The Insectivore plug-in attempts to provide a way to share tasks in the "Tasks" view among team members.

It uses a file based approach, with TeamTask files shared inside a project. The file based shared task promises to be the mostly widely useful implementation, since most teams have an existing file based shared repository. TeamTask files can be shared through CVS, another Team provider or even "sneakernet".

Insectivore provides integration to existing bug databases, and an expanded definition of "Task" within the Eclipse framework, including traditional concepts such as priority, reporter, assignee, etc.