Swarm

A Swarm is a gaggle of tiny, fragile creatures that are a common enemy in the Prime Series. Many creatures that form Swarms frequent corridors, navigating them in a spiraling fashion and exploding if they come into contact with Samus. In small quantities, this will not damage her significantly, but it can be a nuisance as quite often, this leaves a temporary splatter of blood on her Combat Visor. The Parasites on the Frigate Orpheon were the first Swarm creature in the series.

Sbugs in Super Metroid are the only creature in a non-Prime Metroid game that can be considered a Swarm.

List of Swarm creatures

 * Crawlmine
 * Hydling
 * Ing Larva Swarm
 * Ingstorm
 * Lumigek
 * Miniroid
 * Phazon Leech
 * Salamander
 * Scarab
 * Scatterbug
 * Scorchbug
 * Scritter
 * Seedburster
 * Snatcher
 * Steamspider
 * Tallon Crab