Manticulex is a large, beetle-like Neopteron with two layers of exoskeleton - one being its chitinous plating that covers most of its body, a shiny grey armor which is lined with red stripes, and its signature, symbiotic cactus growing on its limbs and some of its abdomen. It has six limbs, and its two forelegs are grossly enlarged in comparison to the rest of the limbs, and the armor plating on both the exoskeleton and the cactus are at its thickest. It primarily uses these limbs to grasp its food source - large cactus stems, but in a pinch they can be used to pound on unsuspecting hunters.