Bug type

The Bug type (むしタイプ Mushi taipu in Japanese) is one of the eighteen Pokémon elemental types.

Bug-type Pokémon are characterized by their fast growing, they don't take long to evolve. Bug-type Pokémon live mostly (not all of them) in forests, some of them are a little harder to find because they live atop the trees.

From Generation V on, it is known that Bug-type Pokémon are preferred by artists, mostly because they have beautiful colors and have a stoic and cheerful character. It can be said that Bug-type Pokémon represent the beauty of nature.

The known famous Bug-type trainers are: Bugsy, the Gym Leader of Azalea Town in Johto; Aaron, the first member of the Elite Four of the Sinnoh Pokémon League; Burgh, the Gym Leader of Castelia City in Unova; and Viola, the Gym Leader of Santalune City in Kalos.

Bug-type moves

• There are 25 Bug-type moves.
  • In Generation I, 4 moves were introduced.
  • In Generation II, 3 moves were introduced.
  • In Generation III, 3 moves were introduced.
  • In Generation IV, 7 moves were introduced.
  • In Generation V, 4 moves were introduced.
  • In Generation VI, 4 moves were introduced.
• In battles: Physical moves stand out.
  • 11 moves are of the type.
  • 9 moves are of the type.
  • 5 moves are of the type.
• In contests: Clever moves stand out.
  • 8 moves are of the type.
  • 5 moves are of the type.
  • 5 moves are of the type.
  • 4 moves are of the type.
  • 3 moves are of the type.

List of Bug-type moves

Name	Category	Contest	Generation	Power
Attack Order			Generation IV	90
Bug Bite			Generation IV	60
Bug Buzz			Generation IV	90
Defend Order			Generation IV	-
Fell Stinger			Generation VI	30
Fury Cutter			Generation II	40-160
Heal Order			Generation IV	-
Infestation			Generation VI	20
Leech Life			Generation I	20
Megahorn			Generation II	120
Pin Missile			Generation II	25 (x2-5)
Powder			Generation VI	-
Quiver Dance			Generation V	-
Rage Powder			Generation V	-
Signal Beam			Generation III	75
Silver Wind			Generation III	60
Spider Web			Generation II	-
Steamroller			Generation V	65
Sticky Web			Generation VI	-
String Shot			Generation I	-
Struggle Bug			Generation V	50
Tail Glow			Generation III	-
Twineedle			Generation I	25 (x2)
U-turn			Generation IV	70
X-Scissor			Generation IV	80

Effectiveness of Bug-type moves

×2

Super effective against Pokémon of the types: ,  and .

½

Not very effective against Pokémon of the types: , , , , ,  and .

Weaknesses and resistances of the Bug type

A type chart displaying the weaknesses and resistances of a Pokémon when damaged by a move. Empty fields are moves that do normal damage.

×4 Doubly super effective

×2 Super effective

½ Resistant

¼ Very resistant

×0 Immune

	Type of the move
						½	×2	×2		½	½					×2
				½		½	×2			½						×2	½
	½	½			×2	½	×2	×4		½	½				×2
	½				½	½		×2		¼		½				×4	½	×2
	½			×2		¼	×2	×2		¼	×0	×2				×4
	½	×2				×0	×2	×2	×2	½	½		×0	½		×2
	×2			½		½	×4	×4		¼	¼	×2		×2		×2		½
				×0		½	×2	×2			½	×2		½				×2
	½				½	¼	×2	×2		¼				½	×2	×2
													½	½		×2	×2	×2
	½		½		½		×4			¼		½	½	×0	½		½
				×2		½		×2			½	½				×2	½	½

Known Bug-type Pokémon Trainers

File:HGSS Bugsy.png	File:AaronArt.png
Johto Gym Leader Bugsy	Sinnoh Elite Four Aaron	Unova Gym Leader Burgh	Kalos Gym Leader Viola	Chrysalia Warlord Yoshimoto	Warlord Servant Okuni

Bug-type Pokémon

68 Pokémon are Bug type. (9.60% of all Pokémon)

Pure Bug-type Pokémon

17 Pokémon are pure Bug type. (25.76% of Bug-type Pokémon)

Caterpie	Metapod	Pinsir	Pineco	Wurmple	Silcoon
#010	#011	#127	#204	#265	#266
Cascoon	Volbeat	Illumise	Kricketot	Kricketune	Burmy
#268	#313	#314	#401	#402	Burmy #412
Karrablast	Shelmet	Accelgor	Scatterbug	Spewpa
#588	#616	#617	#664	#665

Primary Bug-type Pokémon

48 Pokémon are primary Bug type. (69.7% of Bug-type Pokémon)

Butterfree	Weedle	Kakuna	Beedrill	Paras	Parasect
#012	#013	#014	#015	#046	#047
Venonat	Venomoth	Scyther	Ledyba	Ledian	Spinarak
#048	#049	#123	#165	#166	#167
Ariados	Yanma	Forretress	Scizor	Shuckle	Heracross
#168	#193	#205	#212	#213	#214
Beautifly	Dustox	Surskit	Masquerain	Nincada	Ninjask
#267	#269	#283	#284	#290	#291
Shedinja	Wormadam			Mothim	Combee
#292	#413	#413	Wormadam #413	#414	#415
Vespiquen	Yanmega	Sewaddle	Swadloon	Leavanny	Venipede
#416	#469	#540	#541	#542	#543
Whirlipede	Scolipede	Dwebble	Crustle	Escavalier	Joltik
#544	#545	#557	#558	#589	#595
Galvantula	Durant	Larvesta	Volcarona	Genesect	Vivillon
#596	#632	#636	#637	#649	#666

Secondary Bug-type Pokémon

3 Pokémon are secondary Bug type. (4.54% of Bug-type Pokémon)

Anorith	Armaldo	Skorupi
#347	#348	#451

Mega Evolved Bug-type Pokémon

Mega Beedrill	Mega Pinsir	Mega Scizor	Mega Heracross
#015	#127	#212	#214

Relations with other types

• They're strong against the Psychic type because they represent a common fear affecting the psychology of the mind. Further, members of this type often do not have the mental capacity to be very susceptible to mental manipulation.
• They're strong against the Grass type because members of this type commonly consume plants and similar organic material.
• They're strong against the Dark type because members of this type are well adapted to operating in darkness and do not have the mental capacity to fear the dark.
• They're weak against the Flying type because many members of this type are ground dwellers, vulnerable from attacks from up above. Further, many members of this type are commonly preyed upon by Flying type members.
• They're weak against the Fire type because fire consumes the exoskeletons endemic to members of this type rather easily.
• They're weak against the Rock type because the strength of their exoskeletons rarely can endure the weight or impact of rock or stone.
• They're resistant against the Ground type because many bugs like worms live inside the ground and many of them eat it.
• The Ghost type is resistant to them because members of this type cannot easily transcend the spiritual barrier members of that type hide behind in order to attack them.
• The Fighting type is resistant to them because the strength of their exoskeletons rarely can endure the weight or impact of physical blows.
• The Fairy type is resistant to them because many fairies live along bugs.
• The Poison type is resistant to them because members of that type have developed natural resistances to poisons, rendering many poison-based bug attacks ineffective. This type was vulnerable to Poison type attacks in Generation I, but this weakness was possibly removed due to members of this type's rapid adaptation to poisonous material.