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|name        = Clavo fictusphera
|name        = Clavo fictusphera
|family      = Awrapnid
|family      = Awrapnid
|areas      = [[Twilight River]], [[Formidable Oak]], [[Sun-Speckled Terrace]] ([[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]]), [[Giant's Hearth]]
|areas      = [[Twilight River]], [[Formidable Oak]], [[Sun-Speckled Terrace]] ([[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale|Shipwreck Tale]]), [[Giant's Hearth]]
|underground = [[Ultimate Testing Range]], [[Subterranean Swarm]]
|underground = [[Ultimate Testing Range]], [[Subterranean Swarm]]
|missionct  = [[Twilight Hollow Remix]]
|missionct  = [[Twilight Hollow Remix]]
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Because the Arachnode's web is fairly tall, the creature often moves out of your standard throwing range. Use Yellow Pikmin or Winged Pikmin to attack an Arachnode when it retreats to the top of its web. If any of your Pikmin become ensnared in the web, use the whistle to rescue them. When you defeat an Arachnode, its web unravels.|block=y}}
Because the Arachnode's web is fairly tall, the creature often moves out of your standard throwing range. Use Yellow Pikmin or Winged Pikmin to attack an Arachnode when it retreats to the top of its web. If any of your Pikmin become ensnared in the web, use the whistle to rescue them. When you defeat an Arachnode, its web unravels.|block=y}}


=== Dalmo's notes ===
===Dalmo's Notes===
{{transcript|It has an agreeable personality, and as long as a meal doesn't get caught in its web, it will sit there, curled up into a cuddly ball and waiting. You'll have to throw some food or even use yourself as bait if you wish to see it moving. What a leisurely method of hunting!|block=y}}
{{transcript|It has an agreeable personality, and as long as a meal doesn't get caught in its web, it will sit there, curled up into a cuddly ball and waiting. You'll have to throw some food or even use yourself as bait if you wish to see it moving. What a leisurely method of hunting!|block=y}}
=== Olimar's notes (''Pikmin 4'') ===
{{transcript|This spiderlike creature has distinctive yellow stripes on its black carapace. It spins webs in high-traffic areas and waits for prey to blunder into them.
Unlike its relatives in the Arachnorb and Dweevil families, it's ambisexual and has eight legs. Some theorize that its gynandry is meant to aid in reproduction, though of course it cannot reproduce on its own.
There is another theory that this species is in fact two organisms of opposing gender stuck together, but since no one has ever found a four-legged, single-sexed specimen, this remains speculative.|block=y}}
=== Louie's notes (''Pikmin 4'') ===
{{transcript|Pluck off the legs, crack open, and savor the meat inside. Dip them in soy sauce first for a nice mix of sweet and salty.|block=y}}


==Behavior==
==Behavior==
The Arachnode sits still when nothing is near, but when a [[leader]] or a [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] is thrown into its web, it will take on its spider-like form and attack its ensnared prey. It eats Pikmin by clamping down on them with its wide mouth, and it eats them quickly, so it can be difficult to save them in time. When all Pikmin are removed from the web, the Arachnode will take a moment and then go back into its resting state. It does not return to a specific point on the web to rest, so it can be put in a more vulnerable position for a second attack. When an Arachnode is defeated, it will fall to the ground and its web will collapse.
The Arachnode sits still when nothing is near, but when a [[leader]] or a [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] is thrown into its web, it will take on its spider-like form and attack its ensnared prey. It eats Pikmin by clamping down on them with its wide mouth, and it eats them quickly, so it can be difficult to save them in time. When all Pikmin are removed from the web, the Arachnode will take a moment and then go back into its resting state. It does not return to a specific point on the web to rest, so it can be put in a more vulnerable position for a second attack. When an Arachnode is defeated, it will fall to the ground and its web will collapse.


In ''Pikmin 3'', if unsupervised Winged Pikmin carry an item right into an Arachnode's web, they will get stuck, whatever goods they had will fall to the ground, and the creature will proceed to eat them. Fortunately, Arachnodes pose no threat to any other types of Pikmin when left unattended.
If unsupervised Winged Pikmin carry an item right into an Arachnode's web, they will get stuck, whatever goods they had will fall to the ground, and the creature will proceed to eat them. Fortunately, Arachnodes pose no threat to any other types of Pikmin when left unattended.
 
In ''Pikmin 4'', Pikmin will go in a circle or choose any other way if the object does not fit. There are 2 sizes for the webs, floating and down to the ground. The floating webs will stop Winged Pikmin, [[Oatchi]], and any big object, while the webs that are down to the ground will stop everything, forcing them to take a different path.  


Bizarrely, when a [[leader]] is thrown into an Arachnode's web in ''Pikmin 3'', said leader will become slightly two-dimensional. If the enemy attacks, the leader may shrink even further or disappear altogether. This is merely aesthetic, however.
Bizarrely, when a [[leader]] is thrown into an Arachnode's web, said leader will become slightly two-dimensional. If the enemy attacks, the leader may shrink even further or disappear altogether. This is merely aesthetic, however.


== Strategy ==
== Strategy ==
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|ChiSimpR = Huáng Bān Zhū
|ChiSimpR = Huáng Bān Zhū
|ChiSimpM = Yellow Spotted Spider
|ChiSimpM = Yellow Spotted Spider
|Dut = Spinneweps
|DutM = Spiderweb
|DutN = The name is a misspelling of the Dutch word 'spinnenweb', which means 'spiderweb'. The way it is misspelled resembles phonetically how a young child might say 'spinnenweb'.
|Fra  = Arachnodule
|Fra  = Arachnodule
|FraM = -
|FraM = -
|FraN = The name is a portmanteau of ''"Arachnide"'' (arachnid) and "Nodule" (small round shape). A ''Nodule'' is the word used to describe very small globes or spheres, so it is referencing the Arachnorb's smaller orb size.
|FraN = The name is a portmanteau of ''"Arachnide"'' (arachnid) and "Nodule" (small round shape). A ''Nodule'' is the word used to describe very small globes or spheres, so it is referencing the Arachnorb's smaller orb size.
|Ger  = Hornissarak
|Ger  = Hornissarak
|GerM = Hornetvil
|GerM =  
|GerN = The name is a portmanteau of ''"Hornisse"'' (hornet) and ''"arak"'' (German name for the Dweevil family)
|GerN = The name is a portmanteau of ''"Hornisse"'' (hornet) and ''"arak"'' (German name for the Dweevil family)
|Ita  = Aracnopalla
|Ita  = Aracnopalla
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===''Pikmin 4''===
===''Pikmin 4''===
<gallery>
<gallery>
P4 Dead Arachnode.jpg|A defeated Arachnode in the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 4)|Piklopedia]].
Dead Arachnode P4.jpg|A closer look at a defeated Arachnode in [[Giant's Hearth]].
Arachnode P4 Sun-Speckled Terrace OST.jpg|An Arachnode with the [[Nova Blaster]] in its web.
Arachnode P4 Leafling Castaway.jpg|An Arachnode with a Leafling [[Castaway]] in its web.
Arachnode_P4_Approaches.jpg|An Arachnode approaching a Winged Pikmin stuck in its web.
Arachnode_P4_With_Hoops.jpg|An Arachnode web in [[Subterranean Swarm]] that has the [[Hoop of Healing]] and the [[Hoop of Fortune]].
</gallery>
</gallery>


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
* The Arachnode is the only spider based enemy in the main series to have eight legs, as all [[Arachnorb family|Arachnorbs]] and [[Dweevil family|Dweevils]] have only four.
* The Arachnode is the only spider based enemy in the main series to have eight legs, as all [[Arachnorb family|Arachnorbs]] and [[Dweevil family|Dweevils]] have only four.
* The Arachnode is likely based off {{w|Orb-weaver spider}}s, specifically {{w|Argiope (spider)|Yellow Garden}} weavers, due to the yellow stripe pattern on its abdomen.
* It is based off [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orb-weaver%20spider Orb-weaver spiders], specifically ''Yellow Garden'' weavers, due to the yellow stripe pattern on its abdomen. Interestingly enough, its web doesn't look like a typical Orb-weaver spider's, but some species are known to produce other types of web styles, such as the ''cobweb'' and ''mesh web''.


==See also==
==See also==

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