Cloaking Burrow-nit

The Cloaking Burrow-nit is an insect-like creature. It has a dark blue shell with large, red eye-like markings on it. When it hunts, it chooses a place where it rests face-down in the ground, patiently waiting for its prey to draw near. If it is approached, it emerges and attempts to follow and attack the Pikmin until they escape out of its pursuit range, when it then promptly returns to the spot where it was resting and re-burrows its head to wait for its next opportunity to chase prey. It has a sharp proboscis that can be thrust into prey, piercing the victim and causing damage, right before sucking it up and swallowing it.

Burrow-nits will deconstruct nearby stick bridges, similar to sheargrubs.

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin 2: New Year
The Cloaking Burrow-nit appears in Pikmin 2: New Year. It retains its behaviors, but has drastic changes in appearance, having purple skin and eyes, a series of white dots on its forehead, a pink proboscis, dark red tips on its legs, and a light indigo shell, which bears two large, yellow eyespots each surrounded by an orange ring.



In Pikmin V
The Cloaking Burrow-nit appears in Pikmin V alongside its relative, the Joustmite. The two are often found together, tricking leaders as to which direction they should be approached from. Its new design increases the overhang of the shell over the face, making it harder to throw Pikmin at it instead of rushing.

In Pikmin: Ultimate Doom
The Cloaking Burrow-nit appears in Pikmin: Ultimate Doom. It has slightly altered behaviors in that it has a lower detection range, almost an inch of its body. Additionally, in each area it appears in, the Cloaking Burrow-nit has a distinct appearance.