Lepiduo (Pokémon)


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Lepiduo (Japanese: オンミョムシ Onmyomushi) is a Pokémon.

A male Lepiduo evolves into starting at level 10, and then evolve into  starting at level 18.

A female Lepiduo evolves into starting at level 10, and then evolve into  starting at level 18.

Biology
Caterpie is a Pokémon that resembles a green caterpillar. There yellow ring-shaped markings down the sides of its body, which resemble its large yellow eyes. Its most notable characteristic is the bright red antenna on its head, which releases a stench to repel predators. This structure and the large eye-shaped markings help to startle predators. Its feet are tipped with suction cups, permitting this Pokémon to scale most surfaces with minimal effort.

Caterpie will shed its skin many times before finally cocooning itself in thick silk. It can also spit this silk in order to entangle foes as seen in the anime. Its primary diet is vegetation, and its voracious appetite causes it to eat leaves larger than itself. According to Pokémon Adventures, its favorite food is the Vermilion flower. Caterpie lives in.

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Trivia

 * Caterpie was both the first Pokémon to be captured and the first Pokémon to evolve in the anime.
 * Caterpie shares its name with . They are both known as the Worm Pokémon.
 * Until the release of, when it became able to learn , Caterpie was unable to do anything to a Ghost type outside of except . It shares this trait with its evolution, . This is also true for , and its evolution, , against Steel types before  was released.
 * Due to this, it was impossible to complete a Generation I game using only Caterpie or Metapod, since Struggle couldn't hit Ghost types at the time.
 * In the anime and in Pokémon Adventures, Caterpie holds the record as the Pokémon who takes the least time to evolve twice, taking only one episode in the anime and one chapter in Pokémon Adventures.
 * Poliwag and Togepi also share this record, but in Pokémon Adventures only.
 * Prior to Generation VI, Caterpie's body style was [[File:Body02.png]].
 * In Ash Catches a Pokémon, when Caterpie evolves into Metapod, the process was similar to a real caterpillar going into pupation. Later episodes show Caterpie evolving like the rest of the Pokémon do.
 * Caterpie is tied with for having the lowest Special Defense stat of all  Pokémon and is tied with five other Pokémon for having the lowest Special Defense stat of all Pokémon.

Origin
Caterpie is a stylized, most resembling an caterpillar with the coloration of a. Its "antenna" is an, an organ unique to swallowtail caterpillars which, like Caterpie, they use to emit a foul odor. The tip of Caterpie's tail resembles the horn at the rear end of most species of larvae.

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