Weedle is a small, yellow Larva Pokémon with a segmented body. Weedle has little pink feet and a pink, round nose. Weedle has a stinger on both its tail and head.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Weedle isn't very powerful, but it can spit a sticky thread to entangle its foes with String Shot. It can also use one of its stingers to poison a foe with Poison Sting.
Weedle can be found in forests and misty wooded areas.
Diet
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.
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.
Weedle appeared a few other times while Ash was in the Viridian Forest, such as when a number of them ate Team Rocket's cardboard tank.
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.
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 Template:T2 moves. (It is worth noting that technically, as Hidden Power is displayed as Normal, but can be any type except Normal, Unown would share this trait.)
Despite being classified as the Hairy Bug Pokémon, no artwork of it depicts it having any hair at all.
Up until Platinum, Weedle was completely incapable of dealing damage to Template:T2 Pokémon. This was because Weedle could only learn Poison Sting, which Steel-types are immune to. In Platinum, Weedle can learn Bug Bite. However, Steel-types still resist moves of Template:T2
Origin
Weedle appears to be based on a larva, the baby form of a bee.
Name origin
Weedle's name appears to be a misspelling of weevil, but this is not likely, considering the difference between the two. Its name is more likely a combination of worm and needle, which refers to the stingers on its body. Beedle is similar, but refers to bees instead.
In other languages
German: Hornliu - From horn, referring to the stinger on Weedle's head.
French: Aspicot - From asticot (maggot), and picot (dot, referring to the circles on its body) or pic (point).
Korean: 뿔충이 Ppulchungi - "Horned Insect' in an affectionate manner ('i' at the end).
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.
