#0826 · Galar · Generation 8

Orbeetle

Seven Spot Pokémon · Bug/Psychic-type

Orbeetle is a Bug/Psychic-type Pokémon, the Seven Spot Pokémon, number 826 (#0826) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the Galar region. It is 0.4 m tall and weighs 40.8 kg.

Orbeetle is the Seven Spot Pokémon, a ladybird-like Psychic bug with a brain so large that the Pokédex says its psychic senses reach things more than 10 km (6 miles) away.

How to pronounce Orbeetle

Orbeetle is pronounced or-BEE-tul. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Orbeetle said out loud:

In Japanese it is イオルブ (Eolb).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Orbeetle has a big, ladybird-shaped head with a red shell and seven dark blue spots. All but the seventh, which straddles the join between the two halves of the shell, can glow in cyan and white rings. Its black and white face has yellow antennae like eyebrows and a red stripe like a moustache. Bulbapedia says the real body underneath is much smaller, with thin black limbs and sharp yellow feet. It is 0.4 m tall and weighs 40.8 kg.

Behaviour

Orbeetle is famous for its intelligence, and the Sword Pokédex says the size of its brain is proof of its immense psychic power. It studies its surroundings by sending out psychic energy, and Bulbapedia says it rarely flies, preferring to hover.

Habitat

In Sword and Shield it lives at Giant's Cap, Lake of Outrage and the Slumbering Weald, and in Max Raid Battles across Galar and the Isle of Armor. It is unobtainable in Scarlet and Violet and in Legends: Z-A.

Powers

Frisk reveals an opponent's held item on entry, Swarm boosts its Bug moves when it is low on health, and Telepathy is hidden. It attacks with Psychic, Psybeam and Bug Buzz, and sets up with Hypnosis, Calm Mind and Psychic Terrain. Gigantamax Orbeetle swells into a flying saucer, its wings vanish, and the Gigantamax Pokédex entry says that at full power it could take over the minds of every living thing around it; only it can use G-Max Gravitas. With 120 base Special Defense it is a sturdy support Pokémon.

Name origin

Orbeetle may combine 'orb', 'orbit', 'orbital' and 'lady beetle'. The Japanese name is Eolb (イオルブ), perhaps from eol (said to be Irish for 'knowledge') or Io (a moon of Jupiter) with 'orb'.

Design inspiration

Orbeetle seems to be based on the seven-spot ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata. Its big brain and mind control may also echo science-fiction aliens or mad scientists, or Dinocampus coccinellae, a wasp whose larva controls its ladybird host. The Gigantamax form may be based on a UFO with a tractor beam. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Orbeetle evolves from Dottler at level 30.

In the games

Orbeetle's Gigantamax form shows up in Gigantamax Raid Battles in Sword and Shield, its first games, and the Crown Tundra adds it to Dynamax Adventures.

In the anime

Orbeetle debuted in the opening segment of 'Getting More Than You Battled For!'. An Exceed security officer's Orbeetle appears in 'The Treasure of Eternity' and again in 'The Truth Revealed!', where it catches Amethio, Zirc and Onia snooping.

Fun facts

• Of the Bug types introduced in Generation VIII, it is the fastest and has the highest Defense.
• Its French name Astronelle mixes the Greek astron ('celestial body') and astronef ('spacecraft') with coccinelle ('ladybird'), and its German name Maritellit mixes Marienkäfer with Satellit.
• Bulbapedia points out that the adult wasp Dinocampus coccinellae shares Orbeetle's slim body and vivid blue-green eyes, which a ladybird lacks.

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

Base stats

• HP: 60
• Attack: 45
• Defense: 110
• Sp. Atk: 80
• Sp. Def: 120
• Speed: 90

Orbeetle’s base stat total is 505. Its highest stat is Sp. Def.

Type matchups

What is Orbeetle weak to?

Orbeetle takes extra damage from Fire (2×), Flying (2×), Bug (2×), Rock (2×), Ghost (2×), Dark (2×) moves.

It resists Fighting (¼×), Grass (½×), Ground (½×), Psychic (½×).

Evolution

What does Orbeetle evolve from?

Orbeetle evolves from Dottler at level 30.

Orbeetle is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Blipbug, Dottler, Orbeetle.

• Blipbug evolves into Dottler at level 10.

Forms

• Gigantamax Orbeetle (Gigantamax): Bug/Psychic-type, base stat total 505 (HP 60, Attack 45, Defense 110, Sp. Atk 80, Sp. Def 120, Speed 90). Abilities: Swarm, Frisk, Telepathy (hidden).

Abilities

• Swarm: Strengthens Bug moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.
• Frisk: Reveals an opponent's held item upon entering battle.
• Telepathy (hidden ability): Protects against friendly Pokémon's damaging moves.

Moves

Moves Orbeetle learns by level up in Sword / Shield

TM moves (44)

Orbeetle can learn 44 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Hyper Beam, Giga Impact, Solar Beam, Light Screen, Reflect, Safeguard, Rest, Snore, Protect, Giga Drain, Attract, Facade, Helping Hand, Imprison, U-turn, Payback, Power Swap, Guard Swap, Psycho Cut, Trick Room, Wonder Room, Magic Room, Round, Psychic Terrain, Psychic, Agility, Leech Life, Substitute, Psyshock, Endure, Sleep Talk, Baton Pass, Shadow Ball, Future Sight, Trick, Skill Swap, Iron Defense, Calm Mind, Bug Buzz, Energy Ball, Zen Headbutt, Stored Power, Ally Switch, Body Press.

Egg moves (4), which Blipbug can hatch knowing:Infestation, Recover, Sticky Web, Supersonic.

Move tutor moves (1): Expanding Force.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Bug.
• Egg cycles: 15 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,920).
• Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Sp. Def effort values.
• Base experience yield: 253.

Pokédex entries

It emits psychic energy to observe and study what's around it—and what's around it can include things over six miles away. (Shield)

It's famous for its high level of intelligence, and the large size of its brain is proof that it also possesses immense psychic power. (Sword)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Shortest Psychic type in Gen 8: 0.4 m, shared with 2 others.
• Highest Defense among Psychic types in Gen 8: 110.
• Highest Sp. Def among Psychic types in Gen 8: 120.
• Fastest Bug type in Gen 8: 90 Speed.
• Highest Defense among Bug types in Gen 8: 110.
• Highest Sp. Def among Bug types in Gen 8: 120.
• Taller than 11% of all Pokémon (0.4 m).
• Heavier than 62% of all Pokémon (40.8 kg).
• Base stat total 505, ranked #262 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Def, ranked #40 of 1,025.
• One of 3 Pokémon that are both Bug and Psychic.
• One of 97 red Pokémon.
• Number 17 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 57 different moves in Sword / Shield.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• 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: Orbeetle (Pokémon), Serebii: Orbeetle (Sword/Shield Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (or-BEE-tul): 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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