#0751 · Alola · Generation 7

Dewpider

Water Bubble Pokémon · Water/Bug-type

Dewpider is a Water/Bug-type Pokémon, the Water Bubble Pokémon, number 751 (#0751) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 7 and comes from the Alola region. It is 0.3 m tall and weighs 4 kg.

Dewpider is the Water Bubble Pokémon, a tiny spider that needs the oxygen in water to breathe, so it wears a bubble of water on its head whenever it walks on land. When two Dewpider meet they size up each other's bubbles, and the owner of the smaller one backs down.

How to pronounce Dewpider

Dewpider is pronounced DOO-pih-der. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Dewpider said out loud:

In Japanese it is シズクモ (Shizukumo).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Dewpider is a dark grey spider, 0.3 m tall and 4 kg, with a light green thorax, six thin legs and large light blue eyes. A water bubble sits over its head, held up by three of its legs. The Pokédex says it forms the bubble from sticky silk, so it rarely bursts, and that it sometimes secretly swaps which legs hold it. The bubble lets it breathe on land and shields its soft head.

Behaviour

When Dewpider meets an enemy or possible prey, the Pokédex says it smashes its bubble-covered head into it. In the anime a Dewpider challenges two others over territory, though it loses both contests.

Habitat

The Pokédex says it normally lives underwater and comes onto land to look for food. In Scarlet and Violet it is not wild in the base game but lives in The Indigo Disk's Coastal and Savanna biomes and Torchlit Labyrinth.

Powers

Its Ability is Water Bubble, which halves Fire damage against it, doubles the power of its own Water moves and prevents burns, with Water Absorb hidden. It fights with Bite, Bug Bite, Bubble Beam, Crunch and Liquidation, and can inherit Sticky Web through breeding. Special Defense of 72 is its best stat.

Name origin

Dewpider may blend 'dew' and 'spider', or may refer to dewdrop spiders. The Japanese name is Shizukumo (シズクモ), which may combine shizuku ('drop'), kumo ('spider') and mizugumo ('diving bell spider').

Design inspiration

Dewpider may take after the diving bell spider, a species that lives underwater and carries an air bubble to breathe from. Dewpider reverses this, carrying a bubble of water to breathe on land, and the bubble also makes it resemble a diving helmet.

Evolution notes

Dewpider evolves into Araquanid at level 22.

In the games

Dewpider is a resident of Brooklet Hill in Sun and Moon. It is found in Sword and Shield, including the Expansion Pass areas, and in Scarlet and Violet through The Indigo Disk, but it is not available in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Several Dewpider debuted in 'Dewpider Ascending!', where their parent Araquanid sends them off to find homes of their own. One falls for Lana after seeing her with a balloon stuck on her head because of Popplio.

Fun facts

• Dewpider is a counterpart to Surskit: both have a base stat total of 269 and evolve at level 22, and in Sun and Moon Dewpider replaces Surskit at Brooklet Hill by day.
• Bulbapedia says a Pokémon pronunciation challenge at the 2026 Latin America International Championships gave 'DOO-pih-der' as the way to say its name.
• Bulbapedia says it is the only Bug type in the 'head and legs' body shape group.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Dewpider (Pokémon) · Serebii: Dewpider (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 38
• Attack: 40
• Defense: 52
• Sp. Atk: 40
• Sp. Def: 72
• Speed: 27

Dewpider’s base stat total is 269. Its highest stat is Sp. Def.

Type matchups

What is Dewpider weak to?

Dewpider takes extra damage from Electric (2×), Flying (2×), Rock (2×) moves.

It resists Water (½×), Ice (½×), Fighting (½×), Ground (½×), Steel (½×).

Evolution

How does Dewpider evolve?

Dewpider evolves into Araquanid at level 22.

The whole family: Dewpider, Araquanid.

Abilities

• Water Bubble: Halves damage from Fire moves, doubles damage of Water moves, and prevents burns.
• Water Absorb (hidden ability): Absorbs Water moves, healing for 1/4 max HP.

Moves

Moves Dewpider learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (30)

Dewpider can learn 30 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Protect, Water Pulse, Trailblaze, Pounce, Chilling Water, Facade, Icy Wind, Endure, Rain Dance, Sleep Talk, Waterfall, Poison Jab, Rest, Leech Life, Substitute, Iron Defense, X-Scissor, Crunch, Liquidation, Giga Drain, Surf, Ice Beam, Hydro Pump, Blizzard, Bug Buzz, Tera Blast, Bug Bite, Lunge, Endeavor, Skitter Smack.

Egg moves (4):Power Split, Spit Up, Sticky Web, Stockpile.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Water 1, Bug.
• Egg cycles: 15 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,920).
• Catch rate: 200 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: 54.

Pokédex entries

Dewpider normally lives underwater. When it comes onto land in search of food, it takes water with it in the form of a bubble on its head. (Shield)

It forms a water bubble at the rear of its body and then covers its head with it. Meeting another Dewpider means comparing water-bubble sizes. (Sword)

It can only breathe oxygen that has dissolved in water, so it wears a water bubble on its head when it walks around on land. (Ultra Moon)

When two Dewpider meet, they display their water bubbles to each other. Then the one with the smaller bubble gets out of the other's way. (Ultra Sun)

When it comes across enemies or potential prey, this Pokémon smashes its water-bubble-covered head into them. (Moon)

It crawls onto the land in search of food. Its water bubble allows it to breathe and protects its soft head. (Sun)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Slowest Bug type in Gen 7: 27 Speed.
• Taller than 4% of all Pokémon (0.3 m).
• Heavier than 13% of all Pokémon (4 kg).
• Base stat total 269, ranked #943 of 1,025.
• One of 5 Pokémon that are both Water and Bug.
• One of 130 green Pokémon.
• Number 30 of 88 Pokémon introduced in Generation 7 (Alola).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 43 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 200: about 26.1% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 6 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: Dewpider (Pokémon), Serebii: Dewpider (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (DOO-pih-der): 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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