Name: Kreetle
Designation: Non-sentient
Classification: Insect
Races: Overkreetle
Skin color: Brown
Eye color: Yellow
Distinctions: Shell, Ten legs, Large jaws
Habitat: Burrows, Desert, Forest, Swamp, Urban
Diet: Omnivorous

Dexterity: 3D
Perception: 2D
Strength: 1D

Special Abilities
         Bite: Kreetles have large jaws for an insect their size and can bite for Str+1D damage.
         Pack Tactics: Kreetles will often attack in groups, feeding from living or dead prey. They attack in groups of four-to-five, taking a bite and then retreating before moving in for another. For every member of the group, they gain +1 to either their Defence, Attack or Damage as if they were co-ordinating their attacks.

Move: 4

Description: The kreetle was a parasitic, burrowing insect often found in homes and cities. They could be found on a variety of worlds, including Tatooine, Naboo, Kashyyyk and Geonosis.

Biology and appearance
The parasitic kreetle was equipped with five pairs of legs, a tough reddish-brown exoskeleton, and large mandibles. Kreetles thrived on garbage and vegetable remains, and could often be found in abandoned profogg burrows.

Behavior
Kreetles were located near cities.

Despite their small size, kreetles were aggressive arthropods, but usually posed little threat to travelers in the large cities they colonized near. Overkreetles were extremely large, aggressive kreetles. However they were not as common, and rarely found in close proximity to cities.

Kreetles were native to Naboo, From Naboo the kreetle was transported to its moon Ohma-D'un. The Gungans used kreetles as nutcrackers, but also found the arthropod to be a tasty snack.

They are also native to Tatooine.

Kreetles fed on flesh, whether living or dead. They attack in groups of four-to-five, taking a bite and then retreating before moving in for another. These creatures shared a symbiotic relationship with slaatik hagworms in the Lianorm Swamp.

Kreetles in the galaxy
During the Clone Wars, the kreetle could be found on Geonosis and Kashyyyk.

The word "kreetle" was sometimes used as an insult.

History
After the Battle of Yavin, Animal Control officer Entha Kandela tasked a spacer to eliminate kreetles around Mos Eisley to prevent them to burrow and weaken the crusty soil all around the city.