Burgeoning Bloyster

Burgeoning Bloysters are strange Molluskings, omnivorous like most others. While they happily feed on small prey such as Puckering Blinnows, sheargrubs, or Pikmin, they much prefer the berries of Burgeoning Spiderworts. Due to this species's fascination with the berries of the plant, the gill's bulb holds the likeness of the Burgeoning Spiderwort's flower just below the gill bulb, having five places to place berries. There exist three subspecies of Burgeoning Bloysters: Spicy, which are red, Bitter, which are purple, and Rounded, which are magenta. Upon death, a Burgeoning Bloyster will drop any berries they had on their flower, their gill bulb, and their body. All three subspecies have somewhat longer bulb stalks than the average Toady Bloyster to accommodate their berry storage. This can be used to one's advantage as weighing its bulb down with enough Pikmin and then calling them back will cause the bulb to smack into the creature's body, flinging off any Pikmin and berries that are still attached, and causing massive damage to the beast.

Spicy Burgeoning Bloyster
Spicy Burgeoning Bloysters eat only ultra-spicy berries. They are faster than the average Toady Bloyster and have red and orange stripes to match, scaring away most predators due to thinking they are poisonous, though Pikmin are not fooled. They also tend to grab more Pikmin in one bite than a Toady Bloyster. However, that is not the extent of their abilities, as they also can spray a combination of their own ink and ultra-spicy essence, in copious amounts. This tactic not only causes Pikmin to panic, but it also causes them to become even faster than they are at flower-stage maturity for a limited amount of time. This not only causes trouble rounding Pikmin up, but also causes them to get around to the creature's front faster, where it then proceeds to gobble them up.

Bitter Burgeoning Bloyster
Bitter Burgeoning Bloysters, on the other hand, only eat ultra-bitter berries. They are slightly slower than the average Toady Bloyster and cannot be petrified. They have blue and purple stripes, allowing them to camouflage, but this camouflage cannot fool Pikmin. They tend to grab fewer Pikmin, but they also eat them faster. They can spray a combination of ultra-bitter essence and their own ink, causing most Pikmin to become encased in stone while others panic. It can turn around quicker than Spicy Burgeoning Bloysters, allowing for a greater opportunity for slaughter.

Rounded Burgeoning Bloyster
Rounded Burgeoning Bloysters are named for the fact that they prefer a more rounded meal, eating both types of Burgeoning Spiderwort berries. They are faster, but also have good traction and thus can turn around more quickly. They also can't be encased in stone. They have red, orange, purple, magenta, and blue stripes. They grab an average amount of Pikmin in one bite and eat at the same speed. They spray a combination of both types of essence and their ink, encasing half in stone and causing half to panic and become faster than they would be in the flower stage. The Rounded Burgeoning Spiderwort is by far the most dangerous of the three subspecies.