Decorated Cannon Beetle

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For the larval form featured in official games, see Decorated Cannon Beetle Larva.
Decorated Cannon Beetle
Enemy
Family Lithopod

The Decorated Cannon Beetle is a species of lithopod that spits magnetic boulders.

In fanon games

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In Pikmin 2... Again?

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Decorated Cannon Beetle File:Dummy enemy icon.png
Scientific name Granitus decorum
Family Lithopod
Weight 35
Max. carriers 60
Poko value P2 Poko icon.png × 35
Attacks Shoots magnetic boulders

Decorated Cannon Beetle is a miniboss lithopod that appears in Pikmin 2... Again?. It is the mature Decorated Cannon Larva, being red, and the same rocky body from the Decorated Cannon Larva's new design, and well as the Decorated Cannon Beetle have yellow jagged markings or even swirled ones, having cyan eyes. The Decorated Cannon Beetle when spotting Pikmin and leaders, it'll inhale air from its blowhole, and then shoot a magnetic boulders, they also home at the leaders, however, they ricochet when hitting a wall and are bigger than the normal ones. While its own boulders can't hurt the Decorated Cannon Beetle if hitting its front, the player has to make its own boulder to hit its back, stunning it and making its wings to open which its back can be hit.

In Pikmin X: Deep Freeze

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Decorated Cannon Beetle The icon used to represent this enemy.
Scientific name Granitus decorum
Family Lithopod
Areas Vengeful Thicket
Caves Crypt of Enigma
Carry weight 30
Max. carriers 50
Seed worth 50
Poko value P2 Poko icon.png × 15
Attacks Spits homing boulders, crushes Pikmin

The Decorated Cannon Beetle is a mature form of the Decorated Cannon Beetle Larva. This large lithopod is easily recognizable by its golden exoskeleton which shines brightly and is completely impenetrable to attack. Like its larval form, this enemy can launch magnetic boulders from its mouth which are attracted to the spacesuits of leaders, making them particularly dangerous. Pikmin must be thrown into the Decorated Cannon Beetle's blowhole as it prepares to attack, which will force it to open its wingcase to ventilate, and leaves it vulnerable to attack. However, the release of such a large amount of energy causes the lithopod to rocket forward a fair distance, trampling any Pikmin in its path until it slows down. It is at this moment after it charges that it is optimal to throw Pikmin on its exposed backside before it can close up again.