Scarpanid family
- This article relates to the official games. See Pikipedia's "scarpanid family" article for more official information.
The scarpanid family consists of flying insects that often hold, and sometimes also throw, objects and other creatures.
Members
Abductionbug
- Main article: Abductionbug
The Abductionbug deliberately throws Pikmin it grabs into nearby hazards.
Bloodsucking Snitchbug
- Main article: Bloodsucking Snitchbug
The Bloodsucking Snitchbug drinks the internal fluids of Pikmin with its proboscis.
Bloom Bomber
- Main article: Bloom Bomber
The Bloom Bomber drops objects that burst into spores.
Bumbling Snitchbug
- Main article: Bumbling Snitchbug
The Bumbling Snitchbug snatches leaders and throws them into the ground.
Candypop Caterer
- Main article: Candypop Caterer
The Candypop Caterer dwells within candypop buds.
Coppeller
- Main article: Coppeller
The Coppeller carries various objects, such as Sparklium seeds and treasures, and even Pikmin.
Darkfreeze Snitchbug
- Main article: Darkfreeze Snitchbug
The Darkfreeze Snitchbug is infused with darkfreeze energy.
Dimensional Parasite
- Main article: Dimensional Parasite
The Dimensional Parasite is an advanced scarpanid hailing from another dimension.
Egocentric Snitchbug
- Main article: Egocentric Snitchbug
The Egocentric Snitchbug is remarkably full of itself.
Fearless Snitchbug
- Main article: Fearless Snitchbug
The Fearless Snitchbug abducts and throws Pikmin and leaders and can summon minions.
Fireball Snitchbug
- Main article: Fireball Snitchbug
The Fireball Snitchbug manifests and throws balls of fire from its hands.
Flittering Glowbelly
- Main article: Flittering Glowbelly
The Flittering Glowbelly projects light from its belly, and cries out whenever anything steps into it.
Gardening Snitchbug
- Main article: Gardening Snitchbug
The Gardening Snitchbug buries Pikmin and harasses anything that tries to trample or uproot them.
Ghastly Snitchbug
- Main article: Ghastly Snitchbug
The Ghastly Snitchbug plucks nearby Pikmin sprouts and deliberately throws them into danger.
Graverobber Snitchbug
- Main article: Graverobber Snitchbug
The Graverobber Snitchbug weaponizes enemy carcasses.
Hallow Snitchbug
- Main article: Hallow Snitchbug
The Hallow Snitchbug has a pastel coloration and a somewhat spectral appearance.
Hijacker Snitchbug
- Main article: Hijacker Snitchbug
The Hijacker Snitchbug grabs leaders and carries them to the area's or sublevel's landing site.
Insomniac Snitchbug
- Main article: Insomniac Snitchbug
The Insomniac Snitchbug is a particularly restless scarpanid.
Landmine Snitchbug
- Main article: Landmine Snitchbug
The Landmine Snitchbug produces bomb rocks.
Moldy Snitchbug
- Main article: Moldy Snitchbug
The Moldy Snitchbug has been overtaken by mold.
Muggonfly
- Main article: Muggonfly
The Muggonfly is a massive, lengthy scarpanid that flies slowly forward and close to the ground, with objects hanging from its tail.
Musical Glowbelly
- Main article: Musical Glowbelly
The Musical Glowbelly uses its stomach to produce sound.
Phantom Snitchbug
- Main article: Phantom Snitchbug
Phantom Snitchbug is a particularly frightening scarpanid that can utilize wither or gloom.
Psychic Snitchbug
- Main article: Psychic Snitchbug
The Psychic Snitchbug can manipulate its surroundings by using its mind.
Roving Snitchbug
- Main article: Roving Snitchbug
The Roving Snitchbug patrols an entire area.
Satchel Snitchbug
- Main article: Satchel Snitchbug
The Satchel Snitchbug eats and stores sparklium seeds.
Scallawsp
- Main article: Scallawsp
The Scallawsp emerges from the ground to ambush Pikmin that draw near.
Searchlight Snitchbug
- Main article: Searchlight Snitchbug
The Searchlight Snitchbug targets only what passes under the cone of light it casts under itself.
Shiny Snitchbug
- Main article: Shiny Snitchbug
The Shiny Snitchbug can uproot Pikmin sprouts.
Silent Glowbelly
- Main article: Silent Glowbelly
The Silent Glowbelly produces light.
Snitchbug Queen
- Main article: Snitchbug Queen
The Snitchbug Queen is a scarpanid matriarch.
Spiny Coppeller
- Main article: Spiny Coppeller
The Spiny Coppeller is covered in spikes.
Swooping Snitchbug
- Main article: Swooping Snitchbug
The Swooping Snitchbug grabs and throws Pikmin into the ground to bury them.
Vulture Snitchbug
- Main article: Vulture Snitchbug
The Vulture Snitchbug snatches away corpses, treasures, and other items from Pikmin carrying them.
Zeet
- Main article: Zeet
The Zeet is a juvenile scarpanid
Zeetlesnatch
- Main article: Zeetlesnatch
The Zeetlesnatch can lift and toss large creatures.