'Cadelle' is an adult female HiveWing who was introduced in
The Hive Queen. She is the grandmother of Cricket and the mother of
Katydid. She divorced Unnamed characters#HiveWings|Katydid's father,
leaving Cricket and Katydid to grow up in Cicada Hive without her.
Cadelle's last known whereabouts were her residency in Jewel Hive.

## Description

Cadelle has scales the color of tangerines, with black triangle patterns
zigzagging along her spine and out to the edges of her wings.

## Personality

Scarab said that Cadelle's personality is like sandpaper. She is shown
to be irritable, ill-tempered, and cruel. She views her job teaching
history at Jewel Hive#Jewel Hive University|Jewel Hive University as a
waste of time. She is perpetually trying to climb the social ladder. She
likes silence and hates ugliness.

## Biography

### The Lost Continent Prophecy

#### The Lost Continent

Cadelle was mentioned when Cricket told Blue about her "mother."

#### The Hive Queen

Cadelle was first introduced in Cricket's flashback, disturbing Cricket
when she was hiding in a cupboard reading a book on architecture.
However, Cricket went unnoticed as Cadelle was under Queen Wasp's
Othermind|control at the time. Cadelle went outside to help capture an
elderly HiveWing.

In the years between, Cadelle was shown to have gotten divorced, moved
to Jewel Hive, and become a history teacher. Cadelle viewed her job as a
waste of time.

When Cricket passed by Cadelle's square, she saw Cadelle coming out of
the house and hurrying toward an avenue. Later, Katydid told Cricket
that Cadelle was not her mother. This greatly frustrated Cricket, to the
point where she did not bother to watch when Swordtail reported how
Cadelle sailed off with another Dragons|dragon by Jewel Hive#Dragonfly
Square|Dragonfly Square.

It was later revealed that Cadelle was not Cricket's mother, but was in
fact her grandmother who reluctantly took the dragonet in when Cricket's
real mother, Katydid, tried to hide the fact that she had an egg.

Upon trying to put up poster copies of Wasp over the Hive, Cricket
accidentally ran into Cadelle. Cadelle was enraged and she dragged
Cricket into her house, threatening her and demanding to have the Book
of Clearsight, which Cricket refused to give. As they argued, Wasp
abruptly took over Cadelle and used her to chase after Cricket. Cadelle
was part of the mob of HiveWings who captured Cricket and left her in
prison.

## Relationships

### Cricket

In Cadelle's eyes, Cricket represented danger, crime, disorder, and lies
that could ruin Cadelle's life if Queen Wasp found out who Cricket's
biological parents were. This is most likely the reason Cadelle left
Cicada Hive, to escape Cricket, the risks, and Wasp's potential wrath.
She was angry when she caught Cricket in The Hive Queen on her way to
the water tower to hide, hissing, "I didn't want anyone to know I had
anything to do with you. And you show up here?" Most of Cadelle's hatred
for Cricket is motivated by fear of the secrets, lies, and the queen's
fury.

### Katydid

Katydid is Cadelle's daughter, though she does not seem particularly
motherly to her, as she acts distant and bitter toward Katydid. However,
she treated Katydid better than Cricket, as shown when Cadelle would
take Katydid to dinner and leave Cricket at home.

### Unnamed characters#HiveWings|Katydid's Father

Katydid's father was Cadelle's partner, though there seemed to be a
sour, slightly bitter relationship between Cadelle and the former. This
was possibly because of the lies and disorder associated with Cricket's
hatching that caused the two to despise not only Cricket but each other
after a period of time. When Cadelle moved out to Jewel Hive to escape
Cricket and Katydid, she also divorced Katydid's father and is no longer
his partner.

## Quotes

You. What are you doing here? In my Hive? Are you trying to get
me arrested?
to Cricket when she accidentally crashed into
Cadelle
The Hive Queen
206

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I kept my mouth shut. I didn't want anyone to know I had
anything to do with you. And then you show up here? Did you think I
would help you?
to Cricket
The Hive Queen
207

-----

Then why – why this Hive, why so close to my house? I came here
to get away from you!
to Cricket
The Hive Queen

208

-----

You could give me the Book. I am actually qualified enough to
know what to do with it. It shouldn't be in the talons of some grubby
SilkWings.
to Cricket
The Hive Queen
209

## Trivia

  - Cadelle's wings buzz slightly when she is annoyed.