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Pinesect burrows most of its body down into soft soil to sleep or feast on roots. If a predator should agitate the part that remains above ground, its plate-like mushrooms on its back will eject and burst into blinding, irritating spores.

Pinesect are known to infest the roots of large trees en masse and drain nutrients. A Pinesect hangs from a tree branch and waits for prey.