FROM THE WORLDWIDE REGISTER

Japanese Beetle, a captured specimen

Japanese Beetle

BUG

COMMON · 1 RECORDED WORLDWIDE

"Metallic and iridescent, it feeds without fear and leaves damage in its wake."

First recorded by Raymond, July 13, 2026.

FIELD GUIDE

Skirmisher
Fast, slippery, decent mixed offense · wins by acting first.

HP 43
Attack 51
Defense 38
Sp. Atk 35
Sp. Def 38
Speed 65

STAT TOTAL 270 · COMMON BUDGET 270

LEARNSET · MOVES BY LEVEL
LEVELMOVETYPECLASSPOWERACCURACY
L1 Bump NEUTRAL physical 40 100%
An artless full-body shove. Everyone starts somewhere.
L1 Hard Stare NEUTRAL status · 100%
A withering look that saps the target's will to fight. · Lowers the foe's Attack
L2 Gnat Cloud BUG special 40 100%
A drifting nuisance that gets everywhere. May lower Speed. · 10% chance to lower the foe's Speed
L3 Scuttle BUG status · 100%
Six legs find another gear. Raises Speed. · Raises the user's Speed
L14 Web Spray BUG special 60 95%
Sticky silk in a wide fan. Lowers the target’s Speed. · Lowers the foe's Speed
L19 Dust Kick MINERAL physical 60 100%
Kicks a blinding spray of grit. May lower Speed. · 20% chance to lower the foe's Speed
L24 Lantern Glow BUG status · 100%
A firefly’s slow pulse, gathering to a beacon. Sp. Atk sharply rises. · Sharply raises the user's Sp. Atk
L27 Chitin Shell BUG status · 100%
The exoskeleton sets a little harder. Raises Defense. · Raises the user's Defense
L31 Plague Wind BUG special 110 85%
A blight carried on the breeze. May poison. · 20% chance to inflict poison on the foe
L34 Sky Knives NEUTRAL status · 100%
A whirling display of edges. Attack sharply rises. · Sharply raises the user's Attack
L37 Rush NEUTRAL physical 80 100%
Gone and back before the dust settles. Moves first. · Priority +1
L40 Stag Charge BUG physical 120 85%
Horn down, throttle open, apologies later.

Every species draws its own learnset from its type. A specimen learns these as it levels.

FIELD MATCHUPS

BEATS
Compression Spring
MACHINE
Compression Spring
Trading Card
ART
Trading Card
WARY OF
Red-Legged Partridge
AVIAN
Red-Legged Partridge
Tiki Torch
FIRE
Tiki Torch

THE LEDGER

1 NATURALIST HOLDS ONE

First recorded July 13, 2026. Latest July 13, 2026.

Develops per week, the last twelve weeks. The register began keeping records in July 2026.

MORE BUG PLATES

Solar Garden Stake, a recorded specimen
Solar Garden Stake
COMMON
Canoptek Scarab Model, a recorded specimen
Canoptek Scarab Model
COMMON
Aphid, a recorded specimen
Aphid
COMMON
Decorative Butterfly Ornament, a recorded specimen
Decorative Butterfly Ornament
COMMON
Halloween Spider Decoration, a recorded specimen
Halloween Spider Decoration
COMMON
Checkered Beetle, a recorded specimen
Checkered Beetle
UNCOMMON

EVERY BUG SPECIES →

Every species in the register began as somebody's photograph. Something out there is still unrecorded.

GET IT ON THE APP STOREGET IT ON GOOGLE PLAY

← THE PUBLIC FIELD INDEX