Empress Bulblax

#73 Oculus matriarcha
Empress Bulblax
Real Name	Empress Grub-dog
Type	Grub-dog
Size	480mm
Debut	Pikmin 2

The Empress Bulblax is the matriarch of the bulborb family. Various changes in the environment will cause the egg sac of the largest female in a given area to swell. It will hatch the eggs irregardless of what may be happening around it. The Empress Bulblax seems to have no appetite once it's begun reproduction processes, and will simply protect itself by crushing other creatures (including her own babies) with its elongated body. It may also cause cave ceilings to collapse on other creatures by rolling into the walls repeatedly, but this is probably unintentional.

Empress Bulblaxes are weakest in the face, rather than on their backs like most bulborbs. It is especially good to avoid their rear in case Bulborb Larva begin to hatch, as they can be particularly voracious. When killed, the Empress Bulblax's remaining eggs will erupt and its egg sac will collapse, leaving an easily carried corpse.

Scientific Report

• The Empress Bulblax can be carried by 20 pikmin and is worth 15 pokos. Its babies, however, leave nothing behind.
• Louie's Cooking Notes
  • For sophisticated delicacy, make a pate de foie gras from this massively obese creature's liver and spread it over a sesame cracker.

See Also

• Red Bulborb
• Hairy Bulborb
• Orange Bulborb
• Spotty Bulbear
• Dwarf Bulbear
• Bulborb Larva
• Fiery Bulblax
• Water Dumple
• Emperor Bulblax