Volcanic Toxibeetle

The Volcanic Toxibeetle is a small enemy encountered in Pikmin: Echoes of Eternity. It's main feature is a dual color scheme, with red dots on one side and purple zig-zags on the other. It utilizes both poison and lava attacks, but never at the same time.

Strategy
This enemy moves fast, similar to an Iridescent Flint Beetle. Sometimes it will stop and glow either red or purple. The color corresponds to which elemental attack it will utilize. It then produces a scythe-like claw from its thorax and will slash with either a lava or poison aura. This is its only attacking move, so if the player has ample amounts of Red and White Pikmin, this foe shouldn't be a problem.

Encyclopaedia animerros

 * "Acilero Magmusia, kingdom Animalia, phylum insettocrustia, class endopteria, family Toxoid. This quadrupedal insect eats subterranean plants, and has a keen interest in the Pikmin. It will attack with an appendage resembling a scythe, imbuing it with either lava or poison. This attack requires the Toxoid to charge up energy. One must assume this insect is a very efficient heterotroph if it can generate that amount of energy in such a short amount of time."