Armored Cannon Beetle Larva[]
Armored Cannon Beetle Larvae are enemies in Pikmin 2 and Pikmin 3. They resemble large grubs with small blue eyes and a mouth bearing resemblance to that of the Armored Cannon Beetle. It also has a blowhole, but appears to inhale through its mouth, unlike the adult form. This animal behaves in much the same manner as the Armored Cannon Beetle, but turns and spits at a faster rate and has much less health. They do not have the hard exoskeleton the adults are infamous for, and are thus vulnerable on all parts of their body.
You can usually see this creature walking about, though they will sometimes burrow out of the dirt, usually on an elevated section of ground, and take shots at you from their perch. If you're in an open area, and are quick on your feet, you can sometimes get these giant grubs to fire rocks at and destroy other enemies. As a note, the rocks it shoots out cannot be petrified. In Pikmin 3, this enemy can only be seen burrowed in the ground.
Arctic Cannon Beetle Larva[]
The Arctic Cannon Beetle is a variety of Lithopod that appears in Pikmin 3. It is a brighter whitish-green than the Armoured Cannon Larva with a lavender underbelly. Rather than shooting boulders from it's mouth, it instead shoots balls of snow.
The creature is incapable of killing Pikmin, rather simply scattering them as they caught in its snowballs. The snowballs, when hitting a wall or water, will scatter whatever was caught in it, damaging captains and carrying away Pikmin.
Decorated Cannon Beetle[]
Decorated Cannon Beetles are enemies in Pikmin 2. They have an appearance identical to Armored Cannon Beetle Larvae, except they are red instead of green. They, too, spit out stones; but their rocks home in on your currently active captain due to the fact that magnetic substance is inside the rock, and unfortunately, the captains wear the metal it homes in on. This species is never found partially buried in the ground. Strangely, even when they are found in caves which are made of metal which is rusty, indicating it contains iron, the spacesuits are the only thing it homes in on.
Armored Cannon Beetle[]
The Armored Cannon Beetle is the mature specimen of an Armored Cannon Beetle Larva. Strangely, it was only seen in Pikmin, whereas the larval forms were exclusive to the second, third and fourth games. It is a large, black, metallic-looking beetle with a thick, rounded shell of armor, a blowhole above its head, and a mouth. It attacks by inhaling through its blowhole and subsequently spitting out rolling rocks from its mouth, crushing any Pikmin in the way. The only way to defeat it is to clog its blowhole with a Pikmin, which will cause the beetle to expose its steaming red backside, possibly either to breathe or cool off. This is its only weak point, so attack it with Pikmin when you get the chance. After a few seconds of agony, the Beetle will eject the obstructing Pikmin (which is thankfully unharmed, though they may lose their flowers), re-cover its backside, and continue its attack. This is one of the few insectoid creatures in the series whose adult and larval stages are both seen. Strangely, Captain Olimar can destroy the boulders by punching them, but the boulders that come out of their offspring cannot be destroyed unless Purple Pikmin are used. They also cannot be petrified.
Firesnout Beetle[]
The Firesnout Beetle is a member of the Lithopod family.
Horned Cannon Beetle[]
The Horned Cannon Beetle is a member of the Lithpod family. It functions similarly to the ever-mentioned Armored Cannon Beetle, where it sucks in air with its blowhole and shoots out boulders through its mouth, crushing any Pikmin in its path. To defeat it simply throw a Pikmin at its blowhole to expose its steaming red backside, throw Pikmin at it to damage it. It would then shake the Pikmin off and close its back, after that repeat the process. Design-wise it is similar to the Armored Cannon Beetle where it has a black colored hard-shelled covering. Not allowing any Pikmin to do damage on it, the only difference between it and the Armored Cannon Beetle is it has horns at its mouth unlike the Armored Cannon Beetle.