The stalkleapers are characterized by the pink colorization of their outer covering that allows them to blend into the azure pods of the sunstalks. They also have the ability to retract its body into a small protective sack. It possesses six segmented legs, with one set of legs being adapted for jumping into the sunstalk pods they reside in. The stalkleaper’s large, forward-facing eyes help it navigate the dense canopy it calls home.
Stalkleapers live in the sunstalk forest of Sarcannus. These organisms utilize the pods of the sunstalk for shelter. This mutual relationship protects the stalkleaper from predators, but also helps the sunstalk reproduce as they help to disperse the sunstalk spores.
The stalkleapers feed on small organisms that reside in the soil and crawl up the stalks of the sunstalks. They use their complex mouthparts and strong back limbs to catch and consume their prey.
The stalkleaper reproduces asexually. Each stalkleaper can produce up to 5 babies per cycle. Stalkleaper birth cycles take place about every four months. They “birth” live young through a small structure near the back of their body. Once born, the baby stalkleapers will cling to the inside of the pod until they’re able to move about the sunstalk easily. Young stalkleapers only take about 6 weeks to mature into a full-grown adult, at which they will venture off to find their own uninhabited sunstalk pod to begin the cycle again.
Stalkleapers can jump up to 10 times their height to evade their main predator, the Razorwing.