Insects

This is a summary table of all insects discovered in A Tale in the Desert 8. Insects are a Resource that serve a variety of purposes, including to learn the Fly Tying skill and for use in Fishing.

In order to find insects, you need to have learned the skill Arthropodology at a School of Worship. There are several stages of Arthropodology, and each level allows you to find more insects at a time.

Insect Summary

Resource	Weight	Bulk	Rarity	Brief Description
Ash Centipede	1	1	?	A type of Insect.
Bat Mite	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while slaughtering (and possibly shearing) sheep.
Bloodworm	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while gathering Papyrus.
Bristleworm	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while gathering Papyrus.
Camel Weavel	1	1	?	A type of Insect.
Clay Slug	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while Digging.
Clearwing	1	1	?	A type of Insect.
Corkscrew Asp	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while collecting Slate or digging for Stones.
Corn Maggot	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while harvesting Flax or Onions.
Desert Millipede	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while gathering Wood.
Dew Fly	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while harvesting Flax, Onions, Thorns and Cabbage.
Feather Midge	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while gathering Herbs.
Footworm	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while collecting Water or Papyrus.
Fruit Maggot	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while collecting Thorns.
Glass Worm	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while collecting Water or diving for Oysters or gathering Papyrus.
Golden Asp	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while gathering Wood.
Grass Slug	1	1	?	A type of Insect.
Honey Fly	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while gathering Herbs.
Leaf Snapper	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while harvesting Flax (certain), or possibly *collecting water or growing onions, remove when certain*.
Mud Asp	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while collecting Slate or digging for Stones.
Needleworm	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while gathering Papyrus.
Nightwing	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while gathering Flax.
Nippleworm	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while gathering Papyrus.
Orchid Hopper	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while harvesting Flax, Carrots, or Onions.
Oyster Mite	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while collecting Water or Papyrus.
Pickel Slug	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while collecting Slate, or gathering Sand, or digging for Stones.
Queen Maggot	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while collecting Slate, Limestone, or digging for Stones.
Red Cricket	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while gathering Wood.
Ringed Wasp	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while gathering Wood.
Rose Mite	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while slaughtering sheep.
Rose Swallowtail	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while harvesting flax (Old Dog).
Ruby Hornborrer	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while harvesting Flax, Cabbage, or Onions.
Salt Mite	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while gathering Herbs.
Sand Mite	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while gathering Herbs.
Slime Moth	1	1	?	A type of Insect.
Snowberry Butterfly	1	1	?	A type of Insect.
Spittlebug	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while harvesting Flax, Carrots, or Onions, or while gathering Thorns.
Toad Sawfly	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while slaughtering sheep.
White Mealybug	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while collecting Slate.
White Sawfly	1	1	?	A type of Insect.
Woodmoth	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while harvesting Flax.
Wooly Aphid	1	1	?	A type of Insect found while gathering Wood.

Ground Dwelling Insects

How to obtain:

• Digging
• Collecting Slate
• Collecting Clay
• Collecting Dirt
• Collecting Sand or Mud (not in the same spot)

Insect	Class	Rarity
Queen Maggot	Ground	1
Pickel Slug	Ground	2
White Mealybug	Ground	?
Mud Asp	Ground	?
Clay Slug	Ground	?
Blister Beetle	Ground	?
Corkscrew Asp	Ground	?

See Also

• Beetle
• Cicada