Insects in winter seal up entrances to protect the hive

[RemingtonRyder]

When you have insect hives in mountain caves in very cold biomes, they can frequently die in the winter.

There is the obvious downside of a bunch of insects going nuts because their hive has poofed, but you also kind of wonder, how did these hives come to be established if it's so cold for a lot of the year?

What I suggest is that when the temperature starts to get cold, insects start to seal up the caves so that any heat generated (e.g. by body heat) stays inside the cave. And maybe the hives can produce something like glow pods which also produces a little bit of warmth.

[PatrykSzczescie]

Thank you for sharing us with the fact that insectoids easily die in cold biomes. Lemmie exploit this feature as long as it's not fixed.

[Third_Of_Five]

Thank you for sharing us with the fact that insectoids easily die in cold biomes. Lemmie exploit this feature as long as it's not fixed.

But wouldn't it be easier to exploit if they did this? If it's too cold for them to go outside and they seal up the entrances, you've essentially got a pre-made killbox that they can't leave.

[Bakar]

nice, that would be more balanced as insectoids would pose a smaller threat in cold biomes

[Guluere]

If you make a box full of coolers with the hives in them, would they just randomly build walls until they no longer feel cold anymore? It would need to have a special system that makes the game know where to make the insects build walls to stop the cold.

[Third_Of_Five]

If you make a box full of coolers with the hives in them, would they just randomly build walls until they no longer feel cold anymore? It would need to have a special system that makes the game know where to make the insects build walls to stop the cold.

I guess they would have to only do it when they are in the 'outside' temperature zone

[Penguinmanereikel]

I propose some kind of system that makes the insects go into some kind of hibernative state at very cold temperatures.

[Third_Of_Five]

I propose some kind of system that makes the insects go into some kind of hibernative state at very cold temperatures.

This could work as well

[Call me Arty]

Idea:
Cocoons. They might even be able to evolve into a higher level of insect over that winter.

[Bolgfred]

I propose some kind of system that makes the insects go into some kind of hibernative state at very cold temperatures.

Can I butcher hibernating insects? I think I want to butcher them.

[MajorMonotone]

This is a really cool idea and can actually be expanded upon to make insects more interesting.

Insects behave as normal through out the summer and spring but during autumn they'll actively seek out food to stockpile in their caves then in winter they will produce more jelly that can be used to create walls to seal off their caves. From then on the insects go into a dormant state and only awake to eat from the food they stockpiled or if the cave is entered by other life forms.

[Penguinmanereikel]

I propose some kind of system that makes the insects go into some kind of hibernative state at very cold temperatures.

Can I butcher hibernating insects? I think I want to butcher them.

Well if you're okay with waking them up and eating your intestines out alive, sure.