Creature:Deilirt

Deilirt are massive creatures that live in the vacuum of space. They are a mecholife species, one of the many that formed during and after the two Mechanizations. They vary in size between species, but are all effectively the same: large ovals with a single mouth at the base and a ring of heat-seeking eyes around it. The oval is covered with tentacles. In some species, the tentacles are barbed and hooked for ripping power. The Deilirt see using heat vision, like snakes, and thus only hunt things with a heat signature.

Species

 * Reigi Deilirt - Reigi Deilirt are the largest and rarest of the Deilirt. They can have 17 meter long tentacles and weigh in at over 20 tons when on an earth sized planet. These are loners, and scavengers and ambush predators. They shut down all systems and wait for something with a heat signature to come by. Then they burst into life and attack it. This could be a space ship and it's engines/crew, or another form of Mecholife. They generally live far from stars in the empty void of space, and rarely encounter ships.
 * Weirti Deilirt - A 3 meter longer version of the Reigi Deilirt, who are active hunters. They live in schools of 20-50 individuals, and will hunt anything with a heat signature. They work together like wolves and can take down prey far larger then themselves. Like the Reigi, Weirti rarely encounter ships because they live in the empty void more so then solar systems. However, they WILL hunt around the ort cloud of a solar system, and are more commonly seen then Reigi.
 * Seiri Deilirt - Seiri are tiny, about 1ft in diameter. They are stupid too, often getting into trouble, and are considered dangerous pests. They do not have barbs, and are more of a carrion eater then a predator. They will eat anything they come in contact with, but are effectively incapable of seeing what they eat. They live within solar systems and outside of them, but are VERY common. They are the rodents of the Deilirt Family.