Ravenous Whiskerpillar

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Ravenous Whiskerpillar
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Appears in N/A
Scientific name Lepidoptera pluckieus
Family Whiskerpillar
Areas Awakening Wood, Perplexing Pool, Wistful Wild
Attacks None

The Ravenous Whiskerpillar is an enemy in Pikmin 2. These enemies are not harmful to the Pikmin, but are dangerous to the Burgeoning Spiderwort plants. They will eat the berries on the plants, which are necessary to make sprays. They can be found in the Awakening Wood, the Perplexing Pool and the Wistful Wild; each time, they are near two or more Burgeoning Spiderwort plants. When confronted, they will drop off the plant and burrow into the ground. Strangely enough, when killed, they don't seem to be dead; carrying them will make them squirm and emit more of their hissing. Just before they are pulled into the onion, they struggle and hiss even more rapidly. The in-game Piklopedia states that they are a larval form of another creature, but it says that mature specimens have not been found yet. Interestingly, even though it is the only enemy that does not appear in any underground areas, it has a treasure value of 1 poko according to the Piklopedia.

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How to Kill

Pikmin

If it's on a flower, send a couple of Pikmin up there to bring it down, then swarm it with the rest when it falls. Otherwise, just swarm it.

Captains

If it's on a flower, then you must wait for it to eat all the berries, then kill it when it hops off of the plant. If on the ground, just punch it until it's dead. If you have the Rocket Fist upgrade, the third punch can hit the wiskerpillar only when it's on the very bottom part of the berries.