Editing Ravenous Whiskerpillar

{{Infobox enemy
|pikmin2     = y
|image       = Ravenouswhiskerpillar.jpg
|size        = 270px
|icon        = Piklopedia Ravenous Whiskerpillar.png
|name        = Lepidoptera pluckieus
|family      = Whiskerpillar
|areas       = [[Awakening Wood]], [[Perplexing Pool]], [[Wistful Wild]]
|attacks     = None
}}

The '''Ravenous Whiskerpillar''' ({{j|ハナゲイモ|Hanage Imo|Nose Hair Caterpillar}}) is an [[enemy]] in ''[[Pikmin 2]]''. Ravenous Whiskerpillars are not harmful to the [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]], but are dangerous to the [[Burgeoning Spiderwort]] plants. They will eat the berries on the plants, which are necessary to make [[sprays]]. They can be found in the [[Awakening Wood]], the [[Perplexing Pool]] and the [[Wistful Wild]]; each time, they are near two or more [[Burgeoning Spiderwort]] plants. When confronted on a Burgeoning Spiderwort, they will drop off the plant and burrow into the ground, giving the player a chance to attack it. When defeated, they don't actually die; a soul does not appear when they become carriable, and having Pikmin carry them will make the creatures squirm and hiss. When getting sucked into an [[Onion]], they struggle even more rapidly. The in-game [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]] states that they are a larval form of another creature, but it says that mature specimens have not been found yet.

==Stats==
{{enemy stats
|weight2 = 1
|carriers2 = 1
|seeds2 = 2
|value2 = 1<ref group="note">This enemy cannot be delivered to the Research Pod in-game. This information is obtained from the game files.</ref>
|hp2 = 200
|regen2 = N/A
}}

{{refs|note}}

{{Notes|olimar=y|louie=y}}

===''Pikmin 2'' Nintendo Player's Guide===
{{transcript|Much like the Female Sheargrub, the Ravenous Whiskerpiller{{sic}} is a harmless critter that burrows up from the ground and flops along the surface. If you're really hurting for Pikmin, you can swarm the little critters and turn in their bodies for two sprouts each.|block=y}}

==Strategy==
{{guide}}

===Pikmin===
If it's on a Burgeoning Spiderwort, send a couple of Pikmin up there to bring it down, then [[Group move|swarm]] it with the rest when it falls. Otherwise, just swarm it.

===Leaders===
If it's on a Burgeoning Spiderwort, then wait for it to eat all the berries and kill it when it hops off of the plant. If on the ground, just [[punch]] it until it's dead. If the [[Rocket Fist]] upgrade has been unlocked, the third punch can hit the Whiskerpillar only when it's on the ''very bottom'' part of the berries.

==Technical information==
{{p2 enemy technical
|name = imomushi
|s000 = 0.5
|s001 = 0.2
|s002 = 0.25
|s003 = 0.1
|s004 = 0.1
|fp00 = 200
|fp01 = 12.5
|fp02 = 0.2
|fp03 = 0.25
|fp04 = 0.35
|fp05 = 0.1
|fp06 = 40
|fp08 = 0.1
|fp09 = 500
|fp10 = 30
|fp11 = 250
|fp12 = 500
|fp13 = 180
|fp14 = 0
|fp15 = 0
|fp16 = 0
|fp17 = 0
|fp18 = 0
|fp19 = 0
|fp20 = 0
|fp21 = 0
|fp22 = 0
|fp23 = 0
|fp24 = 1000
|fp25 = 0
|fp26 = 0
|fp27 = 50
|fp28 = 10
|fp29 = 0
|fp30 = 0
|fp31 = 0
|fp32 = 40
|fp33 = 25
|fp34 = 10
|fp35 = N/A
|fp36 = 50
|fp37 = 0.3 (30%)
|fp38 = 5
|ip01 = 0
|ip02 = 0
|ip03 = 0
|ip04 = 0
|ip05 = 0
|ip06 = 0
|ip07 = 0
|spec = {{p2 enemy property | fp01 | 草登り速度 | Spiderwort climbing speed | 2 }}
{{!}}-
{{p2 enemy property | fp02 | 種周回速度 | Unknown (movement speed on top of the plant?) | 0.3 }}
{{!}}-
{{p2 enemy property | fp11 | 実食い時間 | Time spent eating a berry | 10 }}
{{!}}-
{{p2 enemy property | fp90 | Translate補正 | Unknown ({{w|Translation (geometry)|translation}} correction?) | 0.75 }}
{{!}}-
{{p2 enemy property | fp91 | Rotate補正 | Unknown (rotation correction?) | 0.075 }}
}}

==Other information==
{{enemy other info
|size       = Body length: {{mm|36.5}}
|piklopedia = 27
}}

==Naming==
{{see more|Whiskerpillar family#Naming}}
{{naming
|common     = "Ravenous" means "starving", and "Whiskerpillar" is a combination of "whisker" and "caterpillar". Indeed, the creature is always hungry for berries, and looks like a regular real world {{w|caterpillar}}, but with whiskers.
|scientific = ''Lepidoptera pluckieus''. ''Lepidoptera'' (being used here as a genus), is the real world order of insects that include moths and butterflies, and ''pluckieus'' being similar to the English word "pluck", perhaps related to how the berries removed from the flower could be considered "plucked".
|jpcommon   = {{j|ハナゲイモ|Hanage Imo}}. {{j|ハナゲ|hanage}} is Japanese for "nose hair", referring to its whisker-like hairs, and {{j|イモ|imo}} is likely part of the word {{j|イモムシ|imomushi}}, which means "hornworm" (the caterpillar of a hawk moth).
|jpname     = {{j|ハナゲムシ|Hanage Mushi|Nose Hair Bug}}.
|internal   = Internally, it is called <code>imomushi</code>, or {{j|いもむし|imomushi}}, which means "caterpillar".
|prerelease = In an [[Unused content in Pikmin 2|unused early version]] of the game's script, this enemy is called "Fuzzy Whiskerpillar".{{cite web|https://tcrf.net/Pikmin_2/Early_English_Script#Names|Pikmin 2/Early English Script|The Cutting Room Floor}}
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreignname
|Jap  = ハナゲイモ
|JapR = Hanage Imo
|JapM = Nose Hair Caterpillar
|Fra  = Verbrisse Vorace
|FraM = Ravenous Whiskerpillar
|Ger = Gefräßige Bartraupe
|GerM = Voracious Beard Caterpillar
|Ita  = Anellide vorace
|ItaM = Voracious Anellid
|SpaA = Voraz oruga mostachona
|SpaAM= Voracious whiskered caterpillar
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
27ravenouswhiskerpillar.png|Ravenous Whiskerpillars in the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]].
Ravenous Whiskerpillar climbs Spiderwort P2.jpg|A Ravenous Whiskerpillar climbs a Burgeoning Spiderwort.
Ravenous Whiskerpillar P2S icon.png|The [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]] icon of the Ravenous Whiskerpillar in [[Pikmin 2 (Nintendo Switch)|the Nintendo Switch version of ''Pikmin 2'']].
P2 Ravenous Whiskerpillar eating.jpg|A Ravenous Whiskerpillar eating berries on a Burgeoning Spiderwort.
P2 Ravenous Whiskerpillar corpse.jpg|The 'corpse' of a Ravenous Whiskerpillar.
Y5.JPG|The Ravenous Whiskerpillar's [[e-card]], #28 (5<sup>th</sup> yellow card).
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
[[File:Pikmin 3 Ravenous Whiskerpillar.png|thumb|The Ravenous Whiskerpillar-like creature, called <code>moguraimo</code> in the game's files.]]
*An enemy similar to the Ravenous Whiskerpillar was meant to appear in ''[[Pikmin 3]]'', according to some [[Unused content in Pikmin 3|unused files]].
*Louie's recipe implies that he killed the specimen itself, as the Whiskerpillar does not die when defeated.

==See also==
*[[Burgeoning Spiderwort]]
*[[Soul]]

==References==
{{refs}}

{{harmless enemies}}
{{p2enemies}}
[[Category:Perplexing Pool]]
[[Category:Awakening Wood]]
[[Category:Wistful Wild]]
[[Category:Burrowing enemies]]