Fairy Facts™ (Old)

Fairies are tiny flying humanoids.
Fairies stand 1 foot tall at maturity.
Fairies have pale skin and white hair.
Fairies eyes can be of any color.
Fairy eyes exhibit white eyeshine.
Fairies have pointed ears.
Fairies can move their ears independently.
Fairies have sharp, uniform teeth.
Fairies replace their teeth yearly.
Fairies have large, butterfly-like wings.
Fairy wings are magical constructs.
Fairy wings can be of any color.

Fairies are unisexual and reproduce asexually.
Fairies are near clones of their mothers.
Fairies lay eggs.
Fairy eggs are small, round, and white.
Fairy eggs are 1 inch in diameter.
Fairies lay 1 clutch of 6 eggs a year.
Fairies lay 1 egg a day until all eggs are laid.
Fairies usually lay their clutches in sprong.

Fairies are primitively eusocial.
Fairies have two castes: worker and queen.
Fairy workers and queens are morphologically identical.
Fairy queens have developed ovaries and can lay eggs.
Fairies can change castes.
Fairy colonies have a single queen.
Fairy queens have the highest status.
Fairy queens can be demoted if their status falls.
Fairy workers can be promoted if their status rises.
Fairy status is based on age and appearance.

Fairies can communicate with pheromones.
Fairies can mark paths and places of interest with trail pheromone.
Fairies can mark places to avoid with repellant pheromone.
Fairies can alert other fairies to danger with alarm pheromone.
Fairy queens indicate their caste with queen pheromone.
Fairy queens mark their eggs with queen pheromone.
Every fairy has a unique scent.

Fairy queens do not have to produce queen pheromone.
Fairies will not recognize such queens as queens.
Fairy colonies can have multiple such hidden queens.
Such fairy queens cannot mark their eggs with queen pheromone.
Fairy workers usually destroy unmarked eggs when found.

Fairies undergo metamorphosis.
Fairies hatch 2 weeks after being laid.
Fairies hatch as grub-like larvae.
Fairy larvae have dark heads and white bodies.
Fairy larvae are two inches long at hatching.
Fairy larvae molt weekly.
Fairy larvae grow an inch with each molt.
Fairy larvae spin cocoons before their 4th molt.
Fairies spend 2 weeks in their cocoons.
Fairies emerge as humanoid children.
Fairy children are 6 inches tall at emergence.
Fairy children have gray eyes.
Fairy children lack wings.
Fairy children can crawl at emergence.
Fairy children begin walking at 6 months.
Fairy children grow wings at 9 months.
Fairy wings are plain and pale until maturity.
Fairy children begin flying at 1 year.
Fairy wings begin gaining color and complexity at 4 years.
A fairy's eyes gain color alongside their wings.
Fairies reach maturity at 5 years.
Fairies live for 40 years.

Fairies are carnivorous predators and scavengers.
Fairies forage for insects and hunt small animals.