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|areas=[[The Forest of Hope]], [[The Distant Spring]], [[Perplexing Pool]], [[Wistful Wild]] | |areas=[[The Forest of Hope]], [[The Distant Spring]], [[Perplexing Pool]], [[Wistful Wild]] | ||
|underground=[[Subterranean Complex]], [[Frontier Cavern]], [[Snagret Hole]], [[Citadel of Spiders]], [[Cavern of Chaos]], [[Hole of Heroes | |underground=[[Subterranean Complex]], [[Frontier Cavern]], [[Snagret Hole]], [[Citadel of Spiders]], [[Cavern of Chaos]], [[Hole of Heroes]] | ||
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The '''Swooping Snitchbug''' is a creature found in both [[Pikmin (series)|Pikmin games]]. They are legless, round, flying insects that have evolved wing-like antennae as a means of locomotion. They swoop down, as their name suggests, and grabs their prey with their claws. After carrying them for a few seconds, they violently throw them towards the ground. This action would harm most prey, whereas [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] are simply replanted and reverted to their original leaf-receptacle state. These creatures will plummet to the ground if weighed down by a sufficient number of Pikmin, or with a single [[Purple Pikmin]], rendering it susceptible to further attack. [[Ultra-bitter spray]]s may also be used to freeze it in mid-air, causing it to drop to the ground, which is arguably easier, but of course produces no corpse, and may be considered a waste of sprays. Occasionally in [[Pikmin 2]] in caves such as the [[Subterranean Complex]], a Swooping Snitchbug might accidentally throw a Pikmin into the abyss below, killing it. Should it throw a [[Yellow Pikmin]] that is holding a [[bomb-rock]], the bomb-rock will explode, killing the Yellow Pikmin and all Pikmin getting caught in the blast. | The '''Swooping Snitchbug''' is a creature found in both [[Pikmin (series)|Pikmin games]]. They are legless, round, flying insects that have evolved wing-like antennae as a means of locomotion. They swoop down, as their name suggests, and grabs their prey with their claws. After carrying them for a few seconds, they violently throw them towards the ground. This action would harm most prey, whereas [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] are simply replanted and reverted to their original leaf-receptacle state. These creatures will plummet to the ground if weighed down by a sufficient number of Pikmin, or with a single [[Purple Pikmin]], rendering it susceptible to further attack. [[Ultra-bitter spray]]s may also be used to freeze it in mid-air, causing it to drop to the ground, which is arguably easier, but of course produces no corpse, and may be considered a waste of sprays. Occasionally in [[Pikmin 2]] in caves such as the [[Subterranean Complex]], a Swooping Snitchbug might accidentally throw a Pikmin into the abyss below, killing it. Should it throw a [[Yellow Pikmin]] that is holding a [[bomb-rock]], the bomb-rock will explode, killing the Yellow Pikmin and all Pikmin getting caught in the blast. | ||
The position of the Swooping Snitchbug in the [[Enemy Reel]], which is otherwise alphabetical, indicates that the creature's name may originally have started with "flying". | The position of the Swooping Snitchbug in the [[Enemy Reel]], which is otherwise alphabetical, indicates that the creature's name may originally have started with "flying". | ||