Screeching Beetle

The Screeching Beetle is a species of kettlebug that produces noises so deafening that Pikmin affected by it won't respond to the whistling of leaders.

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin 2... Again?
Screeching Beetles are enemies in Pikmin 2... Again? resembling smaller Antenna Beetles with a speaker-like mouth. They produce deafening screeches over a long distance, preventing Pikmin from hearing the leaders' whistles, or anything else for that matter, for two seconds. They also will try to hop away from Pikmin when trying to attack it, but if managing to throw a Pikmin at it, making it to fall struggling for some seconds before getting back up finally.