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| ==Biology== | | ==Biology== |
| ===Physiology===
| | Wurmple is a small, {{DL|List of Pokémon by body style|Pokémon with serpentine bodies|serpentine}}, caterpillar-like Pokémon. Its body is mainly red with a cream underside and face. It has large yellow eyes with dark pupils. It has one sharp yellow stinger on its head and two of them on its rear. It has a tall, erect, red spine behind its forehead and a similar, smaller spine behind that. It has small spikes running down the top portions of its body and five pairs of stubby white limbs. |
| Wurmple is a small, caterpillar-like Pokémon. Its body is mostly red, with a cream underside and face. Its eyes are large and yellow with dark pupils. It has a sharp yellow stinger on its head and two on its rear. Behind its forehead stinger is a tall, erect, red spine with a similar, smaller spine behind that. It has small spikes running down the top portions of its body and five pairs of stubby white limbs. | |
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| ====Gender differences====
| | Wurmple has suction pads at the tips of its feet, which allow it to cling to glass or tree branches without slipping. It can spit a white silk that turns gooey when it comes in contact with the air. It can release poison from its tail spikes, which can weaken and poison foes. Wurmple lives in {{DL|List of Pokémon by habitat|Forest Pokémon|forests}}. It eats leaves and pulls bark off trees to feed on the sap. |
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| ===Special abilities===
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| Wurmple’s feet are tipped with suction pads, allowing it to cling to glass or tree branches without slipping. Wurmple can also {{M|String Shot|spit a white silk}} that turns sticky when it comes in contact with air. Wurmple can also release poison from the spikes on its rear end.
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| ===Behavior===
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| Bird Pokémon such as {{P|Swellow}} and {{P|Starly}} target Wurmple for prey, and Wurmple desperately resists by pointing the venomous spikes on its rear and leaking poison at the foe, weakening it.
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| ===Habitat===
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| [[File:Forest Habitat.png|thumb|{{DL|List of Pokémon by habitat|Forest Pokémon}}]]
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| Wurmple lives amidst tall grass and in forests. Their natural range is in [[Hoenn]], [[Sinnoh]] and [[Unova]]. They can also be found in some of [[Kanto]]'s {{m|Headbutt|trees}}, and have also been imported to [[Johto]]'s [[National Park]] for the [[Bug-Catching Contest]].
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| ===Diet===
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| In the various [[Pokédex]] entries on Wurmple, it is described as eating leaves or pulling the bark off trees to feed on the sap. This makes them easy to attract with [[Honey]].
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| ==In the anime== | | ==In the anime== |
| [[File:May Wurmple.png|thumb|right|Wurmple in the anime]] | | [[File:May Wurmple.png|thumb|left|Wurmple in the anime]] |
| ===Major appearances=== | | ===Major appearances=== |
| ====[[May's Beautifly|May's Wurmple]]==== | | ====[[May's Beautifly|May's Wurmple]]==== |