Gastropod

The Gastropod is a flying Hardmode enemy that appears frequently at the surface of The Hallow at night, and fires lasers.

Gastropods are immune to the Confused debuff.

Tips

 * Newer Hardmode players may want to avoid The Hallow's surface at night entirely, as Gastropods fire frequently, spawn often, and their lasers are difficult to dodge -- especially when more than one Gastropod is on the screen (and there usually will be more than one).

Trivia

 * In real life, gastropods are a class of mollusk that includes snails and slugs. The word "gastropod" is derived from ancient Greek meaning "stomach-foot," which these animals are so named because they appear to crawl on their stomachs.
 * Because of the round shape of their shell and the fact that they drop Gel, many players believe Gastropods to be part of the Slime family.