Endor Goliath Beetle

Endor, as it's named by the native colonists, is an Earth-like planet in a densely populated solar system with twenty-six other planets orbiting Barnard's Star, a red dwarf about six light-years from Earth in the constellation of Ophiuchus. Endor is about 24 times bigger than Earth and its gravity is about 3 times that of Earth.

Due to its massive gravity pull, the organisms on this planet are mostly small shrubs, flowers, grasses, and insects. Under Barnard's Star frequent high-energy solar flares, the resilient insect's ecosystem evolved to withstand such forces.

Endor Goliath Beetle is a fine specimen of such evolution. Its front pair of wings and full body are protected from solar flares by a 4.5-inch-thick cobalt color carbon-composite crust shield, which needs to withstand the radiation outside its body. The beetle can turn its body within seconds of sensing a solar flare into a cocoon and wait for the storm to subside.