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Arctic Cannon Beetle

Arctic Cannon Beetle
Icon for the Arctic Cannon Beetle, from Pikmin 4's Piklopedia.
Appears in Pikmin 4
Scientific name Granitus frostitum
Family Lithopod
Areas
Caves Subzero Sauna, Cavern for a King
Dandori Challenge stages None
Dandori Battle stages None
Attacks Eats Pikmin, launches snowballs, triggers falling icicles

The Arctic Cannon Beetle is a boss in Pikmin 4, and the adult stage of the Arctic Cannon Larvae. The Arctic Cannon Beetle appears similar to the Armored and Horned Cannon Beetles, with a shell made of ice, blue skin, red eyes, and a closed blowhole. It also spits out snowballs instead of boulders. Due to the closed blowhole, it breaths through its mouth instead, meaning it can inhale groups of Pikmin. Half of the Pikmin it inhales are eaten, and the other half launched out within a snowball.