Sources & Evidence

Current source stack

• Encyclopedia of Insects — anatomy, body size, exoskeleton, flight, respiration, cognition, sensory systems, sociality, caste and colony biology.
• Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America — visual body-plan and morphology reference.
• Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia, Birds I–IV — avian anatomy, flight, senses, ecology, behavior and taxonomic reference.

Evidence policy

Every major worldbuilding claim should ultimately be tagged as supported science, defensible extrapolation, advanced speculation, or fictional reserve. Early screenshots and brainstorming text are not automatically canon.