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The '''Cloaking Burrow-nit''' ({{j|ハオリムシ|Haorimushi|Cape Insect}}) is an insect-like creature found in ''[[Pikmin 2]]''. It has a dark blue shell with large, red eye-like markings on it. When it hunts, it chooses a place where it rests face-down in the ground, patiently waiting for its prey to draw near. If it is approached, it emerges and attempts to follow and attack the [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] until they escape out of its pursuit range, when it then promptly returns to the spot where it was resting and re-burrows its head to wait for its next opportunity to chase prey. It has a sharp proboscis which can be thrust into prey, piercing the victim and causing damage, right before sucking it up and swallowing it.

Burrow-nits, primarily the one in [[Wistful Wild]], will deconstruct nearby bridges, similar to [[Mandiblard|Sheargrubs]]. This creature isn't seen too often, and is not very dangerous, as it only can kill one Pikmin at a time when it attacks. This creature's replacements, the [[Joustmite]] and the [[Flighty Joustmite]], appear in ''[[Pikmin 3]]'' with a different look, but nevertheless with the familiar proboscis and eye-markings.

[[Group move|Swarming]] it is a suitable method, and 25 Pikmin are enough. Aim for the face mostly, but even if Pikmin are told to attack the hard shell, they usually revert to the face eventually. Purple Pikmin can also be thrown at its back or face, with a chance to stun it. Even if it does stab a Pikmin, it is slow in ingesting it, so if you can kill it before it's done with its meal, the Pikmin will survive.

Alternatively, if you are concerned about losing any Pikmin, use both [[Leader|captain]]s, and repeatedly [[punch]] the creature's face while making sure not to be hit with the proboscis. It may attempt to shake off the captains, but this action can be foreseen and avoided easily.

==In ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''==

A Cloaking Burrow-nit can be seen in the background of the [[Distant Planet]] stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', but other then that, it has no trophy or other mention in the game.

File:26cloakingburrow-nit.png|Frontal view of the Cloaking Burrow-nit.

File:1.jpg|A Cloaking Burrow-nit on the [[Piklopedia]].

Pikmin 2 Cloaking Burrow-nit Overload.png|[[Olimar]] fighting seven Cloaking Burrow-nits at once in unused cave <code>last_4</code>.

== Trivia ==

*The "Trilobitin" in the Cloaking Burrow-nit's scientific name may have to do with its resemblance to the real world [[Wikipedia:Horseshoe Crab|horseshoe crab]], a relative of the prehistoric arthropods known as "Trilobites". The Cloaking Burrow-nit looks like a "backwards horseshoe crab", with its proboscis in the spot of a horseshoe crab's tail, and fake eyes in the spot where the real eyes and face would be on a horseshoe crab. The "reclusiva" in its name could translate to "reclusive", given its solitary nature and tendency to burrow underground.

==Names in other languages==

|Ger=Getarnter Grabwicht

|GerM= Disguised Burrow midget

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