Swarming Sheargrub

The Swarming Sheargrub is a red-eyed green mandiblard that travels about in small swarms at a high speed. They have no form of offense but can move quickly, often leading pursuing Pikmin astray after dispersing. Upon coming across a salvageable object such as a fruit, pellet, or carcass, they will jump and sit on top of it, weighing it down and thus making it require more Pikmin to carry. They will consume any nectar they happen upon, growing in size and weighing objects down more.

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin: Decayed Leaf
Swarming Sheargrubs are a returning pest in Pikmin: Decayed Leaf. They act just like their original incarnation, jumping onto treasures and corpses in groups to weigh them down when Pikmin are carrying them, and drinking nectar to grow in size. This particular species of Sheargrub can also not only steal pieces to bridges, hay stacks, and gold nuggets, but they can even swim in water without drowning and dying. They are much more of a nuisance than ever before.

In Pikmin: Dimensional Breach
Swarming Sheargrubs return in Pikmin: Dimensional Breach, in the Perplexing Tropics. They retain their characteristics from, distracting Pikmin and fleeing at high speeds when threatened. They sit atop salvageable objects, and can even do so to piles of fragments, making the next fragment require more than one Pikmin to carry. They can not dismantle bridges or climbing sticks.