafted in the Incubator.

Image	Name	Craftable	Produced by Ecosystem	Spawn location(s)
	Bee Larva	yes	yes	T2 Beehive
	Silk Worm	yes	yes	-

Butterfly Larvae

All 20 butterfly types (as of v1.406) displayed in boxes. They are in alphabetic order, from top-left.

As of v1.404 there are 20 species of butterfly larvae. All of them may be placed in a machine to generate Insect mass.

Some butterfly larvae are uncraftable in the Incubator and can only be found in the wild. Two types of butterfly can only be purchased using the Space Trading Rocket on Planet Prime, though one of those two types can be found in the wild on Planet Humble. However, these can still be recycled to yield a Rare Larva, Mutagen, and Fertilizer.

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Image	Display Image	Name	Insect mass multiplier	Craftable	Produced by Ecosystem	Spawn location(s)
		Azurae	120%	yes	yes	-
		Empalio	120%	yes	yes	-
		Abstreus	175%	yes	yes	-
		Galaxe	175%	yes	yes	-
		Leani	175%	yes	yes	-
		Fensea	200%	yes	yes	-
		Penga	230%	yes	yes	-
		Chevrone	250%	yes	yes	-
		Aemel	300%	yes	yes	-
		Liux	500%	yes	no	-
		Fiorente	600%	no	no	The Highlands, Meteor Crater, southern Gate Desert (sinkholes area),  Balcony, Lost Paradise
		Lorpen	600%	no	no	Zeolite Cave, Balcony, Lost Paradise
		Nere	600%	no	no	Sulfur Fields, Sand Falls, The Highlands, The Grand Rift, Dune Desert, Meteor Crater,  Balcony
		Alben	700%	no	no	Wasteland, Iridium Mine,  Balcony, Lost Paradise
		Futura	800%	no	no	Mushroom River
		Imeo	1000%	yes	no	-
		Serena	1200%	yes	no	Lost Paradise , southeastern sea (Humble)
		Faleria	1400%	no	no	4500 Terra Tokens via the Space Trading Rocket
		Golden	1500%	yes	no	Lost Paradise, in Golden Crate and on the ground , southeastern sea (Humble)
		Oesbe	1500%	no	no	4500 Terra Tokens via the Space Trading Rocket, southeastern Abandoned Biodomes (Humble)

Crafting

Many of the larvae can be crafted in the Incubator

List of craftable items from the Incubator

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Image	Name	Mult	Base	Mut	Fert	Unlock
	Acuzzi Frog	1000%	Eggs	T3	T3	10 kt
	Abstreus Butterfly (4.1 %)	175%	Common	Mutagen	Fertilizer	-
	Aelera Fish	300%	C	T2	Fertilizer	250 kg
	Aemel Butterfly (20.2 %)	300%	Rare	Mutagen	Fertilizer	870 t
	Afae Frog	350%	Eggs	T3	T2	35 t
	Aiolus Frog	250%	Eggs	T4	Fertilizer	-
	Alben Butterfly	700%	-	-	-	-
	Amedo Frog	400%	Eggs	T4	T2	600 t
	Atabu Fish	1500%				1.1 TTi
	Azurae Butterfly (25 %)	120%	Common	Mutagen	Fertilizer	-
	Bee Larva	-	Uncommon	Mutagen	Fertilizer	-
	Buyu Fish	350%	C	T3	Fertilizer	-
	Chevrone Butterfly (25.3 %)	250%	Rare	Mutagen	Fertilizer	550 t
	Cillus Frog	350%	Eggs	T3	T2	-
	Common Larva	-	B	T3	T2	22 t
	Ecaru Fish	325%	B	T3	Fertilizer	-
	Empalio Butterfly (25 %)	120%	Common	Mutagen	Fertilizer	-
	Faleria Butterfly	1400%	-	-	-	-
	Felicianna Frog	200%	Eggs	T4	-	-
	Fensea Butterfly (11 %)	200%	Common	Mutagen	Fertilizer	-
	Fiorente Butterfly	600%	-	-	-	-
	Futura Butterfly	800%	-	-	-	-
	Galaxe Butterfly (17.4 %)	175%	Common	Mutagen	Fertilizer	-
	Galbea Fish	450%	-	-	-	-
	Gerrero Fish	150%	B	T3	Fertilizer	35 kt
	Generic Frog	100%	C	T4	Fertilizer	165 t
	Golden Butterfly	1500%	Rare	T2	Fertilizer	-
	Golden Fish	500%	C	T3	Fertilizer	-
	Golden Frog	600%	Eggs	T3	T2	-
	Huli Frog	150%	Eggs	T4	-	450 GTi
	Imeo Butterfly	1000%	Rare	T2	Fertilizer	8.4 kt
	Jumi Frog	500%	-	-	-	-
	Kenjoss Frog	500%	-	-	-	-
	Khrom Fish	200%	B	T3	Fertilizer	-
	Lavaum Frog	500%	-	-	-	-
	Leani Butterfly (17.4 %)	175%	Common	Mutagen	Fertilizer	-
	Leglus Frog	500%	-	-	-	-
	Liux Butterfly (20.2 %)	500%	Rare	Mutagen	Fertilizer	2 kt
	Lorpen Butterfly	600%	-	-	-	-
	Nere Butterfly	600%	-	-	-	-
	Oesbe Butterfly	1500%				-
	Penga Butterfly (31.2 %)	230%	Rare	Mutagen	Fertilizer	-
	Provios Fish	100%	A	T3	Fertilizer	30 kt
	Rare Larva	-	C	T4	T2	92 t
	Seren Frog	1500%	Eggs	T4	T3	10 kt
	Serena Butterfly	1200%	Rare	T2	Fertilizer	22.1 kt
	Silk Worm	-	Uncommon	Bacteria	Fertilizer	-
	Stabu Fish	1000%				1.0 TTi
	Strabo Frog	200%	Eggs	T4	Fertilizer	80 kt
	Tegede Fish	300%	A	T3	Fertilizer	-
	Trajuu Frog	300%	Eggs	T4	Fertilizer	12 kt
	Tiloo Fish	400%	C	T2	Fertilizer	-
	Ulani Fish	250%	C	T3	Fertilizer	50 kg
	Velkia Fish	500%	-	-	-	-
	Vilnus Fish	150%	A	T3	Fertilizer	-

Usage

Machine Building

Beehive
bee

T2 Beehive
bee

Outdoor Farm
2 bees

Silk Generator
3 silkworms

Insect Spreader Rocket
3 bees

Placed Inside

These items use Butterfly Larvae

Butterfly Dome

Butterfly Farm

T2 Butterfly Farm

T3 Butterfly Farm

Butterfly Display Box

Trivia

If you have a difficult time finding rare larvae, it may help to build an Auto-Crafter on top of a foundation grid, and use the auto-crafter's "objects within range" detection to spot larvae around you.

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