Editing Shearflea

|areas      = [[Hero's Hideaway]], [[Primordial Thicket]]

|underground = [[Below-Grade Discotheque]], [[Subterranean Swarm]]

|dandori_c = [[Rockaway Cellars]], [[Trial of the Sage Leaf]]

The '''Shearflea''' ({{j|ノミンコ|Nomin Ko|Tiny Flea}}) is an [[enemy]] found in {{p4}}. Shearfleas are based on and named after fleas, which they resemble closely due to their reddish coloration and overall design. Even though they have the prefix 'Shear-' in their name, they are actually not a part of the [[Mandiblard family]] like other creatures with the same name prefix, and are in a new family; the [[Springjab family]].

Shearfleas idly wander around their territory area until they notice the player and their Pikmin, where they will then start to jump towards and at them. If a Shearflea grabs a Pikmin, they do not instantly eat it like most enemies, they attempt to jump away from the player and then eat them. This gives the player a little bit of time to save their captured Pikmin by killing the Shearflea. Shearfleas can also attach themselves to the player and [[Oatchi]]. They will then proceed to attack them while also slowing them down until they have been shook off. There can be a max of 3 Shearfleas on the player, and a max of 5 on Oatchi. They can destroy nectar eggs if Oatchi shakes them in a certain angle.

Shearfleas are small red, grub-like creatures that resemble real life fleas. They have four legs and a spike-like mouth that it uses to attack and eat. Sheafleas also have two green eyes on either side of their head. Their overall design, though different, has been influenced by real life fleas. Notably, they somewhat resemble members of the [[mandiblard family]], but their legs and proboscis, as opposed to fully functional jaws, sets them apart.

=== Dalmo's notes ===

===Olimar's notes===

{{transcript|The sensory hairs growing on this creature's orange body segments can detect body temperatures, movement, and carbon-dioxide levels. It clings to its prey with its clawlike front legs and sucks their blood through its pointed proboscis.

Research has found that the Shearflea can store energy created while contracting its bellows-like body in the elastic proteins located at the roots of its hind legs, allowing it to repeatedly jump very high.

Its reproductive rates are rather explosive. A small group of egg-laying females can boom into a population of over a hundred in a month's time.|block=y}}

===Louie's notes===

{{transcript|Salty, sour, and sometimes sweet. The flavor changes depending on which living creature it's fed from most recently.|block=y}}

 

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|DutM = Flea Grub

|FraN = The name is a portmanteau of ''"bouffe"'' (eat, grub) and ''"puce"'' (flea)

|GerM = Shearflea

|ItaM = Woodflea

P4 Shearflea pikpik.jpg|Three Shearfleas trying to eat a [[Pikpik carrot]].

Shearfleas_P4_Primordial_Thicket.jpg|Shearfleas in [[Primordial Thicket]].

[[Category:Below-Grade Discotheque]]

[[Category:Subterranean Swarm]]

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