Nui-Rama

Nui Rama were big, flying insect-like Rahi.

Description
The creatures, which have been seen as either red-orange or lime-green, have a pair of massive claws and a stinger, which made them deadly foes.

Metru Nui
On Metru Nui, they were the earliest recorded Rahi annoyances. Their main food was liquid Protodermis, so they lived mainly around or in Le-Metru, eating off the Chutes as it was safer than eating from the ocean. They would use their stinger to cut the Chutes and suck up the Protodermis. If the Nui Rama would gather in masses to feed, the Chutes would occasionally have lost so much Protodermis that they would collapse. A Chute collapse was responsible for the death of Ihu.

Great Cataclysm
After the Great Rescue, the Nui-Rama, along with the Matoran, moved to Mata Nui. There they would mainly nest in Le-Wahi, although sometimes in Ta-Wahi too.

Great Shadow
Like most Rahi on Mata Nui, they had been given Infected Masks by Teridax and forced to do his bidding, spying on the Matoran and the Toa Mata. A Nui Rama in Ko-Wahi once attacked Kopaka and Matoro causing them to fall off the edge of a cliff. The Nui Rama in Le-Wahi had launched two attacks on Le-Koro, having kidnapping Turaga Matau and many of the Le-Matoran and taking them to their hive. They had also placed an Infected Mask on Lewa, so he was under Makuta's command. After the masks were removed, the Nui Rama stopped fighting and were tamed. The Gukko Force even began to ride Nui Rama in addition to Gukko. They are seen in the DS verson of Bionicle Heroes. Apparently the Piraka infected masks to control them once more. However, the game is considered non-canon, so the Piraka probably didn't use them.

Set Information

 * The set number is 8537.
 * The set contains 154 pieces.