Needle Beast

Needle Beasts are a Stage Hazard appearing in the fight with Nekro at the end of The Penthouse, and in The Nekro Dimension.

Appearance
They are giant syringes with spindly black limbs that are filled with a blood-like fluid.

Description
They appear in the boss fight with Nekro, starting from it's second phase where it summons giant hands to try and smash the protagonists, and also reappear in The Nekro Dimension.

Stage Hazard Behavior
They function similar to Rats, with the exception that they do not move in one direction and instead seek out player characters to try and attack them by jumping onto them and injecting them.

Trivia

 * They are named "Spiders" in the games files.