Zy'tl Q'ae

The Zy'tl Q'ae are a fictional race created by Ramsey Campbell for his Cthulhu Mythos short story "The Insects from Shaggai". Their name originates from Chaosium's roleplaying game Call of Cthulhu, first used in the 1994 supplement Ye Booke of Monstres.
==Background==
The Zy'tl Q'ae is a species which consists of sentient carnivorous plant-things whom are the dominant lifeform on Xiclotl. From the other inhabitants of Xiclotl they demand periodical sacrifices of their own. Prey are lured to the plant creatures via clouds of pollen-like spores which produce a hypnotic effect on those whom inhale the spores.
Their victims are captured and consumed using their snapping purple blossoms and grasping tendrils. Reproduction is via seeds the size of human skulls, which are discharged with such force that some of them escape the atmosphere. The seeds can survive in the vacuum of space, and some of them end up on other worlds, spreading the species.
Category:Species Originating From Expanded Mythos Works
Category:Sapient Species
Category:Extraterrestrial Species