Scarpanid family: Difference between revisions

=== Swooping Snitchbug ===

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The Swooping Snitchbug is a creature present in all three ''[[Pikmin series|Pikmin games]]''. They are legless, round, flying insects that have evolved wing-like antennae as a means of locomotion. They attack by swooping down and grabbing prey, though this species only grabs the Pikmin, not the leaders. After carrying the prey for a few seconds, they violently throw it toward the ground, which forces the Pikmin to be replanted and revert to its leaf [[Maturity|stage]]. Snitchbugs can be weighed down by [[throw]]ing many Pikmin (or at least one [[Purple Pikmin]]) onto their body, causing them to crash to the ground and making them susceptible to attack. In ''[[Pikmin 3]]'', throwing a [[Rock Pikmin]] at the creature will cause it to fall to the ground, and they replace the role of Bumbling Snitchbugs by gaining the ability to grab leaders as well as Pikmin.

=== Coppeller ===

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The Coppeler is a creature introduced in ''[[Hey! Pikmin]]'' . They are small, airborne, quadrupedal insectoids that, like their reletives the snitchbugs, can carry pikmin as well as other object. They will swoop onto the screen in groups carrying seeds, pikmin and treasure, at which point the player will be able to take them out by throwing a single pikmin at them. If allowed to escape, whatever they are carrying will be permanently lost. A more dangerous spiny version of this creature can be found in later levels.

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The Spiny Coppeller is a specially adapted reletive of the Coppeller introduced in ''[[Hey! Pikmin]]'' . They are slightly larger than normal Coppelers, and are completley unkillable as any pikmin thrown at them will be impailed on their spiky armor. They do not carry anything and rarely move, instead simply hovering in place and blocking the player. They are one of the only enemies in any pikmin game that can not be killed.

=== Muggonfly ===

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The Muggonfly is a collosal dragon-like scarpanid introduced in ''[[Hey! Pikmin]]'' . It resembles a large Coppeler with a long tail that it uses to carry food back to it's den. It can neither hurt nor be hurt by the player, but it's food pouches can be destroyed and raided. It is very rare, appearing only once in the entire game, and is the only member of its family that is unable to kill the player and/or pikmin.

Many members of this family have the word "Snitchbug" in their name, which is a combination of "snitch" and "bug"; to "snitch" means "to catch", in this context. "Coppeler" is likley a combination of "Copter" and "Proppeler", in reference to the creatures helecopter-like wings. Their scientific names use the genus name ''Scarpanida'', which has no meaning, but reflects the family name.