Fairy Facts™ (Old)

Fairies are tiny mammalian humanoids with large fox-like ears and long fox-like tails.
Fairies stand 6 inches tall on average.
Fairies have brown skin, yellow eyes, black hair, and black fur.
Fairy ears can be moved independently and add up to 1 inch to a fairy's height on average.
Fairy tails are prehensile and are 6 inches long on average.
Fairies are agile flyers capable of moving in any direction and changing direction suddenly.
Fairies have two pairs of dragonfly-like wings which they can manifest or dismiss with innate magic.
Fairy wings are not directly attached and begin a short distance away from a fairy's body.

Fairies are unisexual and reproduce asexually.
Fairy children are partial clones of their mother.
Fairies hatch from eggs.
Fairy eggs resemble soft, translucent pearls.
Fairy eggs are 0.5 inches in diameter on average.
Fairy mothers lay 5 eggs a year on average.

Fairies are primitively eusocial with queen and worker castes.
Fairy queens lay eggs, lactate, and produce queen pheromone.
Fairy workers are virtually identical to queens, but do not lay eggs or produce queen pheromone.
Fairy workers can become queens to assist or replace existing queens.
Fairy queens can become workers when deposed by new queens.
Fairy queens and former queens have more developed ovaries than workers who have never been queen.

Fairy eggs hatch into white, grub-like larvae after 1 month.
Fairy larvae are 1 inch long on average.
Fairy larvae have legs on the first two segments after their head and no other limbs.
Fairy larvae can produce silk from their mouths.
Fairy larvae grow to 2 inches long over 4 months before forming cocoons.
Fairies remain in their cocoons for 1 month until emerging as children.
Fairies reach sexual maturity at 5 years old on average.
Fairies reach old age at 40 years old on average, after which they rapidly decline.

Fairies produce several pheromones to communicate with their fellows.
Fairy queens produce queen pheromone, which is shared between fairies to indicate colony membership.
Fairies produce trail pheromone to lead other fairies to particular locations.
Fairies produce repellent pheromone to steer other fairies away from particular locations.
Fairies produce alarm pheromone to alert other fairies to threats.

Fairies are carnivorous predators and scavengers.
Fairies eat insects and small mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles.
Fairies forage for insects and scavenge on their own.
Fairies forage for larger prey in small groups.
Fairies forage for themselves before foraging for their colony.

Fairies live together in colonies of up to 20 members.