Shadegrub

The Shadegrub is a species of mandiblard that hides in the shadows and attacks by swarming.

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin Rebirth
The Shadegrub is a species of Mandiblard appearing in Pikmin Rebirth. They only appear in the deepest and darkest caves, acting as one of the more frightening enemies in the game. Part of the reason is due to having pitch black bodies, slug-like anatomy, and glowing red eyes. They also are frightning due to their behavior, Shadegrubs are opportunistic scavengers, only appearing if a corpse is left alone for too long. When they find a notable piece of carrion they will swarm the corpse and quickly devour it, replacing it with an even bigger swarm taking its place. Shadegrubs are highly dangerous as they quickly swarm a squad of Pikmin and quickly devour them. What makes them even more dangerous is the fact that they these swarms can become even bigger by exposure to poison, electricity, and acid, all common methods of dealing with other enemies. Due to these facts the best way to deal with them is too run away, despite the size of the swarms Shadegrubs are easy to distract. Any large pieces of carrion will cause pursuing Shadegrubs to it for devouring purposes, additionally they are attracted to sources of energy. While in the case of electricity it means that you should lead the swarm away from the source, in the case of fire and light it can prove to be the swarms downfall as the heat can quickly burn and shrivel up the swarm, eventually killing it. While Shadegrubs aren't considered boss enemies, killing a swarm still drops a large amount of sparklium and the occasional relic meaning that there is a good reason to find and hunt these creatures down. Still their sheer numbers and frightning speed makes them on of the most dangerous enemies in the game.