"Space Pirate encrypted data decoded."
The subject of this article is not named in-game.
The current title is from the game's internal data.
Scatterbugs are a species of small insect on Aether, found in the Agon Wastes as well as the Temple Grounds. As their name suggests, Scatterbugs are tiny spider-like insects that quickly scurry away, across a floor of sand. If Samus scans something in the room while Scatterbugs are visible, they will continue to move while she is reading the scan data, whereas everything else will freeze; this is due to the fact that they are particle effects and not actual enemies. Their name originates from the files of various rooms, where their particle effect is referred to as Scatterbug, or merely bug.
Trivia[]
- Scatterbugs share their name with a 6th-generation Bug-type Pokémon.
| Swarm creatures | |
|---|---|
| Metroid Prime | Parasite • Scarab • Tallon Crab • Lumigek |
| Metroid Prime 2: Echoes | Seedburster • Hydling • Scatterbug • Ing Larva Swarm • Ingstorm |
| Metroid Prime 3: Corruption | Scorchbug • Snatcher • Steamspider • Scritter • Phazon Leech • Miniroid • Crawlmine • Salamander |
| Metroid: Samus Returns | Blob Swarm • Meboid • Mumbo • Paraby |
| Metroid Dread | Daivo Swarm • Dizzean • Fing • Redenki • Yojimbee |
| Indestructible Creatures | |
|---|---|
| Non-hostile | Aurora Unit 217 • Baby • Dachora • Databot • Etecoon • Fleet Admiral Castor Dane • Fleet Mechanic • Pow • Septogg • Tatori • Tatori, Jr. • U-Mos Training Drone • Watchdrone • Work Robot |
| Hostiles | Aazelion • Airthorn • Autom • Big Metroid • Cannon • GMX-04 Halberd-class turret (if provoked) • Polyp • Proboscum Puromi • Ring Beam Unit • Ripper II • Samus Eater (Bud) • Seed platform • Unfreezable Metroid • ZipNMEBomber |
| Misc. | Bloatsac • Blueroot Tree (Dark) • Butterfly • Chomper Fish • Durable plantform • Fish • Fungus • Glow Stem • Great Tree Massive tentacle • Moth • Parasitic fungus • Protozoan • RedGrass • Sandgrass • Sbug • Scarp • Scatterbug • Tallon fern • Mantha |