Huh, there's a lot in my FA that I haven't included in my IB. Well, NE-way...
Some time ago, tabbiewolf asked for sets of species to hybridize. I answered several times, and one of my prompts was jackal, ant, and erne. This is, of course, a pun referring to the Halloween tradition of carving a pumpkin and situating this gourd on the porch. So that's also how I named him.
Melissa was one of my other combos. I'll try to get her original posted, too.