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Recently replayed Pikmin 2. Snagrets are my favorite enemy in the entire series. You would think they'd be easy to draw, just being a noodle with a snake head but no, because textures. Worth it in the end but damn I spent hours on that scale layout.
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Who lays the nectar eggs found in the Pikmin games? It might seem like a silly question, but for a series with such extensive lore surrounding its creatures it is surprising that it remains a mystery. Nectar eggs are a mysterious item found in Pikmin 2, Pikmin 3 and Pikmin 4. The eggs themselves are rarely acknowledged by the leaders and can contain a wide array of different things.
When broken, nectar eggs usually release a form of nectar or raw material. Curiously, there are also several creatures associated with these eggs, but it’s never been explicitly stated which actually produces them. Let’s look at the candidates:
Firstly, there are the Honeywisps. Honeywisps sometimes carry nectar eggs as they float through the air back to their nests. However, they don’t seem to be producing these eggs themselves, as in Pikmin 1 they can be seen carrying pure nectar collected from flowers.
Given they intend to feed the nectar from the nectar eggs they carry to their young, it seems more likely that they sometimes just steal nectar eggs from their nests of origin instead of collecting nectar from flowers.
“This timid creature flies around collecting nectar from flowers.”
[Source: Captain Olimar, Employee of Hocotate Freight and Captain of the S.S. Dolphin, Playable Character in Pikmin 1, December 2001]
“This creature collects nectar for the larvae waiting in its nest.”
[Source: Captain Olimar, Employee of Hocotate Freight and Captain of the S.S. Dolphin, Playable Character in Pikmin 1, December 2001]
“This cutie swims though the air with a heavy-looking nectar egg dangling below its translucent body on its way back to its nest where its offspring await lunch.”
[Source: Dalmo, Sozorian Animal Enthusiast and researcher, Non-Player Character in Pikmin 4, July 2023]
The next creatures are the Mitites. Mities are a type of insect that occasionally hatch from broken nectar eggs in great numbers and produce nectar when defeated, which initially makes them seem like good candidates for the producers of these eggs. However, the nectar eggs notably don’t resemble insect eggs - and for good reason! The Mitites are actually parasites that lay their eggs within the eggs of a “particular species”, with their larvae feeding on the nectar the eggs provide.
“These parasitic insects feed on eggs. Upon reaching maturity, they excrete a special pheromone that attracts females of particular species, enticing these females to swallow the mitites whole. (Pikmin, however, seem to dislike the scent.) After entering the host female's body, the mitites lay their own eggs inside the host's eggs just prior to the host spawning.”
[Source: Captain Olimar, Employee of Hocotate Freight and Captain of the S.S. Dolphin, Playable Character in Pikmin 2, August 2004]
“The cheeky Mitite lays its eggs inside the eggs of other creatures to provide its offspring with an easy first meal.”
[Source: Dalmo, Sozorian Animal Enthusiast and researcher, Non-Player Character in Pikmin 4, July 2023]
Similarly, the egg-like Sunsquishes can also be found within nectar eggs. These are explicitly “other creatures’ eggs”, making them a species that parasitises on the eggs like the Mitites.
“A type of primitive organism called a protochordate. In its juvenile state, it has a skeleton-like structure called a notochord. It flaps its finned tail to move and lives within other creatures' eggs as it grows.”
[Source: Captain Olimar, Employee of Hocotate Freight and Captain of the S.S. Dolphin, Playable Character in Pikmin 4, July 2023]
That leaves us with the Burrowing Snagrets. In Pikmin 4, Downy Snagrets, the infant form of the Burrowing Snagret, occasionally hatch from nectar eggs. These seem to be the most likely candidates for the actual producers of nectar eggs.
As established in a previous post, almost all extant life on PNF-404 is made up of nectar, which would extend to the nutrients in the egg yolk.
“Nectar is a vital source of nutrition that most life on this planet depends on. Whether it's in the form of an egg yolk, sap, or honey, I leave up to your imagination!”
[Source: Dalmo, Sozorian Animal Enthusiast and researcher, Non-Player Character in Pikmin 4, July 2023]
Nectar eggs also strongly resemble bird eggs and Burrowing Snagrets are certainly large enough to produce them. They’re also large enough to swallow Mitites whole and are even said to eat insects in the Piklopedia.
“The majority of snagret species lie in wait to ambush and capture prey, with a body type perfectly adapted to such sudden strikes. It violently attacks small, surface-dwelling insects.”
[Source: Captain Olimar, Employee of Hocotate Freight and Captain of the S.S. Dolphin, Playable Character in Pikmin 2, August 2004]
What’s more is that Snagret has the widest distribution of a species after the Bulborb, which explains why nectar eggs can be found all over the world across the Pikmin games.
“Distributed across a relatively wide range, subspecies of snagret suited to the varying soil conditions have emerged, making the snagret the most geographically represented species besides the bulborb.”
[Source: Captain Olimar, Employee of Hocotate Freight and Captain of the S.S. Dolphin, Playable Character in Pikmin 2, August 2004]
So in short, female Burrowing Snagrets lay their eggs. Those that are fertilised will produce Downy Snagrets, while unfertilised eggs will produce nectar. Sometimes, a female Burrowing Snagret will eat a Mitite, resulting in Mitite larvae hatching within and feeding on the eggs laid by the Burrowing Snagret. The larval Sunsquish also finds its way into these eggs, while Honeywisps occasionally steal the eggs to feed the nectar within then to their own larvae.
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Pikmin, but.... Pinata? :-0
#polly draws#pikmin#viva pinata#pikmin 4#vp#bulborb#burrowing snagret#fiery blowhog#dweevil#swooping snitchbug#wollywog
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n pikmin 1 enemies
#pikmin#pikmin 1#me art#bulborb#bulbear#smokey progg#armored cannon beetle#beady longlegs#burrowing snagret#dwarf bulbear#dwarf bulborb#female sheargrub#male sheargrub#sheargrub#goolix#honeywisp#mamuta#swooping snitchbug#wogpole#wolloywog#yellow wollywog
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Skirmish on a branch
#pikmin#pikmin fanart#pikmin art#art#flame's art#digital art#artists on tumblr#yellow pikmin#purple pikmin#armored cannon beetle larva#armored cannon larva#swooping snitchbug#burrowing snagret#photo taken by me#beady long legs#pikmin irl
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burrowing snaglets
#MSterpieces#pikmin#pikmin 4#burrowing snagret#not sure why i felt compelled to drop everything to do this
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More pikmin doodles, not as good as the first bunch but whatever :p
#digital art#art#my art#pikmin#pikmin fanart#pikmin fandom#louie pikmin#pikmin louie#olimar pikmin#captain olimar#olimars wife#pom pikmin#snowfake fluttertail#burrowing snagret#breadbug#breadbug pikmin
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I gave Bulbra freinds
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Some more Pikmin enemies
#sketch#pikmin#pikmin 1#pikmin 2#pikmin 3#pikmin 4#breadbug#careeing dirigibug#burrowing snagret#downy snagret#honeywisp#puffstool#man-at-lex#quaggled mireclops#scornet maestro#shaggy long legs#olimar pikmin#yellow pikmin#purple pikmin
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I turned this Jim Mann photo into a Burrowing Snagret and a Pricklepuff
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@hyliaphora-cecropia
Snavian Family
- Shiropedes anacondii
- Shiropedes anacondii (fletching)
- Shiropedes ambulatria
- Shiropedes autumnus (burrowing snarrow)
I imagined the burrowing snarrow as an winged autumn variant of the burrowing snagret that camouflages itself in leaves instead of burrowing completely
Hope you enjoy!
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territorial dispute between theropods
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◦ ○ The Forest of Hope ○ ◦
Continuing with the Pikmin 1 areas~
#pikmin#pikmin art#pikmin fanart#pikmin 1#yellow pikmin#pikmin onion#yellow onion#bulborb#red bulborb#burrowing snagret#spectralids#white spectralids#yellow spectralids#red spectralids#sheargrub#male sheargrub#female sheargrub#armored cannon beetle#horned cannon beetle#honeywisp#wogpole#wolpole#dwarf bulborb#the forest of hope#nintendo fanart#pikmin creatures#pikmin areas#art#flame's art#digital art
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Bro really ate me and threw me up
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Dinosaurs of different eras
REBLOGS > LIKES
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