Editing Ravenous Whiskerpillar

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. Strangely enough, when killed, they don't seem to be dead; carrying them will make them squirm and emit more of their hissing, and a [[soul]] does not appear. Just before they are pulled into the [[Onion]], they struggle and hiss 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.

|value2 = 1<ref group="note">This enemy cannot be delivered to the Research Pod in-game. This information is obtained from the Piklopedia and game files.</ref>

|regen2 = N/A

|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}}

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|JapM = Nose Hair Caterpillar

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.

Y5.JPG|The Ravenous Whiskerpillar's [[e-card]], #28 (5^th yellow card).

[[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 by the Pikmin.

*[[Soul]]

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