Venom Dweevil

The Venom Dweevil is an enemy in. Like other members of the dweevil family, it will carry nearby treasure and enemy corpses. When attacked, it emits a cloud of poison gas, making the poison-immune White Pikmin and Glow Pikmin a safe option for a battle against it.

The Venom Dweevil greatly resembles the Munge Dweevil in both appearance and behavior, except that it is turquoise instead of purple.

Behavior
As with most Dweevils, Venom Dweevils will attempt to pick up and carry nearby treasures, corpses, and Castaways; it is often necessary to defeat them in order to obtain certain treasures, or to prevent them from interrupting transit. If left alone after it picks up something, it will hide under it, only moving when Pikmin or a Leader approach.

They are largely passive to Pikmin, and will attempt to run away from them, only attacking in self-defense. If provoked by attacks, they will defend themselves by emitting a cloud of toxic gas. This gas will poison any non-White Pikmin and will additionally poison Oatchi if he does not have his Sniff Saver upgrade, requiring the player to whistle to save them.

Locations

 * Engulfed Castle
 * Ultimate Testing Range

Strategy
White Pikmin are resistant to the Venom Dweevil's attacks, so they are able to attack the Dweevil to remove their carried object without succumbing to poison. However, due to the scarcity of White Pikmin, it is also ideal to freeze the Venom Dweevil using Ice Pikmin, and then overwhelm them with a large squad of Pikmin.

Trivia

 * The Venom Dweevil is practically identical to the Munge Dweevil from, only differing in color. This is humorously referenced in Dalmo's notes for the creature, where he notes that there "once was a purple one as well, but this year's trendy color is green."
 * Additionally, Olimar's notes on the Venom Dweevil are largely identical to his notes on the Munge Dweevil, only changing the name and minor wording. Louie's notes are completely identical.