Ectognatha tend to not be so much evil as they are wary of outsiders, bordering on xenophobia. However, despite this, they tend to lean more toward neutrality, typically sticking mostly to their instincts and their own personal ideals than holding onto the ideals of others. Although those in hives can lean more toward the ideals of lawfulness if only due to how deeply seeped in tradition they are as a race.

You have disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of your attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direct sunlight.

Your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Strength score increases by 1.

Ectognatha reach maturity by age 2. Compared to humans, Ectognatha don’t usually live longer than 25 years.

Ectognatha stand around 5 to 6 feet tall and being around 5 feet long. They are lightweight while still being durable, weighing around 100 or so pounds. Your size is Medium.

You have a base walking speed of 30 feet, and a climbing speed of 30 feet.

You can spend your action to burrow under the ground. You have a burrowing speed of 20 feet, and while burrowing you gain tremorsense with a range of 5 feet in any direction. Other creatures cannot follow you into your burrow, and you cannot burrow below other creatures. Upon emerging from your burrow, any enemies nearby can take an opportunity attack against you.

Due to your nature as an insect and your home in the Underdark, you have better vision in the dark than other creatures with similar abilities. Your darkvision has a range of 120 ft.

When you aren't wearing any armor, your AC is 13 + your Constitution modifier. You can use your natural armor to determine your AC if the armor you wear would leave you with a lower AC. A shield’s benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armor.

Your unarmed strike is replaced with a bite that deals 1d6 bludgeoning damage.

Instead of an unarmed strike, you can make a strike with your mandibles, dealing 1d6 damage and requiring the target to make a strength check equal to 8 + your proficiency modifier + your STR bonus.

You can use your action to go onto all 6 legs in order to move faster, increasing your walking and climbing speed by 15 ft.

You can read and write Common and Ectognatha and can communicate in a limited manner with other insect-related creatures. You are both capable of understanding one another regardless of differences in species, however, this can only be communicated through the use of dance, requiring a performance check based on complexity. A simple request has a DC of 10, whereas a more complex request has a DC of 14, and if the request is too complicated it fails and the target just looks incredibly confused.