Splinter

Splinters are common, insectoid creatures that live on many planets, although in the games Samus only encounters them on Aether. Splinters live in cocoons most of the time, and come out of the them to hunt and such. If a being approaches Splinter cocoons, a Splinter will awaken and go into a state of blood frenzy and awaken other Splinters nearby, proving them to be dangerous hazards if traveling alone and weaponless. Their Dark Aether counterparts were the Dark Splinters, who went extinct after Dark Aether was destroyed.