Can we acknowledge how strong ONE of these pests are?
So, I rewatched episode one of Indie Cross, and saw the scene of where Shovel Knight fights a bug and I'm keeping it real... one of these things are strong as he'll.
To put it I'm perspective: One Bug was capable of splitting a mountain or large hill in half with a swing of a sword hand. meaning the entire army may have been able to destroy one small planet if had to.
Plus, physically, they can put on a fight as that same one was able to fight Shovel Knight in their base form aka the small one.
Now, I wanna mention Charlotte knows this extremely well. In the end of Episode 2, we see around 20 or more Bugs surrounding a portal Shovel Knight was gonna enter and as stated one was able to be a threat so that amount could've been devastating. I do believe Shovel Knight COULD'VE survived either way but that is just my bias since I like him as a character.
In Conclusion, Charlotte is by far a powerful army leader since her Bugs are extremely strong.
(Also I think we need Charlotte and her army vs Bowser and his Army now on Death Battle just saying-)