Bug (type)

The **Bug type** (Japanese: **むしタイプ** *Bug type*) is one of the eighteen types. Prior to changes in Generation IV, all damaging Bug-type moves were physical, but they may now also be special depending on the attack.

## Characteristics

### Defense

On average, Bug Pokémon have the lowest base HP and base stat total of all types.

### Offense

Bug is tied with Grass as the most resisted type, with seven types resisting each of them. These resistant types are most effectively covered by Water-type attacks.

On average, Bug Pokémon have the lowest base Special Attack of all types.

### Contest properties

In Contests, Bug-type moves do not favor any one Contest category.

## Pokémon

As of Generation AN-V, there are 30 Bug-type Pokémon or 9.84% of all Pokémon, including those that are Bug-type in at least one of their forms, such as a regional form, except through abilities like Multitype. This makes it the 7th most common type, tying with the Steel type.

## Abilities

### Interacting with the Bug type

A Pokémon with Color Change, Protean, Imposter, RKS System, or Multitype will become a Bug-type Pokémon if (respectively) it is hit with a Bug-type move, uses a Bug-type move, is sent out against a Bug-type opponent, is holding a Bug Memory, or is holding an Insect Plate or Buginium Z.

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### Exclusive Abilities

Only Bug-type Pokémon can have these Abilities. This does not include signature Abilities.

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## Notable Bug-type Trainers

Main pages: Category:Bug-type Trainers and Category:Bug-type Trainers

## Trivia

* The Bug type is the only type that hasn't been assigned to a Legendary Pokémon in the main series.
	+ Astrayshi is a Bug-type, but it is exclusive to the Rising Sun Project.
* Generation V introduced the most Bug-type Pokémon of any Generation, with 18, and Generation VI introduced the fewest Bug-type Pokémon, with three.
* Generation IV introduced the most Bug-type moves of any Generation, with seven, and Generations II, III and VIII introduced the fewest Bug-type moves, with three.
* The Flying type is one of the two types most commonly paired with the Bug type, with the other type being Poison. However, there are a number of Bug types, despite being able to fly, that are not Flying types, nor have the Ability Levitate, such as Beedrill and Venomoth.
	+ Despite this, the only Bug-type Pokémon that can learn the move Fly, Volcarona, Genesect, and Vikavolt, are not Flying types.
		- Out of these three Pokémon, Vikavolt is the only non-Bug/Flying Pokémon that could not learn Fly in its introductory generation; Vikavolt can learn Fly at level 50 and from TM06 in Pokémon Sword and Shield.
* Until Platinum, several Bug-type Pokémon (Shuckle, Kricketot, Burmy, Wormadam, and Combee) were unable to learn any Bug-type moves naturally. Each of them can now learn Bug Bite by level up.
* In Generation I, the Bug type is super effective against Poison-type Pokémon, while the Poison type is super effective against Bug-type Pokémon. As such, this was the only case when two different types were ever super-effective against each other.
* The Bug type was the most common 4× weakness in Generation I, with 11 Pokémon doubly weak to it, mainly due to Poison type having a weakness to it at the time.
* Each of the three starter types have a different effectiveness when attacking a pure Bug-type Pokémon (Grass does ½× damage, Water does 1× damage, and Fire does 2× damage).
	+ This trait is also shared with the Steel-type.
* No Pokémon gains the Bug type upon evolution that did not already have it. It shares this distinction with the Normal type.
	+ Additionally, no Pokémon gains the Bug type upon changing forms with the exceptions of Arceus and Silvally, which can change into any type.
* Of all Pokémon that evolve at or above a certain level, 11 of the earliest-evolving Pokémon are of the Bug type.
* The Bug and Fighting types are the only two separate types that resist each other.
* Despite having no TMs that are of the Bug-type in Generation III,

## Bug (type)

's internal data contains a sprite for Bug-type TMs.
* All Bug-type moves are eligible to be used in Sky Battles.
* The Bug type is the only type without a Pokémon that has a regional form either in its original form or in its regional variant.

## In other languages

de:Käfer
es:Tipo bicho
fr:Insecte
it:Coleottero
ja:むし
zh:虫（属性）