Crystal-Shelled Bulbling

The Crystal-Shelled Bulbling is a species of smaller grub-dog protected by its crystal shell.

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin: Spectrum
The Crystal-Shelled Bulbling is a species of grub-dog appearing in Pikmin: Spectrum. Although they mainly inhabit underground environments, they have been seen aboveground as well.

Crystal-Shelled Bulblings are similar in size to dwarf bulborbs and other species of breadbug mimics, but they have the same DNA structure as true bulborbs. They are also not young members of the same species, like the Dwarf Bulbear is to the Spotty Bulbear, and as such are labeled as bulblings to denote an adult bulborb species similar in size to a dwarf bulborb.

As the name suggests, Crystal-Shelled Bulblings have a shell on their backsides consisting of a quartz-like substance, which makes them impervious to any normal Pikmin attack except the hard slams of Rock Pikmin or being blasted by a bomb rock. Underneath their shell, these bulblings have a pale blue hide lacking the signature dot patterns of other members of its species and it instead has tiny spots resembling freckles.