--- title: "Scatterbug (#0664): Stats, Weaknesses, Moves & Lore | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/pokemon/scatterbug" description: "Scatterbug (#0664): Bug-type Scatterdust Pokémon from Kalos. Base stat total 200. Stats, matchups, evolutions, moves, every Pokédex entry and lore on pokee.si." last_updated: "2026-10-21" publisher: "pokee.si: a Pokédex for families (unofficial fan site)" last_checked: "2026-10-20" --- #0664 · Kalos · Generation 6 # Scatterbug Scatterdust Pokémon · Bug-type ![Scatterbug official artwork](https://pokee.si/img/art/664.webp) Scatterbug is a [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug)-type Pokémon, the Scatterdust Pokémon, number 664 (#0664) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 6 and comes from the [Kalos](https://pokee.si/guide/regions/kalos) region. It is 0.3 m tall and weighs 2.5 kg. Scatterbug is the Scatterdust Pokémon, a tiny Bug-type caterpillar that turns the poison in its food into a black powder and coats itself with it. The powder paralyses on contact, which keeps hungry bird Pokémon away. ## How to pronounce Scatterbug Scatterbug is pronounced **SKAT-er-bug**. The capital letters show the stressed syllable. Listen to Scatterbug said out loud: [Listen](https://pokee.si/audio/names/664.mp3) In Japanese it is コフキムシ (Kofukimushi). Hear every other name on the [Pokémon pronunciation guide](https://pokee.si/pronounce). ## Lore ### Biology Scatterbug is a black caterpillar, 0.3 m long and 2.5 kg, with a big head split by a line from forehead to mouth. Its large beige eyes have square pupils, and it has a single pointed tooth, three white hairs on its head and a white ruff round its neck. ### Behaviour When bird Pokémon attack, Scatterbug spews its poisonous black powder, and the attacker is paralysed on contact. The powder is its main defence. The plants it picks vary with the place it lives. ### Habitat The Pokédex says its powder keeps its temperature steady, so it copes with any region or climate. In Scarlet and Violet it is found in South Province (Areas One and Five), and in Legends: Z-A across Lumiose and in Hyperspace Lumiose in the Mega Dimension DLC. ### Diet Many kinds of plants, even poisonous leaves and roots, which the Pokédex says it turns into powder. ### Powers Its Abilities are Shield Dust, which blocks the extra effects of incoming moves, and Compound Eyes, which raises its accuracy, with Friend Guard hidden. It learns Stun Spore at level 6, though it evolves at level 9. Its best base stat is Defense at 40. ### Name origin Scatterbug combines 'scatter' and 'bug', and may nod to 'litterbug'. The Japanese name is Kofukimushi (コフキムシ), which may blend kofuki ('powder-covered', as in a cockchafer's name) with mushi ('bug'). ### Design inspiration Scatterbug looks like a caterpillar, perhaps a carpet moth larva, which eats through fabric and builds cocoons from it, or a silk moth larva. The square specks of powder may be confetti or screen pixels. These are fan readings. ### Evolution notes Scatterbug becomes Spewpa at level 9, and Spewpa becomes Vivillon at level 12. Bulbapedia says Scatterbug and Spewpa each come in 20 look-alike forms that decide which Vivillon pattern they become. ### In the games In X and Y, its first games, Scatterbug is found on Route 2 and in Santalune Forest. In Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon it appears in Hau'oli City through the QR Scanner's Island Scan, on Thursdays. ### In the anime Scatterbug debuted in 'Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!'. In 'To Catch a Pokémon Smuggler!' Ash and his friends rescue one from the smuggler Dolan. ### Fun facts - Its base stat total of 200 is the lowest of any Generation VI Pokémon. - It is the only Pokémon that evolves at level 9. - Bulbapedia says Grafaiai, a Generation IX Pokémon, is a natural predator of Scatterbug. Sources: [Bulbapedia: Scatterbug (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Scatterbug_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) · [Serebii: Scatterbug (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sv/scatterbug/) ## Base stats - HP: **38** - Attack: **35** - Defense: **40** - Sp. Atk: **27** - Sp. Def: **25** - Speed: **35** Scatterbug’s base stat total is **200**. Its highest stat is Defense. ## Type matchups ### What is Scatterbug weak to? Scatterbug takes extra damage from [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire) (2×), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying) (2×), [Rock](https://pokee.si/types/rock) (2×) moves. It resists [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass) (½×), [Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fighting) (½×), [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground) (½×). ## Evolution ### How does Scatterbug evolve? Scatterbug evolves into [Spewpa](https://pokee.si/pokemon/spewpa) at level 9. The whole family: **Scatterbug**, [Spewpa](https://pokee.si/pokemon/spewpa), [Vivillon](https://pokee.si/pokemon/vivillon). - [Spewpa](https://pokee.si/pokemon/spewpa) evolves into [Vivillon](https://pokee.si/pokemon/vivillon) at level 12. ## Abilities - [Shield Dust](https://pokee.si/abilities/shield-dust): Protects against incoming moves' extra effects. - [Compound Eyes](https://pokee.si/abilities/compound-eyes): Increases moves' accuracy to 1.3×. - [Friend Guard](https://pokee.si/abilities/friend-guard) (hidden ability): Decreases all direct damage taken by friendly Pokémon to 0.75×. ## Moves ### Moves Scatterbug learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet | Level | Move | Type | Category | Power | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Tackle](https://pokee.si/moves/tackle) | Normal | Physical | 40 | | 1 | [String Shot](https://pokee.si/moves/string-shot) | Bug | Status | — | | 6 | [Stun Spore](https://pokee.si/moves/stun-spore) | Grass | Status | — | | 15 | [Bug Bite](https://pokee.si/moves/bug-bite) | Bug | Physical | 60 | ### TM moves (4) Scatterbug can learn 4 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: [Struggle Bug](https://pokee.si/moves/struggle-bug), [Pounce](https://pokee.si/moves/pounce), [Tera Blast](https://pokee.si/moves/tera-blast), [Bug Bite](https://pokee.si/moves/bug-bite). Egg moves (2):[Poison Powder](https://pokee.si/moves/poison-powder), [Rage Powder](https://pokee.si/moves/rage-powder). ## 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 Defense effort value. - Base experience yield: 40. ## Pokédex entries The powder that covers its body regulates its temperature, so it can live in any region or climate. *(Y, Alpha Sapphire)* When under attack from bird Pokémon, it spews a poisonous black powder that causes paralysis on contact. *(X, Omega Ruby)* ## Names around the world - **Japanese**: コフキムシ - **Romaji**: Kofukimushi - **French**: Lépidonille - **German**: Purmel - **Spanish**: Scatterbug - **Italian**: Scatterbug - **Korean**: 분이벌레 - **Chinese (Simplified)**: 粉蝶虫 - **Chinese (Traditional)**: 粉蝶蟲 ## Trivia - Lowest base stat total among Gen 6 Pokémon: 200. - Lightest Bug type in Gen 6: 2.5 kg. - Shortest Bug type in Gen 6: 0.3 m, shared with 1 other. - Lowest base stat total among Bug types in Gen 6: 200. - Taller than 4% of all Pokémon (0.3 m). - Heavier than 9% of all Pokémon (2.5 kg). - Base stat total 200, ranked #1012 of 1,025. - One of 92 Bug-type Pokémon (counting dual types). - One of 51 black Pokémon. - Number 15 of 72 Pokémon introduced in Generation 6 (Kalos). - Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon. - Can learn 9 different moves in Scarlet / Violet. - 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](https://pokeapi.co) open game data. - Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from [Bulbapedia: Scatterbug (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Scatterbug_(Pok%C3%A9mon)), [Serebii: Scatterbug (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sv/scatterbug/). - Pronunciation (SKAT-er-bug): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it. **Last checked:** 20 October 2026. 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