Bowtruckle

Bowtruckle

Species information

Eye colour

Brown

Skin colour

Green

Native range

• England
• Germany
• Scandinavia

Height of average adult

8 inches (maximum)

Affiliation

Its Home Tree

Ministry of Magic Classification

Beast
XX

The Bowtruckle is a hand-sized, insect-eating tree dweller with long sharp fingers (two on each hand), brown eyes, and a general appearance of a flat-faced stick figure made of bark and twigs, which serves well as camouflage in its natural habitat. They are immensely difficult to spot.

Description

The Bowtruckle can be found in western England, southern Germany, and certain Scandinavian forests. A Bowtruckle serves as a tree guardian for its home tree, which is usually a tree whose wood is of wand quality (such as a Wiggentree.) The twig-like fingers are well adapted for digging out wood lice in trees and can also be used as a weapon against a foe when aimed at the eyes. It is generally a peaceful creature but will become violent if anything threatens its tree or itself. To take leaves or wood from a Bowtruckle's tree one would have to offer it wood lice or fairy eggs as a distraction.

A group of Bowtruckles is called a branch.