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The Sand Wasp is an insectiod animal native to the deserts of the Borderlands, capable of hatching poisonous baby wasps very rapidly, spitting them against potential prey.

Diablo III Monster

Diablo III Monster [e]
Sand Wasp
Classification:	Animals
Monster Family:	Sand Wasp
Role:	Cannonfodder/Ranged
Monster Stats Norm/Night/Hell/Inferno
Life:	Low
Mana:	N/A
Armor:	Unknown
Resistance:	Unknown
Offence Norm/Night/Hell/Inferno
Armament:	Baby Wasps
DPS:	Unknown
Low Damage:	Unknown
High Damage:	Unknown
Range:	Ranged
Speed:	Unknown
Movement:	Fast
Monster Modifiers
None
Spells/Abilities
Spit Baby Wasp
Found In
Borderlands

This Sand Wasp is not a very terrifying creature by itself, and dies from a hit or two, but are often coming together with other sorts of monster, becoming a bit of a nusiance with their wasp-baby attacks, that also are poisonous.

Depending on what other monsters appear, it might be a good idea to try and kill one or more of the wasps, to make sure you're not drained from constant baby-wasp barrage as you are fighting more important foes, like a Desert Dervish.

Spells and Abilities

• Spit Baby Wasp

An ability rather than a spell, and actually the standard attack of the Sand Wasp.

Background

The sand wasps presumably dwell in the desert regions of Sanctuary, where they await their prey. Their main attack seems to be the act of spitting baby wasps at the target. Whether or not they are aggressive towards humans is because of demonic corruption, or just hunger is unknown.

Previous Appearances

We have seen giant insects before, primarily in Diablo II, Act III. Whether this desert wasp has anything to do with the jungle one remains to be seen.

The Diablo I expansion (which is not quite canon) also had a multitude of insects, which could possibly be related.

Development

The Sand Wasp was first seen at the GamesCom 2009 demo and shortly after that at BlizzCon 2009. The inspiration for this enemy was old time arcade games, where you need to dodge bullets from opposing ships.

Media

You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:

• Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures
• Sand Wasp-specific gallery contents

• 

  Sand Wasp concept art.

Related Links

GamesCom 2009 [e]
NPCs / Monsters: Asheara (quest NPC) Dying Driver Crazed Miner (quest NPC) Mongrel (u)(WD pet) Desert Dervish (monster) Sand Wasp (animal) Husam (offensive) Dune thresher (u) Frozen Mage (u) Poison Mage (u)	Levels: Sundered Pass (start area) Alcarnus (ex-settlement) Lut Bahadur (ex-settlement) The Canyon Rim Mines The Howling Plateau The Stinging Winds	Items & Objects: Inventory (u) Adventurer's Backpack Known Items Listing (u) Mana/Health-Globes (u) Desecrated Corpse Wanted Poster	Quests: Blood Money A Miner's Gold	Other Stuff: Minimap Wizard (u) Ice Armor (Wiz skill) Mirror Image (u) Luck (item attribute) Experience Bonuses
These are all major updates from the GamesCom 2009 demo. (u) - Updated (not new article)

References

• Sand Wasp concept