Vespiquen (Pokémon)
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| Vespiquen ビークイン Beequeen | |
 Artwork from Diamond/Pearl | |
| Pronunciation | ves-pee-koowen |
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| Types | Bug/Flying |
| Species | Beehive Pokémon |
| National Dex | #416 |
| Johto Dex | #— |
| Hoenn Dex | #— |
| Sinnoh Dex | #054 |
| Fiore Browser | R— |
| Almia Browser | R-060 |
| Height | 3′11″ (1.2m) |
| Weight | 84.9 lbs. (38.5kg) |
| Ability | Pressure |
| Egg group | Bug |
| Time to hatch | 4,120 steps |
| Effort yield | 1 Def, 1 SpD |
| Exp. yield | 188 base exp. |
| Lv. 100 at | 1,059,860 exp. |
| Gender | 100% ♀ |
| Pokédex color | Yellow |
| Catch rate | 45 |
| Footprint | 
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Vespiquen (Japanese: ビークイン Beequeen) is a dual-type Bug/Flying Pokémon.
It evolves from female Combee at level 21.
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Biology
Physiology
Vespiquen is a three-foot-tall bee Pokémon with a yellow and black striped abdomen that resembles a skirt. Its abdomen can serve as a nest for baby Combee. It has black, skinny arms with two orange claws and flies with a pair of small (compared to her body) wings on her shoulders. She has an orange face with red eyes, a red gem on her forehead and yellow and black "horns".
Gender differences
Vespiquen is female only.
Special abilities
Vespiquen has three separate signature moves that involve summoning a swarm of baby Combee, which she stores in her honeycomb-like lower abdomen. One is for attacking, the second is for defending and the third is for recovering.
Behavior
Habitat
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
Vespiquen made its first appearance in An Angry Combeenation as the ruler of a huge colony of Combee.
Vespiquen appeared again in DP099 under Aaron's ownership.
In the manga
In the TCG
- Main article: Vespiquen (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
| Gen | Game | Pokédex entry |
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| IV | Diamond | Its abdomen is a honeycomb for grubs. It raises its grubs on honey collected by Combee. |
| Pearl | When endangered, grubs from its six-cell honeycomb strike back. There is only one in a colony. | |
| Platinum | Currently unknown |
Game locations
| Gen | Game | Rarity | Location | |
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| IV | Diamond | Pearl | None | Evolve Combee♀ |
| Platinum | None | Evolve Combee♀ | ||
In side games
| Game | Location |
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| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Time and Darkness) | Treeshroud Forest (10F-20F) |
| Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia | Chroma Road |
Base stats
| HP: | 70 | |
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| Attack: | 80 | |
| Defense: | 102 | |
| SpAtk: | 80 | |
| SpDef: | 102 | |
| Speed: | 40 |
Type effectiveness
| Weak to | Resistant to | Immune to | Normal effectiveness |
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Notes:
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Learnset
Vespiquen is capable of learning the following moves.
Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.
By leveling up
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| Level | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Contest | Appeal |
| Start | Gust | Flying | Special | 40 | 100% | 35 | Smart | 3 ♥♥♥
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| Start | Sweet Scent | Normal | Status | — | 100% | 20 | Cute | 2 ♥♥
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| 3 | Poison Sting | Poison | Physical | 15 | 100% | 35 | Smart | 2 ♥♥
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| 7 | Confuse Ray | Ghost | Status | — | 100% | 10 | Smart | 2 ♥♥
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| 9 | Fury Cutter | Bug | Physical | 10 | 95% | 20 | Cool | 2 ♥♥
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| 13 | Defend Order | Bug | Status | — | —% | 10 | Smart | 0 |
| 15 | Pursuit | Dark | Physical | 40 | 100% | 20 | Smart | 1 ♥
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| 19 | Fury Swipes | Normal | Physical | 18 | 80% | 15 | Tough | 2 ♥♥
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| 21 | Power Gem | Rock | Special | 70 | 100% | 20 | Beauty | 3 ♥♥♥
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| 25 | Heal Order | Bug | Status | — | —% | 10 | Smart | 0 |
| 27 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 85% | 10 | Smart | 2 ♥♥
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| 31 | Slash | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100% | 20 | Cool | 3 ♥♥♥
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| 33 | Captivate | Normal | Status | — | 100% | 20 | Beauty | 2 ♥♥
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| 37 | Attack Order | Bug | Physical | 90 | 100% | 15 | Smart | 2 ♥♥
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| 39 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 90% | 15 | Cute | 2 ♥♥
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| 43 | Destiny Bond | Ghost | Status | — | —% | 5 | Smart | 0 |
| Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon | ||||||||
By TM/HM
By breeding
None.
By tutoring
| Generation IV | ||||||||||||||
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| Game | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Contest | Appeal | ||||||
| D | P | Pt | Air Cutter | Flying | Special | 55 | 95% | 25 | Cool | 3 ♥♥♥
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| D | P | Pt | Endeavor | Normal | Physical | — | 100% | 5 | Tough | 2 ♥♥
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| D | P | Pt | Fury Cutter | Bug | Physical | 10 | 90% | 20 | Cool | 2 ♥♥
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| D | P | Pt | Mud-Slap | Ground | Special | 20 | 100% | 10 | Cute | 3 ♥♥♥
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| D | P | Pt | Ominous Wind | Ghost | Special | 60 | 100% | 5 | Smart | 0 | ||||
| D | P | Pt | Signal Beam | Bug | Special | 70 | 100% | 15 | Beauty | 0 | ||||
| D | P | Pt | Snore | Normal | Special | 40 | 100% | 15 | Cool | 3 ♥♥♥
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| D | P | Pt | Swift | Normal | Special | 60 | —% | 20 | Cool | 2 ♥♥
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| Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon A colored initial indicates that the move is not available to be tutored in this game, while a colored background indicates that the move is available. | ||||||||||||||
Side game data
| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness | ||
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 Body size: 1
| Recruit Rate: -4.5% | IQ Group: A |
| Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia | ||
Group: 
| Poké Assist:
| Field Move: Crush x3 |
Evolution
| Unevolved | → Level 21(Female) | First evolution | ||
 Combee Bug Flying |  Vespiquen Bug Flying | |||
Sprites
| Gen | Game | ||||||
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| I | Red | Blue | Yellow | Red (Ja) | Green | Back | |
| This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I. | |||||||
| II | Gold | Silver | Crystal | Back | |||
| This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II. | |||||||
| III | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | FireRed | LeafGreen | Back | |
| This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III. | |||||||
| IV | Diamond | Pearl | Platinum | Back | |||
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For other sprites and images, please see Vespiquen images on Bulbagarden Archives.Trivia
- Vespiquen is the only non-Poison-type Pokémon that can learn Toxic by leveling up.
- Vespiquen has three signature moves, which, along with Hitmonlee*, Porygon, and Porygon's evolutions is the most out of all Pokémon.
- Vespiquen is the only Bug-type Pokémon that has Pressure as its ability.
Origin
Vespiquen is based on queen bees and beehives, along with a combination of real queens.
Name origin
Its name is derived from the words vespa, both a genus name and Latin for wasp, and queen. The name Beequeen is derived from the word bee and queen, referring to the fact that only female bees can become the leader of a colony of bees. Its German name, Honweisel, comes from Hornisse and Weisel. Its French name, Apireine, comes from apis, latin for bee, and reine.
In other languages
External links
| This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species. |
