Editing Bulborb Larva

|image      = Bulborb Larva P4 icon.png

|icon        = Bulborb Larva P4 icon.png

|namecustom  = ''Oculus bambinii'' (''Pikmin 2'')<br>''Oculus kageyamii larva (premolt)'' (''Pikmin 4'')

|underground = [[Frontier Cavern]], [[Hole of Heroes]], [[Burrow of Beginnings]], [[Cradle of the Beast]], [[Cavern for a King]]

|dandori_c  = [[Trial of the Sage Leaf]]

|attacks    = Eat Pikmin

The '''Bulborb Larva''' ({{j|ベビーチャッピー|Bebī Chappī|Baby Chappy}}) is an [[enemy]] in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' and ''[[Pikmin 4]]''. As the name would imply, Bulborb Larvae are juvenile Bulborbs. They have the typical beige snout of Bulborbs, but their behind is white with only a dab of red on the very end. A small, pointy appendage can be seen below the red spot, its use is unknown; it could be some form of tail, or an {{w|umbilical cord}}. Given that they are young, their size isn't much larger than that of a leader. They are the true juvenile [[grub-dog]]s, as [[Dwarf Bulborb]]s are members of the [[breadbug family]] and merely imitate Bulborbs. They are hard to kill in swarms, but have low [[health]]. Bulborb larvae are infamous for their ability to quickly kill [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]]: the creature's bite is fast and fatal. However, the small creatures can be destroyed with one [[punch]] from a [[leader]], so it is considered more effective to keep Pikmin away from the Larvae and attack with Olimar and his partner.

Bulborb Larvae are continuously born from certain [[Empress Bulblax]]es. Only 50 can be on the sublevel at once, and once that cap is reached, the Empress falls asleep; it will reawaken once only 25 or less are alive and start producing more. If the Empress is woken up via Pikmin attacks it will also not begin to produce more until there are 25 or less left.  The Empress' rolling attack can also crush these enemies, making it useful to clear out a large amount of Larvae.  

 

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In {{p4}}, Bulborb Larvae may spawn from certain dirt mounds. These mounds will continually produce Larvae until they are excavated, requiring the player to clear out the larvae long enough for the Pikmin to remove the mound.

The best way to kill a Larva with a Pikmin is to use [[Purple Pikmin]]. Purple Pikmin are capable of stunning and even killing a large group of Larvae. While eaten Pikmin can be saved by killing the creature before it finishes chewing, Bulborb Larvae are infamous for the small size of this time window, so attacking them with a leader instead is recommended.

 

A different strategy is to stun them with about three or four Purples, then call them back and throw a lot of Pikmin on the mother. If done quickly enough, it will roll over its larva, killing them.

It is not recommended to use [[Yellow Pikmin]] to defeat Bulborb Larva due to Yellow Pikmin's high trajectory when thrown; the Pikmin may miss the enemy and it may be too late to whistle them back. [[Red Pikmin|Red]] and [[Blue Pikmin]] may also be an unwise choice due to lower speed. [[White Pikmin]] are a better choice for speed, and in case the Bulborb Larva eats the Pikmin, their poison will at least finish them off.

 

 

 

 

A tactic that can be used in the later Empress Bulblax battles is to allow several dozen Larvae to be born, then attack the Empress so it can roll around the cavern. As this happens, almost every single Larva will be killed, releasing a number of pools of [[nectar]] for the Pikmin. In the second battle inside the Frontier Cavern, the larvae can be trapped in a ledge where the [[Research Pod]] is by baiting them, and after the Empress is dead, a leader can go down and defeat all of the larvae, resulting in many nectar pools. One strategy in killing the Empress is to have one leader, hopefully one that has full health, distract its larvae near its rear end while the other leader attacks it from the front.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

==Other information==

|size      = Body length: {{mm|26}}

|piklopedia = 9

 

===Names in other languages===

|Jap = ベビーチャッピー

|JapR = Bebī Chappī

|JapM = Baby Chappy

* Bulborb Larva do not have an animation for standing still in ''Pikmin 2''. When viewed from out of their detection range they'll use their walking animation, appearing to endlessly wriggle in place.

*Prior to ''Pikmin 4'', its scientific name (''Oculus bambinii'') indicated that it did not belong to the same species as its progenitor, the Empress Bulblax (''Oculus matriarcha''). Unfortunately, its new name (''Oculus kageyamii'') is still a misnomer, lacking the subspecies classification (''Oculus kageyamii matriarcha'') the Empress Bulblax is under.

**Although, since Bulborb Larva are not exclusively born from the Empress Bulblax in ''Pikmin 4'', it can be implied that each larva's subspecies is specifically unclassified given that Olimar mentions that the features that would distinguish the different Bulborb subspecies do not appear until the second molt.

*With only 5 [[health]] points, Bulborb Larvae have the least amount of health of any enemy in ''Pikmin 2''. In ''Pikmin 4'', it has even less, only having a single point of HP.

[[Category:Pikmin-eating enemies]]

[[Category:Trial of the Sage Leaf]]