Editing Skitter Leaf

|image       = P4 Skitter Leaf.png

|size       = 270px

|name       = Rus pseudoarbicans

|family     = Skitterling

|areas       = [[Perplexing Pool]], [[Tropical Wilds]], [[Garden of Hope]], [[Blossoming Arcadia]] ([[Story Mode]] and [[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]])

|underground = [[Citadel of Spiders]], [[Hole of Heroes]], [[Secluded Courtyard]]

|challenge  = [[Hidden Garden]]

|missionct  = [[Tropical Forest]]

|missionbe  = [[Shaded Garden]], [[Beastly Caverns]]

|sidestories = [[Creature Hunting]]

|dandori_c = [[Hotshock Canyon]]

|2p          = [[Brawl Yard]], [[Tile Lands]]

|bingo      = [[Shaded Terrace]], [[Stagnant Sea]], [[Blooming Terrace]], [[Buried Pond]]

|attacks     = None

}}

The '''Skitter Leaf''' ({{j|ハンボ|Hanbo|Leaf Pond Skater}}) is an [[enemy]] found in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', ''[[Pikmin 3]]'' and ''[[Pikmin 4]]'' that resembles a leaf. Skitter Leaves remain camouflaged on the ground until approached by [[leader]]s, at which time they attempt to flee with a cricket-like chirp. They are somewhat rare, usually located in very fresh places, such as near or in water or foliage, but they are not worth defeating or recovering. This is because the leaf they leave upon death, while only requiring one Pikmin to [[carry]], yields only a single [[Pikmin family|Pikmin seed]] or one [[Poko]].

The Skitter Leaf, when it is hiding, looks like a small leaf on the ground, making it seem like it's part of the scenery. When approached, however, it will leap up, revealing feet with a similar pattern to the leaf on its back, and bulgy red eyes. What the stem would be on a leaf is actually the Skitter Leaf's mouth, and due to its small, tube-like appearance, one can conclude that the Skitter Leaf mainly feeds on plant juices. The main "leaf" acts as a cape, which the Skitter Leaf uses to fend itself from predation by flipping in the air and whipping it around. Upon flipping, the creature will also reveal a rounded, yellow abdomen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

==Strategy==

===''Pikmin 2''===

Swarm it with Pikmin, or toss one directly onto its back; [[Purple Pikmin]] work especially well for the latter method, as they will home in on the Skitter Leaf. It has low [[Health|vitality]] and can also be easily defeated by leaders. Leaders can be harmed by it, and it will shake any attacking Pikmin off when given the chance, which usually knocks off their [[Maturity|flowers or buds]]. This enemy cannot be [[Ultra-bitter spray|petrified]] when it hides as a leaf, but it can when it is up and active.

 

The creature is much harder to defeat with leaders and reacts quicker to assaults, but remains easy to defeat with one shot on the back. [[Winged Pikmin]] are the only Pikmin somewhat ineffective against it, unless they are tossed directly onto its back while resting.

 

 

 

 

 

|internal  = Internally, its name in ''Pikmin 2'' is <code>sokkuri</code>, which is an onomatopoeia for "looks like", once more referring to how it mimics a leaf. Its internal name in the next game is <code>hambo</code>, a romanization of its Japanese nickname.

 

 

 

Skitter Leaf P3 closeup.jpg|A close up of a Skitter Leaf.

 

Skitterleaf OatchiandPikmin.jpg|A Skitter Leaf's corpse being carried by both Oatchi and a Pikmin.

 

 

*Occasionally, when a Skitter Leaf disguises itself right as it loses all of its [[health]], it won't die until being disturbed again.{{Source needed}}

 

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[[Category:Hiding enemies]]

[[Category:Secluded Courtyard]]

[[Category:Pikmin 2 Challenge Mode]]

[[Category:Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]]