The laelaps was a species of dark brown, omnivorous andrewsarchus from the Jade region of Frauji. The laelaps had six legs, as it was likely a descendant from a divergent insect species, allowing it to run at speeds of up to 30 mph in short bursts but was only a meter and a half tall. Laelaps can sometimes roam in small packs of 4-6 individuals, but many remain solitary. They were opportunistic eaters, their food sources including small rodents, ripe fruit, young mammals, and insects. Unlike many other large predators, laelaps showed little fear of developed environments. They were by far the most commonly hunted creature in Jade, as they had very thick winter coats and tender meat in the warmer seasons. Many fur exports such as hunting clothes, blankets, rugs, and tents from Jade are made from laelaps fur.
Laelaps were known for their incredibly deep howl used to communicate with other individuals, often compared to a war horn or foghorn. These howls echoed through the hills and valleys of Jade and carried on the wind for miles. An interesting result of these howls is the response from the staple livestock known as the prua. When the prua heard the call of the laelaps, it acted as a natural herding call, the grazing prua returning back to their barn for the night in response to the howl. While for some livestock keepers that might be highly irritating, the prueba instead arranged their schedules around the laelaps howls, which were heard consistently at sunset until the beginning of the Solstice War. As the laelaps population declined during the War, prueba had to become crafty and design specialized long-range whistles that mimicked the sound of the laelaps to continue their routine. This practice became obsolete once the whistle started to attract hungry laelaps straight to prua farms.Â