Warrior Bug

The Warrior Bug is a type of Arachnid from the Starship Troopers film universe. These menacing creatures serve as the basic infantry of the Arachnid race, appearing in every major Bug conflict and in much greater numbers than other Arachnid types.

Overview
Warrior Bugs are four-legged creatures approximately two to three meters long and are coloured as to the terrain, such as desert warriors will be tan with black and yellow stripes. The rearmost pairs of legs are much longer than the two front forelegs, and serve as the primary locomotion, the forelegs being 1/3 shorter. Warrior Bugs are quite agile and fast and are capable of climbing up steep inclines and burrowing underground.

These bugs utilize a powerful pincer-like mandible that is capable of crushing rock, metal and severing limbs as a means of attack. The two upper forelegs or "side mandibles" are utilized in the manner of swords for attack as well as defence. It was thought to use these as 'hands' for grasping objects in the manner of a praying mantis. This is in fact not the case as a warrior has no dexterity with them and as such they are merely stabbing and slashing implements. They are devastating in this role as they reach out to well over a meter, 2 feet further than their forelegs or 3 feet further than its actual mandibles. It is said that they can lose a limb and still fight with 86% efficiency. Also, it would seem that Warrior Bugs have very tough exo-skeletons, being able to take a large amount of fire before they succumb to their wounds. This plays a major tactical advantage since Arachnids attack in very large numbers and will climb over their dead as they advance on human compounds. Due to their massive rate of reproduction, the Arachnids are capable of sending out overwhelming waves of Warrior Bugs against the Federation's Mobile Infantry. No matter how many Warriors are killed in battle, there are always more to replace them and eventually overrun the enemy.

Warrior Bugs are also capable of surviving in the harshest of environments, including the vacuum of space. It is unclear how they do this, though it is suspected that they may not breathe air at all.