Bubbleless Dewpider underwater walking on four legs
Dewpider is aPokémon resembling a spider with a water bubble over its head. Its head and most of its abdomen are dark gray, while its thorax and six legs are light green. All of its legs are thin with a knobby joint in the middle, and three of its legs are typically used to anchor the bubble on its head. Sometimes Dewpider will secretly swap which legs will hold up the bubble. The green on its thorax extends onto its abdomen in three triangular markings. Several triangular flaps extend upward and attach to the bubble over its head. The head itself has large light blue eyes with darker pupils and sclerae, two blue bumps on top, and a light green mouth similar to a spinneret. There is an actual spinneret on the tip of its abdomen, which is shown as capable of producing both silk and water bubbles in thePokémon the Series: Sun & Moon episodeDewpider Ascending!.
Dewpider can only breathe oxygen dissolved in water, so the bubble over their head allows them to breathe on land. Dewpider uses the sticky silk it creates to form a sturdy water bubble that will rarely burst. Additionally, the bubble protects its soft head and can be slammed into both prey and enemies. If two Dewpider meet, they compare bubbles, and the one with the smaller bubble will move out of the way. It supports the water bubble that envelops its head with three of its legs.
Multiple Dewpider debuted inDewpider Ascending!, where they were told by their parentAraquanid to leave the nest and find their own places to call home. One Dewpider got separated from the group and came acrossLana. Upon seeing Lana with a balloon on her head because ofPopplio, it developed a crush on her. It then tried to find a new home, eventually finding one near thePokémon School, but it had to battle awildSurskit that already lived there. Dewpider lost the battle, but when Surskit evolved into aMasquerain, it happily abandoned its home and flew off, allowing Dewpider to live there. Earlier, it challenged two other Dewpider over territory, only to lose.
Dewpider, the Water Bubble Pokémon. AWater andBug type. Dewpider come out of the water, looking for food. They create water bubbles to breathe and to protect their soft heads.
Dewpider can be seen as a counterpart toSurskit. Both share theWater andBug types and the same base stat total of 269, both evolve at the same level, and both can be found atBrooklet Hill inPokémon Sun and Moon, taking the place of the other depending on thetime, with Dewpider being found during the day and Surskit at night.
Dewpider may be based on thediving bell spider, a spider that lives primarily underwater, gathering air into a bubble around its abdomen to breathe and provide an air supply to its nest. Dewpider's biology reverses this, being only able to breathe in water and using a water bubble to live on land. The way Dewpider holds its water bubble on its head makes it resemble adiving helmet. Its shape may also be based on abacteriophage.
Name origin
Dewpider may be a combination ofdew andspider, or refer todewdrop spiders.
Shizukumo may be a combination of 滴shizuku (drop, of water or other liquids), 蜘蛛kumo (spider), and 水蜘蛛mizugumo (diving bell spider).
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For other sprites and images, please seeDewpider images on the Bulbagarden Archives.
