#0824 · Galar · Generation 8

Blipbug

Larva Pokémon · Bug-type

Blipbug is a Bug-type Pokémon, the Larva Pokémon, number 824 (#0824) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the Galar region. It is 0.4 m tall and weighs 8 kg.

Blipbug is the Larva Pokémon, a small bug that is very smart but very weak: it constantly gathers information with the hairs on its body, and its base stat total of 180 is the lowest of any Bug type.

How to pronounce Blipbug

Blipbug is pronounced BLIP-bug. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Blipbug said out loud:

In Japanese it is サッチムシ (Sacchimushi).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Blipbug has five body segments, a dark blue top to its head, a beige face and large reflective eyes that look like glasses. It is 0.4 m tall and weighs 8 kg. Its body is covered in sensitive hairs, and the Shield Pokédex says it uses them to assess its surroundings. Bulbapedia says the yellow tuft on its blue collar looks like a bow tie and that its eyebrow-like markings give it a permanently surprised look.

Behaviour

The Sword Pokédex calls Blipbug a constant collector of information: very smart, but not at all strong.

Habitat

The Shield Pokédex says it is often found in gardens. In Sword and Shield it lives on Routes 1 and 2, at Giant's Cap and in the Slumbering Weald, and on the Isle of Armor. It is unobtainable in Scarlet and Violet and in Legends: Z-A.

Powers

Swarm boosts its Bug moves when it is low on health, and Compound Eyes raises its accuracy; the hidden Ability Telepathy stops allies' attacks from hurting it. It starts with Struggle Bug and can inherit Sticky Web or Infestation through breeding. With 25 base HP and 20 Defense it is built to evolve rather than to fight.

Name origin

Blipbug may combine 'blip' (a dot on a radar screen, or the beep a radar makes when it picks up a target) with 'bug'. The Japanese name is Sacchimushi (サッチムシ), perhaps from satchi ('to sense'), 'search' and mushi ('bug').

Design inspiration

Blipbug may be based on a ladybird larva. Its glasses-like eyes and bow-tie tufts also echo the stereotypical 'nerd', which could tie in with 'bookworm', either a bookish person or an insect that burrows into books. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Blipbug evolves into Dottler at level 10, gaining the Psychic type, and Dottler becomes Orbeetle at level 30.

In the games

Blipbug is found on Routes 1 and 2 in Sword and Shield, its first games.

In the anime

Blipbug debuted in the film 'Secrets of the Jungle' and made its animated series debut in 'Reunion at the Ancient Castle!'.

Fun facts

• Its base experience yield of 36 ties with Sunkern for the lowest of any Pokémon.
• Bulbapedia notes that Blipbug and Grubbin, the other Larva Pokémon, are each the only pure Bug type of their generation.
• Bulbapedia says the three members of its line are the only three-stage family to share one height, 0.4 m.
• Its French name Larvadar mixes larve ('larva') with radar, and its German name Sensect mixes Sensor with insect.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Blipbug (Pokémon) · Serebii: Blipbug (Sword/Shield Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 25
• Attack: 20
• Defense: 20
• Sp. Atk: 25
• Sp. Def: 45
• Speed: 45

Blipbug’s base stat total is 180. Its highest stat is Sp. Def and Speed.

Type matchups

What is Blipbug weak to?

Blipbug takes extra damage from Fire (2×), Flying (2×), Rock (2×) moves.

It resists Grass (½×), Fighting (½×), Ground (½×).

Evolution

How does Blipbug evolve?

Blipbug evolves into Dottler at level 10.

The whole family: Blipbug, Dottler, Orbeetle.

• Dottler evolves into Orbeetle at level 30.

Abilities

• Swarm: Strengthens Bug moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.
• Compound Eyes: Increases moves' accuracy to 1.3×.
• Telepathy (hidden ability): Protects against friendly Pokémon's damaging moves.

Moves

Moves Blipbug learns by level up in Sword / Shield

Egg moves (4):Infestation, Recover, Sticky Web, Supersonic.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Bug.
• Egg cycles: 15 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,920).
• Catch rate: 255 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Sp. Def effort value.
• Base experience yield: 36.

Pokédex entries

Often found in gardens, this Pokémon has hairs on its body that it uses to assess its surroundings. (Shield)

A constant collector of information, this Pokémon is very smart. Very strong is what it isn't. (Sword)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Lowest base stat total among Bug types: 180.
• Lowest base stat total among Gen 8 Pokémon: 180.
• Lowest base stat total among Bug types in Gen 8: 180.
• Taller than 11% of all Pokémon (0.4 m).
• Heavier than 23% of all Pokémon (8 kg).
• Base stat total 180, ranked #1023 of 1,025.
• One of 92 Bug-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 170 blue Pokémon.
• Number 15 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 5 different moves in Sword / Shield.
• Catch rate 255: about 33.3% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 2 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Blipbug (Pokémon), Serebii: Blipbug (Sword/Shield Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (BLIP-bug): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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