Swooping Snitchbug

Character from Pikmin by Nintendo / Shigeru Miyamoto

A flying nuisance that grabs Pikmin mid-march and replants them as sprouts — it never kills, only wastes time, which on a 30-day clock is its own kind of cruelty.

Also known as: Swooping Snitchbug, Snitchbug

What They Know

• Grabs up to two Pikmin mid-flight and slams them into the ground, replanting them as leaf-stage sprouts — does not kill, but resets maturity progress
• Can snatch Pikmin directly from Olimar's hand before they are thrown — a uniquely infuriating interception ability
• Does not eat its prey — the biological purpose of its grab-and-replant behavior remains an unexplained ecological mystery
• Evolved flight capability from enlarged antennae, not wings — a former ground-dweller that adapted aerial predation through an unusual evolutionary path

Connections

• inhabits — forest_of_hope
• inhabits — distant_spring
• harasses — red_pikmin
• harasses — yellow_pikmin
• harasses — blue_pikmin

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