Fiery Dweevil

Fiery Dweevil
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Appears in	Pikmin 2
Scientific name	Mandarachnia napalmens
Family	Dweevil
Areas	None
Caves	Subterranean Complex, Bulblax Kingdom, Citadel of Spiders, Submerged Castle, Hole of Heroes, Dream Den
Challenge Mode stages	Dweevil Nest, Hazard Training, Abduction Den
2-Player Battle stages	None
Attacks	Blows fire

The Fiery Dweevil is an enemy in Pikmin 2. Dweevils like to pick up treasures and defeated enemies and put them on their bodies. When there is something on their body, they can't be damaged by Pikmin or pilots until the body or treasure is taken off. To take it off the body, just throw Pikmin on the Dweevil's body or punch it several times. This particular species of Dweevil, when agitated by attacks, will release searing flames that will set Pikmin on fire. This makes Red Pikmin the best choice in battle. However, since Purple Pikmin can stun any small Dweevil, they will also work well.

Notes

Olimar's notes

“Members of the dweevil family are known for carrying objects of astounding size on their backs, then mimicking them. The fiery dweevil is one species in this family. Generally, this is a very gentle insect that feeds on grass nectars, but when faced with danger the fiery dweevil ignites flammable internal gasses, juts out its jaw, and spews scorching flames. As this clearly makes it a rather dangerous insect, it is best not to linger directly in front of it.”

Louie's notes

“The search for a gourmet, high-protein salad-topping alternative to bacon bits is over! Grind this spicy dweevil into tasty micro-chunks and toss them generously over your salad to add instant flair AND flavor!”

Strategy

Pikmin

Attack it with reds. If reds are not available, it's probably better to kill it with captains, especially if you have the Scorch Guard. Purples also work, as they have a hundred percent chance of stunning any small Dweevil.

Captains

Run up to it and attack it until it starts glowing. If the Scorch Guard has already been acquired, keep attacking; if not, run away before it attacks, then run back when the flames extinguish and repeat the assault.

Trivia

The second word of its scientific name is not Latin. It is a corruption of "napalm". Napalm is a very sticky and flammable substance often used by the military.
The Fiery Dweevil was one of four unused enemies for the roulette in Pikmin 2's 2-Player Battle, the other three being the Caustic Dweevil, the Spotty Bulbear, and the Antenna Beetle.

Gallery

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A Fiery Dweevil

Enemies
Pikmin	Armored Cannon Beetle • Beady Long Legs • Breadbug • Burrowing Snagret • Dwarf Bulbear • Dwarf Bulborb • Emperor Bulblax • Female Sheargrub • Fiery Blowhog • Goolix • Honeywisp • Iridescent Flint Beetle • Male Sheargrub • Mamuta • Pearly Clamclamp • Pellet Posy • Puffstool • Puffy Blowhog • Shearwig • Smoky Progg • Spotty Bulbear • Spotty Bulborb • Swooping Snitchbug • Water Dumple • Wolpole • Wollyhop • Yellow Wollyhop
Pikmin 2	Anode Beetle • Anode Dweevil • Antenna Beetle • Armored Cannon Beetle Larva • Beady Long Legs • Breadbug • Bulbmin • Bulborb Larva • Bumbling Snitchbug • Burrowing Snagret • Careening Dirigibug • Cloaking Burrow-nit • Creeping Chrysanthemum • Decorated Cannon Beetle • Doodlebug • Dwarf Bulbear • Dwarf Orange Bulborb • Dwarf Red Bulborb • Emperor Bulblax • Empress Bulblax • Female Sheargrub • Fiery Blowhog • Fiery Bulblax • Fiery Dweevil • Gatling Groink • Giant Breadbug • Greater Spotted Jellyfloat • Hairy Bulborb • Hermit Crawmad • Honeywisp • Hydro Dweevil • Iridescent Flint Beetle • Iridescent Glint Beetle • Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat • Male Sheargrub • Mamuta • Man-at-Legs • Mitite • Munge Dweevil • Orange Bulborb • Pellet Posy • Pileated Snagret • Puffy Blowhog • Raging Long Legs • Ranging Bloyster • Ravenous Whiskerpillar • Red Bulborb • Segmented Crawbster • Shearwig • Skitter Leaf • Snow Bulborb • Spotty Bulbear • Swooping Snitchbug • Titan Dweevil • Toady Bloyster • Ujadani • Unmarked Spectralids • Volatile Dweevil • Water Dumple • Waterwraith • Watery Blowhog • Withering Blowhog • Wolpole • Wollyhop • Yellow Wollyhop
Pikmin 3	Arachnode • Arctic Cannon Larva • Armored Cannon Larva • Armored Mawdad • Baldy Long Legs • Bearded Amprat • Bug-Eyed Crawmad • Bulborb • Burrowing Snagret • Calcified Crushblat • Desiccated Skitter Leaf • Dwarf Bulbear • Dwarf Bulborb • Dwarf Orange Bulborb • Female Sheargrub • Fiery Blowhog • Flighty Joustmite • Hermit Crawmad • Iridescent Flint Beetle • Joustmite • Male Sheargrub • Medusal Slurker • Mysterious Life-Form • Nectarous Dandelfly • Orange Bulborb • Peckish Aristocrab • Pellet Posy • Phosbat • Phosbat Pod • Plasm Wraith • Puckering Blinnow • Puffy Blowhog • Pyroclasmic Slooch • Quaggled Mireclops • Red Spectralids • Sandbelching Meerslug • Scornet • Scornet Maestro • Shaggy Long Legs • Shearwig • Skeeterskate • Skitter Leaf • Skutterchuck • Spotty Bulbear • Sputtlefish • Swarming Sheargrub • Swooping Snitchbug • Toady Bloyster • Vehemoth Phosbat • Waddlepus • Water Dumple • Watery Blowhog • Whiptongue Bulborb • White Spectralids • Wolpole • Yellow Spectralids • Yellow Wollyhop
Pikmin 4	Albino Dwarf Bulborb • Ancient Sirehound • Anode Beetle • Anode Dweevil • Arachnode • Arctic Cannon Beetle • Arctic Cannon Larva • Aristocrab Offspring • Armored Cannon Larva • Baldy Long Legs • Bearded Amprat • Blizzarding Blowhog • Bloomcap Bloyster • Bogswallow • Breadbug • Bug-Eyed Crawmad • Bulborb • Bulborb Larva • Burrowing Snagret • Chillyhop • Creeping Chrysanthemum • Crusted Rumpup • Desiccated Skitter Leaf • Doodlebug • Downy Snagret • Dwarf Bulbear • Dwarf Bulborb • Dwarf Frosty Bulborb • Dwarf Orange Bulborb • Emperor Bulblax • Empress Bulblax • Female Sheargrub • Fiery Blowhog • Fiery Bulblax • Fiery Dweevil • Flighty Joustmite • Foolix • Freezecake • Frosty Bulborb • Giant Breadbug • Gildemander • Gildemandwee • Greater Spotted Jellyfloat • Groovy Long Legs • Grubchucker • Hermit Crawmad • Honeywisp • Horned Cannon Beetle • Hydro Dweevil • Iceblown Dweevil • Icy Blowhog • Iridescent Flint Beetle • Iridescent Glint Beetle • Joustmite • Jumbo Bulborb • Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat • Male Sheargrub • Mama Sheargrub • Mammoth Snootwhacker • Mamuta • Man-at-Legs • Masterhop • Miniature Snootwhacker • Mitite • Moldy Dwarf Bulborb • Moldy Slooch • Moss • Muckerskate • Orange Bulborb • Pearly Clamclamp • Peckish Aristocrab • Porquillion • Pricklepuff • Puckering Blinnow • Puffstool • Puffy Blowhog • Pyroclasmic Slooch • Red Spectralids • Scorchcake • Shearflea • Shearwig • Shockcake • Skeeterskate • Skitter Leaf • Skutterchuck • Smoky Progg • Snowfake Fluttertail • Snowy Blowhog • Sovereign Bulblax • Spotty Bulbear • Startle Spore • Sunsquish • Swooping Snitchbug • Titan Blowhog • Toady Bloyster • Toxstool • Tusked Blowhog • Venom Dweevil • Waddlepus • Waddlequaff • Water Dumple • Waterwraith • Watery Blowhog • Whiptongue Bulborb • White Spectralids • Withering Blowhog • Wollyhop • Wolpole • Yellow Spectralids • Yellow Wollyhop
Hey! Pikmin	Adult Centipare • Armurk • Berserk Leech Hydroe • Blubbug • Bulborb • Centipare • Clicking Slurker • Coppeller • Crammed Wraith • Crested Mockiwi • Crumbug • Crystalline Crushblat • Electric Cottonade • Electric Spectralid • Electripede • Elongated Crushblat • Emperor Bulblax • Eye-Stalker Bulbeel • Fiery Dwarf Bulblax • Fiery Blowhog • Fiery Blowlet • Fiery Young Yellow Wollywog • Fireflap Bulborb • Fireflinger Groink • Firesnout Beetle • Flatterchuck • Flying Spotted Jellyfloat • Grabbit • Large Splurchin • Leech Hydroe • Long Water Dumple • Luring Slurker • Male Sheargrub • Mockiwi • Muggonfly • Puckering Blinnow • Puffstalk • Puffy Blubbug • Queen Shearwig • Red Bubblimp • Seedbagger • Shearblug • Shearwig • Shooting Spiner (Female) • Shooting Spiner (Male) • Skutterchuck • Sparrowhead • Speargrub • Spiny Coppeller • Sporegrub • Spornet • Starnacle • Stony Flint Beetle • Stuffed Bellbloom • Swooping Snitchbug • Widemouthed Anode Beetle • Yellow Spectralids • Yellow Wollyhop • White Spectralids • Young Yellow Wollywog