Slake-moths
Role, aliases, and summary hidden by structure-only view.
also known as The five, winged things, the slake-moth, mad-wingers, the creature, the winged thing, the hatchling thing
Multidimensional predatorsTerrifying beasts that guard a clutch of eggs encased in dreamshit. One falls for Isaac's trap but survives the construct's attacks, feeding on Shadrach before a second moth arrives.
In Perdido Street Station (China Miéville, 2000)