Editing Bulbmin

|image=Bulbmin3.jpg

|size=270px

|areas=None

|underground=[[Frontier Cavern]], [[Submerged Castle]], [[Hole of Heroes]]

|attacks=Eats Pikmin

|name=Parasiticus pikminicus

|family=Pikmin

|name=Bulbmin (Juvenile)

|image=Bulbmin group.jpg

|size=200px

|resistance=All Hazards

|strength=Average

|mobility=Average

|throw=Average

|carry=1

'''Bulbmin''' are a parasitic species of [[Pikmin (species)|Pikmin]] that have infected a [[Bulborb]] and taken control of their host. They can be found wandering the floors of certain [[cave]]s and behave much like the [[Spotty Bulbear]], patrolling an established path in search of food, and can be dealt with similarly by using [[spray]]s or [[Purple Pikmin]]. The cave with the greatest number of Bulbmin is the [[Submerged Castle]].

[[Image:Bulbmin and young.jpg|thumb|A Bulbmin with it's young]]

Mature Bulbmin, acting as a [[Captain]], can be followed by 10 or fewer juvenile Bulbmin. Since wild juveniles count towards your 100-Pikmin limit, exactly how many there are depends on whether or not you have 10 available spaces. After defeating a mature Bulbmin, the smaller ones go into a panic. They are not dangerous, but whistling at them will instantly bring them into line under your command, and they become part of your Pikmin swarm. They have average capabilities in terms of mobility and strength, but are immune to all hazards (fire, water, electricity, and poison), excluding explosions. As beneficial as their abilities may seem, they cannot leave the caves with you,(unless you have a action replay code) and will not count towards your ''overall'' Pikmin count. This makes them ideal for use in [[Candypop Bud]]s.

The only way that Bulbmin can be killed if they are '''not''' under your command - that is, before ever being whistled - is if a [[Lithopod|Cannon Beetle]] flattens them, get squashed by another enemy, are consumed, or they fall over the side of a level into the abyss when shaken by an enemy attack or explosion or other sufficient force.

There is some debate over what Bulbmin inside Bulborbs actually look like. Some argue that since they appear as green dots on the map, and since their leaves glow green when idle, that they themselves are green. Others suggest that Bulbmin are orange given the color of the tip of their stem, as well as the color of the conical aiming cursor when a Bulbmin is in hand and the color of the trail they produce when thrown.

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==How to Kill==

To ensure a low Pikmin loss, if not [[zero-death run|zero]], wait until it approaches the active Captain, then throw Pikmin rapidly on top of the beast, further to the back than the front. If done correctly and with good aim, it should shake them off and turn around slowly: it has been distracted, leaving a large time gap in which to swarm it. Swarm it, then, and it should die before any of the Pikmin it manages to swallow do. Also if it is attacked by other bulbmin it will hesitate slightly before attacking allowing more time to deal damage.

As extra precautions or for an easier fight, use [[Purple Pikmin]] or an [[Ultra-Bitter Spray]] if it captures any Pikmin.

===Captains===

Approach the Bulbmin like a roaming Bulbear, attacking it from behind and avoiding its bite. Although its health is significantly lower than a Bulbear's, it can still take a substantial amount of time to kill if you do not have the [[Rocket Fist]] powerup.

The only place where Bulbmin can be buried (and the only place where one can observe Bulbmin with buds) is [[Frontier Cavern]], on sublevels 4 and 5. [[Swooping Snitchbug]]s can plant them in the ground on sublevel 4, and they can be planted by [[Mamuta]]s on sublevel 5.

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[[Category:Pikmin 2 enemies]]