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|image      = Skitter leaf.png
|image      = P4 Skitter Leaf.png
|size        = 270px
|size        = 270px
|icon        = Skitter Leaf P4 icon.png
|icon        = Piklopedia Skitter Leaf.png
|name        = Rus pseudoarbicans
|name        = Rus pseudoarbicans
|family      = Skitterling
|family      = Skitterling
|areas      = [[Perplexing Pool]], [[Tropical Wilds]], [[Garden of Hope]], [[Blossoming Arcadia]] ([[Story Mode]] and [[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]])
|areas      = [[Perplexing Pool]], [[Tropical Wilds]], [[Garden of Hope]]
|underground = [[Citadel of Spiders]], [[Hole of Heroes]], [[Secluded Courtyard]]
|underground = [[Citadel of Spiders]], [[Hole of Heroes]]
|2p          = [[Brawl Yard]], [[Tile Lands]]
|challenge  = [[Hidden Garden]]
|challenge  = [[Hidden Garden]]
|missionct  = [[Tropical Forest]]
|missionct  = [[Tropical Forest]]
|missionbe  = [[Shaded Garden]], [[Beastly Caverns]]
|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
|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''' ({{j|ハンボ|Hanbo}}) is an enemy found in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' and ''[[Pikmin 3]]'' that resembles a leaf. These creatures 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 [[Carrying|carry]], yields only a single [[Pikmin family|Pikmin seed]] or one [[Poko]].


==Stats==
==Stats==
{{enemy stats
{{enemy stats
|weight2 = 1  |weight3 = 1      |weight4 = 1
|weight2 = 1  |weight3 = 1
|carriers2 = 1 |carriers3 = 1    |carriers4 = 1
|carriers2 = 1 |carriers3 = 1
|seeds2 = 1    |seeds3 = 1      |seeds4 = 1
|seeds2 = 1    |seeds3 = 1
|value2 = 1    |value3 = 5       |value4 = 1
|value2 = 1    |value3 = 5
|hp2 = 120    |hp3 = 45        |hp4 = 45  
|hp2 = 120    |hp3 = 45
|regen2 = 0    |regen3 = Unknown |regen4 = Unknown
|regen2 = 0    |regen3 = Unknown
}}
}}


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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.
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.


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{{Notes|olimar=y|louie=y}}
 
{{guide}}
=== Dalmo's notes ===
{{transcript|In both its vibrant spring color and precise shape, this cunning crawler looks just like a leaf! It's the perfect camouflage! It only becomes an issue when this sometimes careless critter forgets to look for a hiding place with an abundance of other green leaves lying around. Then it becomes quite easy to spot!|block=y}}
 
=== Olimar's notes (''Pikmin 4'') ===
{{transcript|The Skitter Leaf is a relative of the pond skater that shed its wings and adapted to life on the ground. With no residual traits of its airborne past, the Skitter Leaf can neither fly nor skit across the surface of the water.
 
The wings have since evolved into the leaflike structure on its back, which serves to hide the Skitter Leaf through mimicry. It appears quite effective, as few predators can see through this clever disguise.|block=y}}
 
=== Louie's notes (''Pikmin 4'') ===
{{transcript|The superb amalgamation of juicy meat and leafy greens ensures that the Skitter Leaf will be the new spinach!|block=y}}


===''Pikmin 2'' Nintendo Player's guide===
===Nintendo Player's guide===
{{transcript|They look like leaves, but they're critters. You can swarm Skitter Leafs or hit them with air attacks and defeat them with ease. In one Challenge-mode arena, you'll defeat Skitter Leafs to earn point-producing treasure.|block=y}}
{{transcript|They look like leaves, but they're critters. You can swarm Skitter Leafs or hit them with air attacks and defeat them with ease. In one Challenge-mode arena, you'll defeat Skitter Leafs to earn point-producing treasure.}}


===''Pikmin 3'' Prima Guide===
===''Pikmin 3'' Prima Guide===
{{transcript|The Skitter Leaf is a harmless creature that uses its leaf-shaped body to blend into the environment. When threatened, a Skitter Leaf jumps out of hiding and attempts to flee from its attackers. You can simply ignore these enemies, but they can prove useful when Pikmin cultivation is a priority. To defeat a Skitter Leaf, simply toss a single Pikmin onto its back.|block=y}}
{{transcript|The Skitter Leaf is a harmless creature that uses its leaf-shaped body to blend into the environment. When threatened, a Skitter Leaf jumps out of hiding and attempts to flee from its attackers. You can simply ignore these enemies, but they can prove useful when Pikmin cultivation is a priority. To defeat a Skitter Leaf, simply toss a single Pikmin onto its back.}}
 
===Pikmin Garden===
'''Text'''
{{transcript|
青々とした広葉樹の葉に擬態した、アメンボの一種。外敵からの捕食を避けるため、葉っぱのふりをしている。水に浮くことはできないが、体をくねらせて上手に泳ぐことができる。
 
特徴 その1 擬態する
:木の葉のふりをして、 その下に体を隠し外敵から身を守っている。柄のような口吻で、大地のエキスを吸う。
 
特徴 その2 羽の名残
:葉っぱに見える部位は羽が変化したもので、その名残から動いたときに鈴のような音が嗚る。
:(Image text: 羽に隠れた体には青い斑点がある)
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'''Translation'''
{{transcript|
A kind of pond skater that mimics the leaves of lush broadleaf trees. It pretends to be a leaf to avoid predation from enemies. Although it cannot float in water, it can swim well by twisting its body.
 
Feature #1: Mimicry
:Pretending to be a leaf, it hides its body underneath to protect itself from enemies. It uses its stalk-like proboscis to suck nectar.
 
Feature #2: Remnants of wings
:The part of the body that looks like a leaf was originally a pair of wings, the remnants of which make a bell-like sound when it moves.
:(Image text: "There are blue spots on the body hidden by the wings")
|block=y}}


==Strategy==
==Strategy==
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===''Pikmin 3''===
===''Pikmin 3''===
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.
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. The creature can no longer remove flowers or buds from Pikmin.


===''Pikmin 4''===
==Glitch==
The creature can knock Oatchi down with its flip but its susceptible to his rush attack, allowing for easy defeats. Since it is encountered mostly early game, using a Pikmin with a regular throw height will deal with it quickly as opposed to Yellow Pikmin being thrown higher.
There are rare occasions where one will duck right when it loses all its [[health]], rendering it unable to die until a [[leader]] approaches it.


==Technical information==
==Technical information==
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|size      = Body length: {{mm|56}}
|size      = Body length: {{mm|56}}
|piklopedia = 53
|piklopedia = 53
|piklopedia4 = 35
}}
}}


==Naming==
==Naming==
{{see more|Skitterling family#Naming}}
{{see more|Skitterling family#Naming}}
{{naming
The creature being called a leaf is a clear reference to its leaf shape allowing it to blend with the environment. In Japan, its name is {{j|ハンボ|Hanbo}}. Its scientific name is ''Rus pseudoarbicans'', which has a completely unknown meaning, besides the Greek word "pseudo" in it, which means "fake", likely alluding at how it is a fake leaf. 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>, which is the same as its Japanese name when Romanized, but with an 'm' instead of an 'n'.
|common    = Skitter Leaf. The creature being called a leaf is a clear reference to its leaf shape allowing it to blend with the environment.
|scientific = ''Rus pseudoarbicans''. From ''pseudo'', Greek for "fake", and possibly ''arbor'', Latin for "tree". The meaning of ''Rus'' is unknown.
|jpcommon  = {{j|ハンボ|Hanbo}}. From {{j|葉|ha|leaf|f=tp}} and {{j|アメンボ|amenbo|pond skater|f=tp}}.
|jpname    = {{j|ミドリコノハムシ|Midori Konoha Mushi|Green Leaf Bug}}. From {{j|コノハムシ科|Konoha Mushi Ka}}, the Skitterling family's Japanese name.
|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.
}}


===Names in other languages===
===Names in other languages===
{{foreignname
{{Foreignname
|Jap = ハンボ
|Jap   = ハンボ
|JapR = Hanbo
|JapR = Hanbo
|JapM = Leaf Pond Skater
|SpaA  = Pisaátomos hoja
|JapN = The name comes from {{j|葉|ha|leaf|f=tp}} and {{j|アメンボ|amenbo|pond skater|f=tp}}
|SpaAM = Atomcrusher leaf
|ChiTrad  = 葉子水黽
|Fra   = Feuille Animale
|ChiTradR = Yèzi Shuǐmǐn
|FraM = Animal leaf
|ChiTradM = Leaf Pond Skater
|Ita   = Foglia Finta
|ChiSimp  = 叶子水黾
|ItaM = Fake Leaf
|ChiSimpR = Yèzi Shuǐmǐn
|ChiSimpM = Leaf Pond Skater
|Dut  = Groen Scharrelend Blad
|DutM = Green Scrambling Leaf
|Fra = Feuille Animale<br>Feuille animale (''Pikmin 4'')
|FraM = Animal Leaf<br>Animal leaf (''Pikmin 4'')
|Ger  = Rutschblatt
|GerM = Slip Leaf
|Ita = Foglia Finta<br>Foglia finta (''Pikmin 4'')
|ItaM = Fake Leaf<br>Fake leaf (''Pikmin 4'')
|ItaI = Foglia finta
|Kor  = 잎사귀쟁이
|KorR = Ipsagwi-Jaengi
|KorM = Leaf Pond Skater
|KorN = From {{tt|잎사|ipsagwi}} (leaf) and {{tt|소금쟁이|sogeumjaengi}} (pond skater)
|Spa  = Pisaátomos hoja
|SpaM = Leaf Atomstomper
|Por  = Saltifolha
|PorM = Jumpeaf
|PorN = The name is a portmanteau of ''"saltitar"'' (jump) and ''"folha"'' (leaf)
|notes = y
}}
}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===''Pikmin 2''===
<gallery>
P2 Artwork Skitter Leaf.png|Artwork of a Skitter Leaf.
53skitterleaf.png|A Skitter Leaf in the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]].
Skitterleaf.png|A bunch of Skitter Leaves in water.
Skitter Leaf P2S icon.png|The Piklopedia icon of the Skitter Leaf in [[Pikmin 2 (Nintendo Switch)|the Nintendo Switch version of ''Pikmin 2'']].
P2 Skitter Leaf flip.jpg|A Skitter Leaf recovering from a flip.
P2 Skitter Leaf corpse.jpg|The corpse of a Skitter Leaf.
</gallery>
===''Pikmin 3''===
<gallery>
Skitter leaf.png|Artwork of the Skitter Leaf .
Skitter leaves.jpg|Some idle Skitter Leaves in ''Pikmin 3''.
Skitter Leaf P3 closeup.jpg|A close up of a Skitter Leaf.
Skitter Leaf P3 shaking off.jpg|A Skitter Leaf shaking Pikmin; notice the abdomen.
Skitterunder.jpeg|The upper part of a Skitter Leaf's abdomen.
Pikmin3 SkitterleafScan.png|A Skitter Leaf being [[Lock-on|locked-onto]] in a [[Pikmin 3 prerelease information|prerelease version]] of ''Pikmin 3''.
P3 Skitter Leaf corpse.jpg|The corpses of two Skitter Leaves.
</gallery>
===''Pikmin 4''===
<gallery>
Pikmin Garden Skitter Leaf render.png|A render of the Skitter Leaf from the [[Pikmin Garden]] Piklopedia.
Skitter Leaf P4 icon.png|The [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 4)|Piklopedia]] icon of the Skitter Leaf in {{p4}}.
Skitterleaf OatchiandPikmin.jpg|A Skitter Leaf's corpse being carried by both Oatchi and a Pikmin.
P4 Dead Skitter Leafs.jpg|Five defeated Skitter Leaves in the Piklopedia.
Skitterleaf_P4_Secluded_Courtyard.jpg||Two Skitter Leaves in [[Secluded Courtyard]].
Skitterleaf_P4_Falling.jpg|Ten Skitter Leaves falling from the sky.
Skitterleaf_P4_Flip.jpg|A Skitterleaf mid-flip.
Skitter_Leaf_P4_Underside.jpg|The hidden body of a Skitter Leaf.
</gallery>


===Other===
<gallery>
<gallery>
Skitter Leaf E-Card.jpg|The Skitter Leaf's [[e-card]], #59 (7<sup>th</sup> blue card).
File:53skitterleaf.png‎|A Skitter Leaf on the [[Piklopedia]].
File:Skitterleaf.jpg|Artwork of a Skitter Leaf.
File:Skitterleaf.png|A bunch of Skitter Leaves in water.
File:Skitter leaves.jpg|Some idle Skitter Leaves.
File:Pikmin3 SkitterleafScan.png|An [[Pikmin 3 prerelease information|early]] ''Pikmin 3'' Skitter Leaf [[lock-on]] screen.
File:ZlCfzR25lTM xb7iiq.jpg|A close up of a Skitter Leaf.
File:ZlCfzR25pd82v0pv9P.jpg|A Skitter Leaf shaking Pikmin; notice the abdomen.
File:Skitterunder.jpeg|The upper part of a Skitter Leaf's abdomen.
File:B7.JPG|The creature's [[e-card]], #59 (7<sup>th</sup> blue card).
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The Skitter Leaf resembles ''[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magnolia_acuminata_leaves_01_by_Line1.jpg Magnolia acuminata]'' leaves.
*The Skitter Leaf resembles a [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magnolia_acuminata_leaves_01_by_Line1.jpg magnolia acuminata]'s leaves.
*In both ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' and ''[[Pikmin 3]]'', the Skitter Leaf moves very slowly in water, and its animation resembles it attempting to swim.
*In both ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' and ''[[Pikmin 3]]'', the Skitter Leaf moves very slowly in water, and its animation resembles it attempting to swim.
*In ''[[Pikmin 4]]'', it's possible for both Oatchi and a Pikmin to carry the same Skitter Leaf body.
*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}}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Desiccated Skitter Leaf]]
*[[Desiccated Skitter Leaf]]
*[[Creeping Chrysanthemum]]


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[[Category:Disguising enemies]]
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[[Category:Perplexing Pool]]
[[Category:Citadel of Spiders]]
[[Category:Hole of Heroes]]
[[Category:Tropical Wilds]]
[[Category:Garden of Hope]]
[[Category:Blossoming Arcadia]]
[[Category:Secluded Courtyard]]
[[Category:Pikmin 2 Challenge Mode]]
[[Category:2-Player Battle]]
[[Category:Mission Mode]]
[[Category:Side Stories]]
[[Category:Bingo Battle]]
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