Yanme'e (Earth-8756)

The yanme'e (Latin Turpis rex, meaning "dishonorable king"), known to humans as Buggers, are a sapient species of flight-capable, carnivorous insectoids native to Palamok. In 1544, the yanme'e became the seventh species to be converted and enslaved into the Covenant after years of resistance. Hive-minded and loyal to their Queens, the yanme'e mostly acted as engineers and repairers for the Covenant when a huragok was not present, although they were also heavily used as flying attackers, who, in swarms, were easily able to overwhelm and slaughter their enemies, something which the Covenant used for their advantage against humanity during the First Contact War.