>>50020626I would opt for a strong contrast, in the case of Pheremosa an ugly dark colored nymph is still fast, but she is too clumsy hitting herself continuously for not being able to adjust her vision with her speed. She would have a voracious appetite fattening up until she had enough energy to evolve
With Buzzwhole, he would be a wimpy, cowardly aquatic larva that lived in the pools* of the giant trees in his world, feeding on the sap from those "muscular" trees until they were high enough to evolve.
*In South American jungles, bromeliads that grow on trees form small ponds that become nurseries for mosquitoes and tree frog tadpoles.