Scuttlebug



Scuttle Bugs are round orange bugs in Super Mario 64 that act the same as Goombas; when in range they charge at Mario, and punching and stepping on their heads defeats them. They live in Hazy Maze Cave and outside the Ghost House. Getting coins by defeating them is really all they're good for. They seem to be related to Skeeters.



Scuttle Bugs reappear in New Super Mario Bros., hanging down from webs in World 4 and 8. They will repeatedly move up and down, and can prove to be useful in giving some extra height by jumping off of them. They also appear in one stage in World 8, where they will ceaselessly drop down from the top of the stage in pairs of two. These are not attached to webs, and will immediately drop onto the ground and give chase.

A Boss from Super Mario Galaxy, conjecturally named Giant Space Spider, has stripes going horizontally across its body and wide eyes, resembling a Scuttle Bug. At the start of the battle in previews, it jumps and wiggles its legs (which also happen to be Scuttle Bug-like) in midair as Scuttle Bugs do when they are ready to attack, thus making this monstrosity (above) a possible giant, alien one.