Bug (type)

Most Bug Pokémon grow quickly and evolve sooner than other types. As a result, they are often very weak. In Generation I, bugs were almost useless since the few Bug type moves available were very weak. The situation improved in later games with better moves and an advantage against the Dark type.

In Generations 1-3, all Bug type moves were categorized as Physical.

100
Bug type Pokémon
25
Single type Pokémon
75
Dual type Pokémon
34
Bug-type moves

Attack pros & cons

Tick Bug moves are super-effective against:

Grass Psychic Dark

Cross Bug moves are not very effective against:

Fire Fighting Poison Flying Ghost Steel Fairy

Defense pros & cons

Tick These types are not very effective against Bug Pokémon:

Grass Fighting Ground

Cross These types are super-effective against Bug Pokémon:

Fire Flying Rock

Dual-type attack pros & cons

This chart shows the strength of the Bug type against every type combination. The fraction of damage a Bug type move will deal is shown - ½ means 50% damage (not very effective), 2 means 200% (super-effective) and so on.

Nor Fir Wat Ele Gra Ice Fig Poi Gro Fly Psy Bug Roc Gho Dra Dar Ste Fai
Normal ½ 2 ½ ½ ½ 2 ½ 2 ½ ½
Fire ½ ½ ½ ½ ¼ ¼ ½ ¼ ½ ½ ¼ ½ ¼ ¼
Water ½ 2 ½ ½ ½ 2 ½ 2 ½ ½
Electric ½ 2 ½ ½ ½ 2 ½ 2 ½ ½
Grass 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4
Ice ½ 2 ½ ½ ½ 2 ½ 2 ½ ½
Fighting ½ ¼ ½ ½ ½ ¼ ½ ¼ ½ ½ ¼ ½ ¼ ¼
Poison ½ ¼ ½ ½ ½ ¼ ½ ¼ ½ ½ ¼ ½ ¼ ¼
Ground ½ 2 ½ ½ ½ 2 ½ 2 ½ ½
Flying ½ ¼ ½ ½ ½ ¼ ¼ ½ ½ ½ ¼ ½ ¼ ¼
Psychic 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 4
Bug ½ 2 ½ ½ ½ 2 ½ 2 ½ ½
Rock ½ 2 ½ ½ ½ 2 ½ 2 ½ ½
Ghost ½ ¼ ½ ½ ½ ¼ ¼ ½ ¼ ½ ½ ½ ¼ ¼
Dragon ½ 2 ½ ½ ½ 2 ½ 2 ½ ½
Dark 2 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 2 2
Steel ½ ¼ ½ ½ ½ ¼ ¼ ½ ¼ ½ ½ ¼ ½ ¼
Fairy ½ ¼ ½ ½ ½ ¼ ¼ ½ ¼ ½ ½ ¼ ½ ¼

Effects of the Bug type

  • The Swarm ability increases the power of Bug type moves by 50% when the Pokémon has less than 13 HP remaining.
  • The ability Rattled raises the Pokémon's Speed one stage when hit by a Bug type attack.
  • The items Insect Plate and Silver Powder increase the power of Bug type moves by 20% when held.
  • The Bug Gem increases the power of a Bug type move by 30% when held, and is then consumed.
  • The Tanga Berry, when held, neutralizes a super-effective Bug type move.
  • The Net Ball increases the catch rate when used on Bug types.

Other languages

English Bug
Japanese むし
German Käfer
French Insecte
Italian Coleottero
Spanish Bicho
Korean 벌레
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)

Bug Pokémon stat averages

56.9
HP
Ranked #18
71.0
Attack
Ranked #17
70.7
Defense
Ranked #14
56.0
Sp. Attack
Ranked #18
65.5
Sp. Defense
Ranked #17
60.8
Speed
Ranked #16

Notable Bug-type trainers

Bugsy

Bugsy
Azalea Town Gym Leader
Gen 2, 4
Aaron

Aaron
Elite Four
Gen 4, 8
Burgh

Burgh
Castelia City Gym Leader
Gen 5
Viola

Viola
Santalune City Gym Leader
Gen 6
Katy

Katy
Cortondo Gym Leader
Gen 9

Bug Pokémon

There are 100 Bug-type Pokémon.
See also:

Caterpie Caterpie
#0010 / Bug
Metapod Metapod
#0011 / Bug
Butterfree Butterfree
#0012 / Bug · Flying
Weedle Weedle
#0013 / Bug · Poison
Kakuna Kakuna
#0014 / Bug · Poison
Beedrill Beedrill
#0015 / Bug · Poison
Mega Beedrill Beedrill
Mega Beedrill
#0015 / Bug · Poison
Paras Paras
#0046 / Bug · Grass
Parasect Parasect
#0047 / Bug · Grass
Venonat Venonat
#0048 / Bug · Poison
Venomoth Venomoth
#0049 / Bug · Poison
Scyther Scyther
#0123 / Bug · Flying
Pinsir Pinsir
#0127 / Bug
Mega Pinsir Pinsir
Mega Pinsir
#0127 / Bug · Flying
Ledyba Ledyba
#0165 / Bug · Flying
Ledian Ledian
#0166 / Bug · Flying
Spinarak Spinarak
#0167 / Bug · Poison
Ariados Ariados
#0168 / Bug · Poison
Yanma Yanma
#0193 / Bug · Flying
Pineco Pineco
#0204 / Bug
Forretress Forretress
#0205 / Bug · Steel
Scizor Scizor
#0212 / Bug · Steel
Mega Scizor Scizor
Mega Scizor
#0212 / Bug · Steel
Shuckle Shuckle
#0213 / Bug · Rock
Heracross Heracross
#0214 / Bug · Fighting
Mega Heracross Heracross
Mega Heracross
#0214 / Bug · Fighting
Wurmple Wurmple
#0265 / Bug
Silcoon Silcoon
#0266 / Bug
Beautifly Beautifly
#0267 / Bug · Flying
Cascoon Cascoon
#0268 / Bug
Dustox Dustox
#0269 / Bug · Poison
Surskit Surskit
#0283 / Bug · Water
Masquerain Masquerain
#0284 / Bug · Flying
Nincada Nincada
#0290 / Bug · Ground
Ninjask Ninjask
#0291 / Bug · Flying
Shedinja Shedinja
#0292 / Bug · Ghost
Volbeat Volbeat
#0313 / Bug
Illumise Illumise
#0314 / Bug
Anorith Anorith
#0347 / Rock · Bug
Armaldo Armaldo
#0348 / Rock · Bug
Kricketot Kricketot
#0401 / Bug
Kricketune Kricketune
#0402 / Bug
Burmy (Plant Cloak) Burmy
Plant Cloak
#0412 / Bug
Burmy (Sandy Cloak) Burmy
Sandy Cloak
#0412 / Bug
Burmy (Trash Cloak) Burmy
Trash Cloak
#0412 / Bug
Wormadam (Plant Cloak) Wormadam
Plant Cloak
#0413 / Bug · Grass
Wormadam (Sandy Cloak) Wormadam
Sandy Cloak
#0413 / Bug · Ground
Wormadam (Trash Cloak) Wormadam
Trash Cloak
#0413 / Bug · Steel
Mothim Mothim
#0414 / Bug · Flying
Combee Combee
#0415 / Bug · Flying
Vespiquen Vespiquen
#0416 / Bug · Flying
Skorupi Skorupi
#0451 / Poison · Bug
Yanmega Yanmega
#0469 / Bug · Flying
Sewaddle Sewaddle
#0540 / Bug · Grass
Swadloon Swadloon
#0541 / Bug · Grass
Leavanny Leavanny
#0542 / Bug · Grass
Venipede Venipede
#0543 / Bug · Poison
Whirlipede Whirlipede
#0544 / Bug · Poison
Scolipede Scolipede
#0545 / Bug · Poison
Dwebble Dwebble
#0557 / Bug · Rock
Crustle Crustle
#0558 / Bug · Rock
Karrablast Karrablast
#0588 / Bug
Escavalier Escavalier
#0589 / Bug · Steel
Joltik Joltik
#0595 / Bug · Electric
Galvantula Galvantula
#0596 / Bug · Electric
Shelmet Shelmet
#0616 / Bug
Accelgor Accelgor
#0617 / Bug
Durant Durant
#0632 / Bug · Steel
Larvesta Larvesta
#0636 / Bug · Fire
Volcarona Volcarona
#0637 / Bug · Fire
Genesect Genesect
#0649 / Bug · Steel
Scatterbug Scatterbug
#0664 / Bug
Spewpa Spewpa
#0665 / Bug
Vivillon Vivillon
#0666 / Bug · Flying
Grubbin Grubbin
#0736 / Bug
Charjabug Charjabug
#0737 / Bug · Electric
Vikavolt Vikavolt
#0738 / Bug · Electric
Cutiefly Cutiefly
#0742 / Bug · Fairy
Ribombee Ribombee
#0743 / Bug · Fairy
Dewpider Dewpider
#0751 / Water · Bug
Araquanid Araquanid
#0752 / Water · Bug
Wimpod Wimpod
#0767 / Bug · Water
Golisopod Golisopod
#0768 / Bug · Water
Buzzwole Buzzwole
#0794 / Bug · Fighting
Pheromosa Pheromosa
#0795 / Bug · Fighting
Blipbug Blipbug
#0824 / Bug
Dottler Dottler
#0825 / Bug · Psychic
Orbeetle Orbeetle
#0826 / Bug · Psychic
Sizzlipede Sizzlipede
#0850 / Fire · Bug
Centiskorch Centiskorch
#0851 / Fire · Bug
Snom Snom
#0872 / Ice · Bug
Frosmoth Frosmoth
#0873 / Ice · Bug
Kleavor Kleavor
#0900 / Bug · Rock
Tarountula Tarountula
#0917 / Bug
Spidops Spidops
#0918 / Bug
Nymble Nymble
#0919 / Bug
Lokix Lokix
#0920 / Bug · Dark
Rellor Rellor
#0953 / Bug
Rabsca Rabsca
#0954 / Bug · Psychic