Variants of these include the Hive Mecha of the Ram War Wasps and the large Barbed War Wasp nest in the Burn Dome. These hives serve exactly the same role as Gragnol Hives from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, and Fly Pods from Metroid: Other M, which continuously spawn weak flying bioforms until the Hives are destroyed themselves. In Metroid Prime, War Wasp Hives are simply known as Hives due to the lack of other hives. They are also named Flitter Hive in one instance in the Metroid Prime Official Perfect Guide.