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{{otheruses|USE=xenos creature|OTHERUSE=novel|OTHERPAGE=Catachan Devil (Novel)}} The '''Catachan Devil''' (''Catachanu scorpiones maximus''){{Fn|6}} is a creature scorpion-like arachnid native to the [[Death World]] of [[Catachan]], but has been introduced into several other worlds.  Devils are massive, brutal killing machines that are scorpion-like in appearance, with a series of segmented body sections carrying pairs of legs and a terminus in a long tail with a poisonous barb, which curves forward over the creature's back. As Catachan Devils grow, they develop more and more mid-sections and pairs of legs. A fully grown adult can have up to thirty sets of legs, and can reach up to 30 meters in length.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|3}}{{Fn|5}}

For many years, Catachan has been is prized by the Imperium for the excellent training that its denizens provide to the units of the Imperial Guard formed there, and . Local Guardsmen consider it a rite of passage to slay a Devil.{{Fn|6}} The Imperium has often sought to further utilise the sheer killing power of the Devils. Though the Imperium has been unsuccessful in training or taming them, Devils have often been introduced to Imperial worlds in order to dissuade invaders. This proliferation has inevitably led to escapes, and there have been rumoured sightings of Devil nests on [[Hive World]]s and colonies all over the Imperium. Such is the infamous lethality of this creature, that the Catachans have named both their most [[Catachan Knives#Devil's Claw|fearsome knives]] and [[Tempestus Scions#Catachan Devil Squads|deadliest soldiers]] after it.{{Fn|4}}{{Fn|5}}

*{{Endn|6}}: [[Liber Xenologis]], pg. 58-59