Flying Scuttlebug



The Flying Scuttlebug is a newcomer enemy from the game The President's Adventure. It's the first member of the Scuttle Family to be introduced, and bring with his name the first word of "Flygter". It has 800 HP and usually attacks by eating Pikmin, but it can also controll them using it's eyes.

Locations
Until now, during development phase, the Flying Scuttlebug were spotted in only two places, and both caves, what may give away the possibility of it being a underground enemy only. It appears in the caves Shattered Sky Track and The Kitchen.

Behavior
The Flying Scuttlebug will never attack the Pikmin first. It will usually fly away when a swarm of Pikmin come close, but it will stay grounded when the player walk next to it. When attacked, it will stay on the ground, eat and controll Pikmin. When he's health reaches critical levels, it will rise and try to fly away, while he's energy starts regenerating.

Pikmin
Use a Purple Pikmin on it when it's flying. It will knock it over on the ground, and swarming more Purple Pikmin while it's down may instantly defeat it. If it posesses your Pikmin, attack the Pikmin with your own Pikmin to break the spell. When it tries to fly away, a Yellow Pikmin may be the right one to hit him in higher levels.

Captain
Since the fight against it is almost everything on ground, a captain can attack a Flying Scuttlebug with his bare fists, but can't defeat it on his own, since it'll need a Pikmin to knock him off the air.

Abilities
Following the Shearwig, while flying, the Flying Scuttlebug can restore it's energies. When it's health is at critical levels, it will bash away and take a higher flight, but can be taken down by a Yellow Pikmin. It can also control Pikmin with his hypnotic eyes, much like the Puffstool can do, but with his spores.

Trivia

 * The artwork of the Flying Scuttlebug is the artwork of the Flipbug, present is the Super Mario Galaxy installments.
 * It's scientific name, Flygter Asa are a mix up of two languages. Dutch (Flygter = Scuttle) and Portuguese (Asa = wing).