Cloaking Burrow-nit

The Cloaking Burrow-nit is a burrow-nit that has a dark blue shell with large, red eye-like markings on it. When it hunts, it chooses a place where it rests face-down in the ground, patiently waiting for its prey to draw near. If it is approached, it emerges and attempts to follow and attack the Pikmin until they escape its pursuit range, when it then promptly returns to the spot where it was resting and burrows its head again to wait for its next opportunity to chase prey. It has a sharp proboscis that can be thrust into prey, piercing the victim and causing damage, right before sucking it up and swallowing it. This creature is not very dangerous, as it only can kill one Pikmin at a time when it attacks.

Cloaking Burrow-nits will deconstruct nearby stick bridges, similarly to sheargrubs.

Olimar's notes

 * "The snake-eye pattern on this beast's shell is one of the most distinctive features of the burrow-nit family. The red pattern of the cloaking burrow-nit and the spikes around its mantle make it easily identifiable while still making it a representative specimen of the burrow-nit family. The shell on the cloaking burrow-nit's back also provides a frame that fixes its muscular structure in place, and appears to give the creature its powerful needle-launching attack."

Louie's notes

 * "Boil in the shell with a pinch of salt until bright red, and serve piping hot with tartar sauce."

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin 2: New Year
The Cloaking Burrow-nit appears in Pikmin 2: New Year. It retains its behaviors, but has drastic changes in appearance, having purple skin and eyes, a series of white dots on its forehead, a pink proboscis, dark red tips on its legs, and a light indigo shell, which bears two large, yellow eyespots each surrounded by an orange ring.



In Pikmin: Ultimate Doom
The Cloaking Burrow-nit appears in Pikmin: Ultimate Doom. It has slightly altered behaviors in that it has a lower detection range, almost an inch of its body. Additionally, in each area it appears in, the Cloaking Burrow-nit has a distinct appearance.