Blackbug

The Blackbug is a ground critter found in all biomes.

Like all other critters, Blackbugs can be caught with a Bug Net and carried around as an item.

Spawning[]

Blackbugs spawn on any ground tile in all biomes. They can also be found by breaking Wood, Coral Wood, Gleam Wood and all types of wooden destructibles.

Natural spawn

Around player spawns
Spawnable tiles	Biomes	Spawn radius	Max spawns (in radius)
Any ground tile	‎N/A‎ (any)	40	20

Drops

Source	Quantity	Chance
Charred Crate	1–2	30%
Coral Wood	1	15%
Driftwood Wooden Crate	1–2	30%
Gleam Wood	1	15%
Large Charred Crate	5–8	30%
Large Driftwood Wooden Crate	5–8	30%
Large Overgrown Wooden Crate	5–8	30%
Large Wooden Crate	5–8	30%
Overgrown Wooden Crate	1–2	30%
Thorn Wood	1	15%
Wood	1	15%
Wooden Crate	1–2	30%

Structure contents

Structure	Amount
Temple Coffin Corridor	41

Usage[]

Crafting material

Result	Materials	Crafting station
Spicy Bait (10)	Bomb Pepper Blackbug	Bait Workbench

Cattle feed

Result	Feed	Cattle
Dodo Egg	Any insect (2)	Dodo
Strolly Poly Plate	Any insect (2)	Strolly Poly

History[]

1.0.1.0: Now used to craft Spicy Bait.
0.5.0.0-9b96: Can now be picked up using a Bug Net.
0.1.91e2cab: Introduced.