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The '''Cloaking Burrow-nit''' ({{j|ハオリムシ|Haori Mushi|Haori 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.

The Cloaking Burrow-nit is called such because its hide resembles a {{w|cloak}}, and because it burrows under the ground; "nit" is a name given to {{w|head louse}}, a real-life insect. Its Japanese name is {{j|ハオリムシ|Haori Mushi}} which translates to "Cape Insect", once again alluring the cape-like hide on its back.

 

Its scientific name is ''Trilobitin reclusiva''. ''Trilobitin'' may have to do with its resemblance to the real world {{w|horseshoe crab}}, a relative of the prehistoric arthropods known as "{{w|trilobite}}s". 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.

 

Internally, it is called <code>armor</code>, given its strong hide.

|JapM = Cape Insect

|GerM = Disguised Burrow midget

==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>.

File:Cloakingburrow-nit.jpg|Concept art.

File:R8.JPG|The creature's [[e-card]], #27 (8^th red card).

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