Weedle is a small, brown, serpentine larva Pokémon with a segmented body. Weedle has dark, circular eyes, many little pink feet and a pink, round nose. Weedle has a poisonous stinger on both its tail and head. Its bright coloration is intended to warn off its enemies.
Weedle generally prefer to remain undisturbed. They live in colonies with their evolved forms, Kakuna and Beedrill, and will recruit them to assist in their revenge if bothered.
Weedle primarily eat leaves. They appear to prefer some leaves over others, and they can distinguish between them by smelling them with their big red proboscis, or nose. Weedle eats such a copious amount that it eats its weight in leaves every day. It has also been known to eat paper.
In the anime
Weedle in the anime
Major appearances
In Challenge of the Samurai, Ash was very close to catching a Weedle. He used his newly caught Pidgeotto to battle, Weedle was knocked unconscious and when Ash was about to throw his Poké Ball, Samurai came up and asked Ash if he was a Trainer from Pallet Town. This distracted Ash from catching the Weedle, so it got away. This same Weedle later warned its kind and together, they tried to avenge its near capture by attacking his friends.
A Weedle appeared in The Ultimate Test under the ownership of a Trainer allowing Todd to photograph it. Due to a coloring error, this Weedle is the color of Green normally seen on a Caterpie. Despite being an error, Shiny Weedle are green in Generation II.
Weedle has an extremely acute sense of smell. It is capable of distinguishing its favorite kinds of leaves from those it dislikes just by sniffing with its big red proboscis nose.
A Weedle has an extremely acute sense of smell. It distinguishes its favorite kinds of leaves from those it dislikes by sniffing with its big red proboscis (nose).
Weedle is the only Pokémon incapable of learning Normal-type moves, if Hidden Power's inability to be a Normal move in practice is not considered in Unown's case.
Despite being classified as the Hairy Bug Pokémon, no artwork of it depicts it having any visible hair.
Up until Platinum, Weedle was completely incapable of dealing damage to Steel-type Pokémon outside of Struggle. This was because Weedle could only learn Poison Sting, which Steel types are immune to. In Platinum onwards, Weedle can learn Bug Bite. However, Steel types still resist moves of its type.
Weedle, along with Caterpie and Wurmple, evolves at level 7, the lowest level required for any Pokémon that evolves by leveling up.
Weedle is likely a combination of worm and needle (referring to the stingers on its body). It also may derive as a corruption of weevil, another sort of bug. As well, the weed part of Weedle may refer to it eating plant life.
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
For other sprites and images, please see Weedle images on Bulbagarden Archives.
