Webling

Weblings appear only once in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, in the Feeding Pit Access of the Dark Agon Wastes. There are two that block the way, and can be killed with the Light Beam. Once gone, these Darklings are never seen again, making their scan critical.
Though the scan states that enemies can be caught in the Webling, Samus cannot become entangled. In fact, the Webling does no damage to her at all, acting simply as a wall or barricade. The Webling pair along with their room also appear in the Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Bonus Disc under the name Dark Webbing; however, the scan instead describes them as webbing energized by Dark Energy, acting as dark counterparts to webbing (as the name implies).
Curiously, the Weblings are identical in structure to the objects called Luminoth Webbing, with the only differences being the latter's white colored webs, their lack of red glowing lights and a green tinted shell located on their centers instead of an eyeball. Their similarities suggest that a Webling is a Luminoth Webbing under the control of an Ing. Supporting this is the Webling's scan which describes it as a Darkling, a term often used for Ing-possessed beings. However, no connection between the Webling and its supposed light-counterpart is ever mentioned in any scans related to them. The Ing Webtrap appears as a smaller indestructible version of the Webling.
==Logbook entry==
==Development Data==
The Webling's internal name is Dark Webbing. This name was used during the Demo of the Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Bonus Disc, where Dark Webbing can be scanned during gameplay. An on-screen message also states the name as Dark webbing (lowercase W). Dark Webbing behaves identical to the Webling from the final, its role also being equally identical with two appearing in the same hallway in both games.
An unused Logbook entry is present within the Bonus Disc. Interestingly, there is no entry text written for the Dark Webbing yet. It shares this trait with its neighboring Biology subject, the Luminoth Webbing. 
==Trivia==
*Ings usually require their hosts to be either organic or artificial beings in order to be candidates for Darkling conversion. If the Webling is indeed the result of an Ing possessing a Luminoth Webbing, it makes the Webling an entirely unique Darkling due to the fact that the latter is simply an inanimate object.
*The texture of the Webling's eye is reused from the Eyon enemy in Metroid Prime.
==Gallery==
Webling.png|New Play Control! and Metroid Prime Trilogy.
Bonus Disc Dark Webbing scan.png|Samus scans the Dark Webbing in the Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Bonus Disc.
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