Editing Swooping Snitchbug

|pikmin     = y

|pikmin2     = y

|pikmin3     = y

|pikmin4    = y

|image       = Pikmin Garden Swooping Snitchbug render.png

|size       = 250px

|icon        = Swooping Snitchbug P4 icon.png

|name       = Scarpanica kesperens

|family     = Scarpanid

|areas       = [[The Forest of Hope]], [[The Distant Spring]], [[Perplexing Pool]], [[Wistful Wild]], [[Tropical Wilds]], [[Distant Tundra]], [[Formidable Oak]], [[Blossoming Arcadia]] ([[Story Mode]] and [[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]]), [[Olimar's Madcap Ride]]

|underground = [[Subterranean Complex]], [[Frontier Cavern]], [[Snagret Hole]], [[Citadel of Spiders]], [[Cavern of Chaos]], [[Hole of Heroes]], [[Subterranean Swarm]]

|challenge  = [[Abduction Den]]

|missionct  = [[Twilight Hollow]], [[Twilight Hollow Remix]], [[The Rustyard]]

|missionbe  = [[Tropical Forest]], [[Tropical Wilds Remix]], [[Garden of Hope Remix]], [[Distant Tundra Remix]], [[Clockwork Chasm]]

|sidestories = [[Creature Hunting]], [[Land, Sea, and Sky]], [[Looking for Louie]], [[Another Part Found]]

|dandori_c = [[Aerial Incinerator]]

|bingo      = [[Stagnant Sea]]

|attacks1   = Kidnap and throw Pikmin

|attacks2   = Kidnap and throw Pikmin

|attacks3   = Kidnap and throw Pikmin and leaders

|attacks4    = Kidnap and throw Pikmin and leaders

|attacksh    = Kidnap Pikmin and drag them off screen

The '''Swooping Snitchbug''' ({{j|サライムシ|Sarai Mushi|Kidnapping Bug}}) is a [[enemy]] found in the main four [[Pikmin series|''Pikmin'' games]] and {{hp}}. Swooping Snitchbugs are legless, round, flying insects that have evolved wing-like antennae as a means of locomotion. They swoop down, as their name suggests, and grab their prey with their claws – a maximum of two at once. 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 [[Maturity|leaf stage]] in the first two games (in ''[[Pikmin 3]]'', their maturity remains the same). They are also able to pick up the [[leader]]s in ''Pikmin 3'', much like [[Bumbling Snitchbug]]s do in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' – if they don't [[button mashing|escape]], they will be tossed to the ground and [[health|damaged]].

These creatures will plummet to the ground if weighed down by a sufficient number of Pikmin, or with a single [[Purple Pikmin]] in ''Pikmin 2'' or a single [[Rock Pikmin]] in ''Pikmin 3''. This renders 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.

Should the enemy throw a [[Yellow Pikmin]] that is holding a [[bomb-rock]] in ''Pikmin'', the bomb-rock will explode, killing the Yellow Pikmin, all Pikmin caught in the blast, and likely itself, too. In ''Pikmin 3'', it will carry the bomb rock and not the Pikmin, and throwing the bomb-rock merely activates it instead of causing an immediate explosion. Although the creature is not as interested in killing Pikmin as much as it is chucking them, it may end up throwing a Pikmin at a hazard.

In {{p1}}, it can and will grab Pikmin from the leader's hand, if [[Captain Olimar|the captain]] is holding on to it before [[throw]]ing, but in ''Pikmin 2'', it will ignore any held Pikmin; it can still steal it from the hand if it began swooping prior to the grab, however. In ''Pikmin 3'', every time it dives, it randomly chooses to catch Pikmin or leaders, and if it chooses the former, it will never succeed in grabbing a held Pikmin. If it snatches two Pikmin in a single dive, the way it throws them will also differ between games – in ''Pikmin'', it will throw one Pikmin first, fly around some more, and then throw the second one, but in ''Pikmin 2'' and ''Pikmin 3'', it will throw both of them at once. In ''Hey! Pikmin'', they will attempt to swoop straight down, grab Pikmin, and fly back up without coming back again, counting as a death to the player's Pikmin. They are incredibly rare in this game, as only a few appear, in [[Olimar's Madcap Ride]].

In ''Pikmin'', it only appears in [[The Forest of Hope]] on day 15 and forward, and in [[The Distant Spring]] on day 5 and forward.

{{Game help|hp|Find out its health value by looking into the game files.}}

|hp1 = 2000    |hp2 = 1500    |hp3 = 1000<ref group="note">In the [[Garden of Hope Remix]], its HP is 500.</ref>  |hp4 = 1000 |hph =

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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There is a rare glitch in ''Pikmin'': once you've knocked the Swooping Snitchbug down to the ground, throw your Pikmin onto the creature and swarm it with all of the other Pikmin, which should kill it. Then, carry it back to the Onions by swarming the corpse. Later, you will notice the Pikmin you threw on the squirming Swooping Snitchbug are floating in the air, making the attacking motion as if they are attacking something invisible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Swooping Snitchbug P1 art.png|Artwork of the Swooping Snitchbug.

Swooping Snitchbug carries Pikmin P1.png|Artwork of a Swooping Snitchbug carrying Pikmin.

Swooping Snitchbug p1.jpg|A Swooping Snitchbug swooping down to grab Pikmin.

Swooping Snitchbug corpse.jpg|A Swooping Snitchbug's corpse.

Reel10 Swooping Snitchbug.png|A Swooping Snitchbug in the [[enemy reel]].

 

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

Swooping Snitchbug.jpg|A Swooping Snitchbug breaking out from being [[ultra-bitter spray|petrified]].

Swooping Snitchbug.png|A Swooping Snitchbug in the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]].

Swooping Snitchbug P2S icon.png|The Piklopedia icon of the Swooping Snitchbug in [[Pikmin 2 (Nintendo Switch)|the Nintendo Switch version of ''Pikmin 2'']].

 

Swooping snitchbug.png|Artwork of the Swooping Snitchbug.

Winged Pikmin fight P3.png|A Swooping Snitchbug being attacked by some Winged Pikmin.

Distant Tundra Snitchbug.jpg|A Swooping Snitchbug in the [[Distant Tundra]].

Dead Swooping Snitchbug.jpg|A close-up of a dead Swooping Snitchbug.

SwoopingSnitchbug-Pikmin3.jpg|A Swooping Snitchbug in holding Charlie.

Swooping Snitchbug rubbing his hands.jpg|A Swooping Snitchbug rubbing its hands after tossing [[Captain Charlie]] into the ground.

P3 Swooping Snitchbug Yellow Pikmin.png|A Swooping Snitchbug being attacked from behind by Yellow Pikmin in the [[Tropical Forest]].

 

===''Pikmin 4''===

P4 Swooping Snitchbug Render.png|A render of the Swooping Snitchbug.

Swooping Snitchbug P4 icon.png|The Swooping Snitchbug's [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 4)|Piklopedia]] icon.

Swooping Snitchbug carrying Captain.jpg|Two Swooping Snitchbugs carrying Pikmin and the Player.

Swooping Snitchbug attacked.jpg|A Swooping Snitchbug under attack by a group of [[Yellow Pikmin]].

SubterraneanSwarmSwoopBug.jpg|A Swooping Snithcbug holding [[Rock Pikmin]] in the [[Subterranean Swarm]].

Swooping Snitchbug P4 Bomb Rocks.jpg|A Swooping Snitchbug dropping [[Bomb rock]]s in the Subterranean Swarm.

Swooping Snitchbug P4 Weighed Down.jpg|A single [[Purple Pikmin]] weighing down a Swooping Snitchbug.

 

Olimar's Madcap Ride 7.jpg|Two Swooping Snitchbugs swooping downward in ''Hey! Pikmin''.

Olimar's Madcap Ride Swooping Snitchbug cutscene.jpg|A Swooping Snitchbug in the cutscene in [[Olimar's Madcap Ride]].

Swooping Snitchbug Creature Log.png|The Swooping Snitchbug in the [[Creature Log]].

Swooping Snitchbug E-Card.jpg|The Swooping Snitchbug's [[e-card]], #35 (9^th blue card).

{{todo|Determine whether or not the Snitchbug can catch Pikmin midair in ''Pikmin'' and ''Pikmin 3'', and update the corresponding trivia point regarding ''Pikmin 2'' if needed.}}

*When idle, the Swooping Snitchbug rubs its hands together, similar to a fly. This can also be seen with the Bumbling Snitchbug.

*Swooping Snitchbugs and [[Mamuta]]s are the only ways one can see a burrowed Bulbmin.

*In ''Pikmin'' and ''Pikmin 2'', when Pikmin are grabbed, their squeal is the same as if they got bitten, but it is a different sound in ''Pikmin 3''.

*In ''Pikmin 3'', if a Pikmin lays down a [[bomb rock]], there is a chance the Swooping Snitchbug will grab the bomb rock. It will then explode in its hands, killing it.

 

 

 

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[[Category:Pikmin-altering enemies]]

[[Category:Subterranean Complex]]

[[Category:Frontier Cavern]]

[[Category:Citadel of Spiders]]

[[Category:Hole of Heroes]]

[[Category:Formidable Oak]]

[[Category:Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]]