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A Largely Tropical planet with a strong covering of thick Rainforest Foliage over the majority of it. Near the northern and southern edges of the main landmasses are more arid areas. Overall, the climate of this planet is hot and wet with long, mild seasons lasting up to several years on earth. The main landmasses are broken up into two major continents that are close by each other with a few islands off of the coast. It is not volcanically active currently. 

The dominant species in this region are a widespread species of large bugs. They are a generally intelligent species shown to be able to solve puzzles, produce simple tools, and form organized societies. They use the thick foliage and large leaves of the jungle trees as shelter, often cutting into them and re-assembling them into structures for living space. They drop their dead in piles away from the main group and while they don't seem to communicate verbally, they have a variety of scents and pheromones that are able to communicate a wide range of signals and emotions.

Greater Ikhsc live in the densely populated rainforest areas tend to grow much larger than Lesser Ikhsc (3-5 feet from head to rear). These variants often have much more saturated shades of color. These rarely have to go far and so they do not develop wings like the lesser variety of their species.

Lesser Ikhsc are identifiable by their wings, smaller stature (1.5 - 3 feet), and generally warm, dusty color palettes that match up more with the drier, less abundant areas they grow up in. Any Ikhsc has the potential to be greater or lesser when they are born, it all depends on the environment they are raised in. These are a migratory species, always on the lookout for more food to sustain them, it's not as easy to find outside of the rainforest.

In the Panorama, we can see a trail of Greater's carrying large chunks of jungle leaf back home to their nest where they will rearrange it to suit their needs. While it is sometimes used as shelter, it could also be used to cultivate a variety of other plants and mushrooms that they feed on - a kind of farming technique. During the long winter, they go into an extended hibernation until the warm weather brings them back.

The Oxygen-Rich air allows the bugs to grow to massive size, they are omnivorous and reproduce extremely quickly. These things plus their general intelligence has allowed them to stomp out several competitors though their population is kept somewhat under control by the large birds of prey that will try and pick weaker ones off when their trails lead above the trees.