Spiraling Joustmite

The Spiraling Joustmite is a species of burrow-nit that burrows into various surfaces with its drill-like proboscis.

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin: Spark
The Spiraling Joustmite is a burrow-nit miniboss appearing in Pikmin: Spark.

It gets its name from the large spiral-shaped shell that adorns its front. One that has a cyan shell with green splotches on it is found in Cavern of Cobwebs, one with a tan shell with orange splotches on it is found in Chilling Frontier, and one with a red shell with black splotches on it is found in Rust Labyrinth. The other most noticeable part of the Spiraling Joustmite is that instead of a proboscis that extends like a harpoon, the proboscis of this species instead spins like a drill to bore into prey. It bores into prey by charging into the prey at high speeds with no disregard for its own safety. Unfortunately for it, if it rams into a wall it will become vulnerable to predators such as Pikmin attacking its backside, though they still need to be careful as the shock from the ramming attack causes rocks to fall from above to crush Pikmin so using Rock Pikmin would be recommended to better ignore the falling debris.

In Ultra-Spicy Mode, Spiraling Joustmites have different behaviors regarding colliding with vertical surfaces. Rather than become stunned initially, it burrows into the surface and soon emerges from another part of the arena before hitting another wall and becoming stunned. The number of times a Spiraling Joustmite burrows into a wall rises as its health is depleted.

Upon defeat, Spiraling Joustmites always yield a Brimstone Backscratcher, a rusty fork worth.