Bug-type Pokémon are generally arthropod-like Pokémon. Bug-type moves use the Attack stat and involve use of the body parts of the bugs.
Abilities of Bug Pokémon
- Battle Armor - Unique to the resurected fossils; the only bug Pokémon with this ability are the Anorith family
- Compoundeyes
- Early Bird - Just the Ledyba family
- Effect Spore - Just the Paras family; unique to Grass Pokémon
- Hyper Cutter - Just Pinsir
- Insomnia - Just the Spinarak family
- Intimidate - Just Masquerain
- Oblivious
- Shed Skin
- Shield Dust
- Speed Boost
- Sturdy - Mostly belongs to Rock Type or Steel Type.
- Swarm
- Swift Swim - Just Surskit; This is a Water type ability.
- Wonder Guard - Unique to Shedinja
Bug Pokémon Families
| Basic | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Other type |
| Caterpie | Metapod | Butterfree | Butterfree is |
| Weedle | Kakuna | Beedrill | Poison |
| Paras | Parasect | Grass | |
| Venonat | Venomoth | Poison | |
| Scyther | Scyzor | Scyther is ; Scyzor is Steel | |
| Pinsir | |||
| Ledyba | Ledian | ||
| Spinarak | Ariados | Poison | |
| Yanma | |||
| Pineco | Forretress | Forretress is Steel | |
| Shuckle | Rock | ||
| Heracross | Fighting | ||
| Wurmple | Silcoon | Beautifly | Beautifly is ; Dustox is Poison |
| Cascoon | Dustox | ||
| Surskit | Masquerain | Surskit is Water; Masquerain is | |
| Nincada | Ninjask | Nincada is Ground; Ninjask is ; Shedinja is Ghost | |
| Shedinja | |||
| Volbeat | |||
| Illumise | |||
| Anorith | Armaldo | Rock | |
| Kricketot | Kricketune | ||
| Burmy | Wormadam | Wormadam is Grass, Ground, or Steel; Mothim is | |
| Mothim | |||
| Combee | Vespiquen |