Hellbug

Hellbugs are a mutated insect creatures on Earth in Defiance.

Physiolgy
Mutated from a harmless insect species from the Votanis system, samples of these creatures aboard the Arks mutated during the Arkfall disaster creating a dangerous form of life. The Hellbugs are vicious predators that live in large collective hive, usually within underground caverns on the terraformed Earth.

Hellbugs come in variety of forms: Though dangerous creatures, the inhabitants of Earth find them a useful resource. Its seems when the Hellbugs consume gulanite ore as a digestive aid, they excrete shtako (waste product) which contains unrefined petrohol.
 * Skitterlings: The smallest; Baby Hellbugs but are nimble and deadly when attacking in swarms.
 * Warriors
 * Archers
 * Monarchs
 * Matron: The Queen of the Hellbug hive.
 * Hellion: A rumored breed of Hellbug that is several stories tall and carries an army of smaller Hellbugs within their own bodies.