Highlights: |
- Iratus bugs fed on the humans that the Ancients seeded in Pegasus
- Eventually, they began to take on human characteristics, becoming the Wraith
- Went to war with the Lanteans, almost defeated them but the Lanteans escaped
- They abduct humans, feed on them, then entered into a hibernative state,
- This cycle continued for 10,000 years,
- until the Atlantis expedition accidentally awoke them prematurely
- The lack of food caused them to entered into a civil war
- They eventually forged a peace treaty with the humans,
- A retrovirus that strengthened human physiology was administered
- Allowed the feeding process not to be fatal |
Physiology: |
- Pale blue or light-green skin
- Telepaths
- Majority were male
- Adult female are known as Queens'
- Feed off human "life force";
- Specialized organ in the palm of their right hand for feeding
- Produced an enzyme, which strengthened human's body temporarily
- As the victim was drained of life, they experiences pain & aged rapidly
- Were also able to give back life
- Accelerated ability to heal
- Release a sticky, web-like substance that they use to cocoon victims |
