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Bug-Type Pokémon Silhouette Quiz

Practice Bug-type silhouettes across larvae, cocoons, beetles, mantises, moths, spiders, armored insects, and hybrid dual types. Segmentation and appendage count make this pool especially suited to silhouette study.

Pokémon92
Single type23
Dual type69
Generations9
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One focused question at a time. Correct answers join the same browser Pokédex used by the complete game.

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Answers accept English, Traditional or Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and supported rōmaji.

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Twelve shapes from this pool

Silhouette warm-up

Try to identify these Bug-type Pokémon before opening the focused quiz. Names stay hidden here.

Bug-type mystery Pokémon silhouette
Mystery #010
Bug-type mystery Pokémon silhouette
Mystery #015
Bug-type mystery Pokémon silhouette
Mystery #123
Bug-type mystery Pokémon silhouette
Mystery #127
Bug-type mystery Pokémon silhouette
Mystery #205
Bug-type mystery Pokémon silhouette
Mystery #214
Bug-type mystery Pokémon silhouette
Mystery #292
Bug-type mystery Pokémon silhouette
Mystery #558
Bug-type mystery Pokémon silhouette
Mystery #637
Bug-type mystery Pokémon silhouette
Mystery #738
Bug-type mystery Pokémon silhouette
Mystery #873
Bug-type mystery Pokémon silhouette
Mystery #920

How to read Bug silhouettes

Count the major body segments, legs, antennae, and wing pairs before considering the species name. A single missing or enlarged segment often identifies an evolution stage.

  1. Larvae use a long low sequence of body sections, while cocoons compress into rigid shells with few or no visible limbs.
  2. Beetles and mantises differ through horn shape, forelimb size, and whether wing cases broaden the back.
  3. Butterflies and moths are easiest to separate by wing outline, antennae, and the relative size of the abdomen.
  4. Rock, Steel, Fire, Electric, Ice, and Dark pairings add shells, blades, flames, mandibles, furred wings, or long armored legs.

Common dual-type pairings

These counts use each Pokémon’s current classification and include both primary and secondary positions.

  • Flying · 13Butterfree, Scyther, Ledyba
  • Poison · 12Weedle, Kakuna, Beedrill
  • Grass · 6Paras, Parasect, Wormadam
  • Rock · 6Shuckle, Anorith, Armaldo
  • Steel · 5Forretress, Scizor, Escavalier
  • Water · 5Surskit, Dewpider, Araquanid

Silhouettes that are easy to confuse

Larva or armored adult?

Larvae keep many small repeated sections close to the ground; adults concentrate armor around a thorax with distinct legs.

Moth or butterfly?

Compare antenna shape, wing width, and body thickness rather than relying on color patterns that disappear in silhouette.

Shell or rock carried on the back?

A natural shell follows the body closely, while a carried rock creates a separate oversized mass with a visible lower insect.

Bug Pokémon by generation

Use the distribution to choose a smaller era to study next. Counts refer to the generation where each species was introduced.

Complete Bug-type roster

This checklist includes Pokémon where Bug is either the primary or secondary current type. Alternate forms are not counted as separate species.

Show all 92 names
  1. #010 Caterpie
  2. #011 Metapod
  3. #012 Butterfree
  4. #013 Weedle
  5. #014 Kakuna
  6. #015 Beedrill
  7. #046 Paras
  8. #047 Parasect
  9. #048 Venonat
  10. #049 Venomoth
  11. #123 Scyther
  12. #127 Pinsir
  13. #165 Ledyba
  14. #166 Ledian
  15. #167 Spinarak
  16. #168 Ariados
  17. #193 Yanma
  18. #204 Pineco
  19. #205 Forretress
  20. #212 Scizor
  21. #213 Shuckle
  22. #214 Heracross
  23. #265 Wurmple
  24. #266 Silcoon
  25. #267 Beautifly
  26. #268 Cascoon
  27. #269 Dustox
  28. #283 Surskit
  29. #284 Masquerain
  30. #290 Nincada
  31. #291 Ninjask
  32. #292 Shedinja
  33. #313 Volbeat
  34. #314 Illumise
  35. #347 Anorith
  36. #348 Armaldo
  37. #401 Kricketot
  38. #402 Kricketune
  39. #412 Burmy
  40. #413 Wormadam
  41. #414 Mothim
  42. #415 Combee
  43. #416 Vespiquen
  44. #451 Skorupi
  45. #469 Yanmega
  46. #540 Sewaddle
  47. #541 Swadloon
  48. #542 Leavanny
  49. #543 Venipede
  50. #544 Whirlipede
  51. #545 Scolipede
  52. #557 Dwebble
  53. #558 Crustle
  54. #588 Karrablast
  55. #589 Escavalier
  56. #595 Joltik
  57. #596 Galvantula
  58. #616 Shelmet
  59. #617 Accelgor
  60. #632 Durant
  61. #636 Larvesta
  62. #637 Volcarona
  63. #649 Genesect
  64. #664 Scatterbug
  65. #665 Spewpa
  66. #666 Vivillon
  67. #736 Grubbin
  68. #737 Charjabug
  69. #738 Vikavolt
  70. #742 Cutiefly
  71. #743 Ribombee
  72. #751 Dewpider
  73. #752 Araquanid
  74. #767 Wimpod
  75. #768 Golisopod
  76. #794 Buzzwole
  77. #795 Pheromosa
  78. #824 Blipbug
  79. #825 Dottler
  80. #826 Orbeetle
  81. #850 Sizzlipede
  82. #851 Centiskorch
  83. #872 Snom
  84. #873 Frosmoth
  85. #900 Kleavor
  86. #917 Tarountula
  87. #918 Spidops
  88. #919 Nymble
  89. #920 Lokix
  90. #953 Rellor
  91. #954 Rabsca
  92. #988 Slither Wing

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