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Dewpider is a Pokémon resembling a spider. The most prominent feature of Dewpider is the water bubble that covers its head, which is anchored to the thorax by the means of three thin, green projections. The bubble serves as a means of protection to Dewpider's soft head and allows it to breathe when on land. When this Pokémon comes across enemies or potential prey, it slams its bubble-covered head into them. Dewpider has a large, gray face with large blue oval-shaped eyes. It has two small blue spikes on its forehead and a yellow mouth. Dewpider's body is primarily light green with three thin, green legs, and a gray abdomen with a small stinger on the bottom.
Dewpider can be seen as a counterpart to Surskit. Both share the sametype combination, the same base stat totals, and both can be found in the the same location within Pokémon Sun and Moon Versions, taking the place of the other depending on the time, with Dewpider being found during the daytime, and Surskit at night. Similar traits are shared with their respective evolutions.
Origin
Dewpider may be based on the diving bell spider, a spider that lives primarily under water, gathering air into a bubble around its abdomen to breathe and provide air supply to its nest.
Name origin
Dewpider may be a combination of dew and spider
Shizukumo may be a combination of 滴 shizuku (drop) and 蜘蛛 kumo (spider)
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.