Sidehopper

Sidehoppers are insectoids found in Metroid: Zero Mission, Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion and Metroid Prime (although not as live enemies in Prime). They have two armored legs and jump side-to-side, hence their name. In Prime, the only Sidehopper is a Phazon-infused experiment locked behind an impenetrable door on the Orpheon, but this may be a Dessgeega instead. Later, its tank becomes infested with the vine-like Aqua Reapers.