Bug (type)

The **Bug type** (Japanese: **むしタイプ** *Bug type*) is one of the eighteen types. Bug-type moves are super effective against Dark-, Grass-, and Psychic-type Pokémon, while Bug-type Pokémon are weak to Fire-, Flying-, and Rock-type moves.

## Battle properties

*Note: Type effectiveness multipliers may vary in other games outside the core series.*

### Generation I

 PoisonGrassPsychic | FightingFlyingGhostFire | None

 FlyingPoisonRockFire | FightingGroundGrass | None

### Generations II to V

 GrassPsychicDark | FightingFlyingPoisonGhostSteelFire | None

 FlyingRockFire | FightingGroundGrass | None

### Generation VI onwards

 GrassPsychicDark | FightingFlyingPoisonGhostSteelFireFairy | None

 FlyingRockFire | FightingGroundGrass | None

## Notable Bug-type Trainers

Main page: Category:Bug-type Trainers

Bugsy
Aaron
Burgh
Viola
Guzma
Pokémon Trainer
Katy

## Trivia

* On average, Bug-type Pokémon have the lowest base HP, Special Attack, and base stat total of all types.
* Bug is tied with Grass as the most resisted type, with seven types resisting each of them.
* The Bug type is the only type that hasn't been assigned to a Legendary Pokémon.
* The Bug type has been paired with every other type except for Dragon and Normal.
	+ This makes Bug the only type to not have been paired up with Dragon.
* 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 Generation IX introduced the fewest Bug-type moves, with two.
* 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 that are not Flying-types nor have the Ability Levitate despite being able to fly, 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 one that could not learn Fly in its introductory generation; Vikavolt was made able to 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.
	+ Additionally, since Generation I, the Bug and Fighting types are the only two separate types that resist 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 pure Steel-type Pokémon.
* 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.
* Despite having no TMs that are of the Bug-type in Generation III, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen'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 or is one.
* The Bug type is the only type without a Pokémon in the Amorphous or Field Egg Group.