Answer:
Slithery critters with a taste for dirt.
I am small but can carry objects many times my weight. I live in organized colonies. What am I?
It's black and every time it speaks it says its name.
A king without a crown
It is an insect, and the first part of its name is the name of another insect. What is it?
The 8 of us go forth and not back to protect our king from a foe's attack. What am I?