Insecticon (FOC)

The Insecticons were once simple, hive-minded, drones that inhabited Cybertron's many underground tunnels. When the planet's core shutdown and stopped producing energon they began to move towards the surface to look for more energon. This lead them into contact with Shockwave who took them and altered them to serve in the Decepticon war effort.

Physiology
Most Insecticons bear an insect-like form, however, there are a select few of their number that possess both the insect form as well as a robot form. Shockwave believes that these three are the original Insecticons.

Insecticons can ingest ninety-five percent of all known matter. Though they cannot use the ingested material as sustenance, they can convert it into other types of material in order to create structures. They communicate through a specific ultrasonic frequency, which Shockwave uses to control most of them. The only exceptions to this are the three originals. They are also able to clone themselves, though all subsequent generations are inferior to the originals.

Insecticons also come in various shape and sizes. They also possess various classes, with some being worker drones and other possessing combat skills for defense. Hardshell, Kickback, and Sharpshot have high level intelligence but it is unknown if the lesser species are, though some have been heard to speak. After Shockwave began experimenting on them it is likely that most, if not all of them, have combat capability.