Ravenous Whiskerpillar

Ravenous Whiskerpillar
Appears in	Pikmin 2
Scientific name	Lepidoptera pluckieus
Family	Whiskerpillar
Areas	Awakening Wood, Perplexing Pool, Wistful Wild
Caves	None
Challenge Mode stages	None
2-Player Battle stages	None
Attacks	None

The Ravenous Whiskerpillar (ハナゲイモ^?, lit.: "Nose Hair Potato") 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 on a Burgeoning Spiderwort, they will drop off the plant and burrow into the ground, giving the player a chance to attack it. Strangely enough, when killed, they don't seem to be dead; carrying them will make them squirm and emit more of their hissing, and a spirit does not appear. 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.

Stats

Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health	Regen.
1	1	2	× 1	200	No

Notes

Olimar's notes

“As this species of insect has only recently been discovered, fully mature specimens have yet to be collected. No molting or metamorphosis has been observed during the observation period, making it unlikely that mature whiskerpillars will be encountered anytime soon. Based on active predation by Pikmin, it is believed that the whiskerpillar's place in the food chain has not changed over time.”

Louie's notes

“Delicious skillet-seared or sauteed with scallions and a red Genovese sauce.”

Strategy

The following article or section contains guides. The strategies shown are just suggestions.

Pikmin

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

Leaders

If it's on a Burgeoning Spiderwort, then wait for it to eat all the berries and kill it when it hops off of the plant. If on the ground, just punch it until it's dead. If the Rocket Fist upgrade has been unlocked, the third punch can hit the Whiskerpillar only when it's on the very bottom part of the berries.

Technical information

Pikmin 2 technical information (?)
Internal name			imomushi
Global properties (List)
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
s000	friction(not used)	Friction	0.5
s001	wallReflection	Unknown (wall bounce speed multiplier?)	0.2
s002	faceDirAdjust	Unknown	0.25
s003	accel	Acceleration	0.1
s004	bounceFactor	Unknown (bounce when it hits the ground?)	0.1
fp00	ライフ	HP	200
fp01	マップとの当り	Unknown (related to slopes)	12.5
fp02	ダメージスケールXZ	Horizontal damage scale	0.2
fp03	ダメージスケールY	Vertical damage scale	0.25
fp04	ダメージフレーム	Damage scale duration	0.35
fp05	質量	Unknown (weight?)	0.1
fp06	速度	Move speed	40
fp08	回転速度率	Rotation acceleration	0.1
fp09	テリトリー	Territory radius	500
fp10	ホーム範囲	"Home" radius	30
fp11	プライベート距離	"Private" radius	250
fp12	視界距離	Sight radius	500
fp13	視界角度	FOV	180
fp14	探索距離	Unknown (exploration radius?)	0
fp15	探索角度	Unknown (exploration angle?)	0
fp16	振り払い率	Successful shake rate	0
fp17	振り払い力	Shake knockback	0
fp18	振り払いダメージ	Shake damage	0
fp19	振り払い範囲	Shake range	0
fp20	攻撃可能範囲	Unknown (shock attack max range?)	0
fp21	攻撃可能角度	Unknown (shock attack max angle?)	0
fp22	攻撃ヒット範囲	Unknown (attack hit range?)	0
fp23	攻撃ヒット角度	Unknown (attack hit angle?)	0
fp24	攻撃力	Attack damage	1000
fp25	視界高	Unknown (height visibility?)	0
fp26	探索高	Unknown (exploration height?)	0
fp27	ライフの高さ	HP wheel height	50
fp28	回転最大速度	Rotation speed	10
fp29	警戒時間	Unknown (warning time?)	0
fp30	警戒ライフ	Unknown	0
fp31	ライフ回復率	Regeneration rate	0
fp32	LOD半径	Off-camera radius	40
fp33	マップとのあたりポリゴンの選定	Collision processing radius	25
fp34	ピクミンとのあたり	Pikmin damage radius	10
fp35	石化時間	Petrification duration	N/A
fp36	ヒップドロップダメージ	Purple Pikmin drop damage	50
fp37	地震気絶確立	Purple Pikmin stun chance	0.3 (30%)
fp38	地震気絶時間	Purple Pikmin stun time	5
ip01	振り払い打撃Ａ	Shake mode 1 – hit count	0
ip02	振り払い張付１	Shake mode 1 – Pikmin requirement	0
ip03	振り払い打撃Ｂ	Shake mode 2 – hit count	0
ip04	振り払い張付２	Shake mode 2 – Pikmin requirement	0
ip05	振り払い打撃Ｃ	Shake mode 3 – hit count	0
ip06	振り払い張付３	Shake mode 3 – Pikmin requirement	0
ip07	振り払い打撃Ｄ	Shake mode 4 – hit count	0
Specific properties
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
fp01	草登り速度	Spiderwort climbing speed	2
fp02	種周回速度	Unknown (movement speed on top of the plant?)	0.3
fp11	実食い時間	Time spent eating a berry	10
fp90	Translate補正	Unknown (translation correction?)	0.75
fp91	Rotate補正	Unknown (rotation correction?)	0.075

Other information

• Size: Body length: 36.5mm, as per the e-card
• Pikmin 2 Piklopedia number: #27

Naming

"Ravenous" means "starving", and "Whiskerpillar" is a combination of "whisker" and "caterpillar". Indeed, the creature is always hungry for berries, and looks like a regular real world caterpillar, but with whiskers. Its Japanese name is ハナゲイモ^?, where ハナゲ^? is Japanese for "nose hair", referring to its whisker-like hairs, and イモ^? is "potato", but also part of the word イモムシ^?, which means "hornworm" (the caterpillar of a hawk moth).

The creature's scientific name is Lepidoptera pluckieus, where Lepidoptera (being used here as a genus), is the real world order of insects that include moths and butterflies, and pluckieus being similar to the English word "pluck", perhaps related to how the berries removed from the flower could be considered "plucked". Internally, it is called imomushi, or いもむし^?, which means "caterpillar".

In an unused early version of the game's script, this enemy is called "Fuzzy Whiskerpillar".

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ハナゲイモ? Hanage Imo	Nose Hair Catterpillar
French	Verbrisse Vorace	Ravenous Whiskerpillar

Gallery

• 

  Ravenous Whiskerpillars in the Piklopedia.

• Normal 17 Pikmin2 GCN screen9.jpg

  A member of the species climbing a Spiderwort.

• 

  The creature's e-card, #28 (5^th yellow card).

Trivia

• It emits no spirit and continues to squirm after being defeated, making it the only enemy that can be harvested for Pikmin while still alive.
• A different version of the Ravenous Whiskerpillar was meant to appear in Pikmin 3, according to some unused files.
• If Louie really ate this, he had to kill it himself as it doesn't die when brought down by Pikmin.

See also

• Burgeoning Spiderwort
• Spirit