We finally have an official name for those swarming crustacean critters from Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2! Thanks to a fresh interview between Collider and LoM VFX Supervisor Sean Konrad, we know these creatures are known as Scarabs and we also have a closer look at their design!
We are often looking for ways to put our actors into spaces with creatures and have them on more direct eye level, in part because there’s a limit to what our actors can do about a 300 foot monster except for run and hide or be astonished (although there’s one sequence where I think we do something pretty crazy and unique). The scarabs are a good example of something that fits in human-sized space — having a creature running loose on the interior of a ship or in the Axis Mundi pod puts our characters on a more even playing field with them.
Head over to Collider to read their full interview!
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2 is now streaming on Apple TV as of February 27th, 2026 and will span 10 episodes ending May 1st, 2026. Season two picks up with the fate of Monarch — and the world — hanging in the balance. The dramatic saga reveals buried secrets that reunite our heroes (and villains) on Kong’s Skull Island, and a new, mysterious village where a mythical Titan rises from the sea. The ripple effects of the past make waves in the present day, blurring the bonds between family, friend and foe — all with the threat of a titan event on the horizon!
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