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Weedle

Hairy Bug Pokémon

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Weedle

Weedle (shiny)

Height: 0.3 m
Weight: 3.2 kg

Training & breeding details

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate255(43.9%)Easy catch

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time15 cycles · ~4,080 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP39

Beware of the sharp stinger on its head. It hides in grass and bushes where it eats leaves.

In Pokémon GO · 456 max CP 5 TCG Pocket cards

Base stats

HP

40

Attack

35

Defense

30

Sp. Atk

20

Sp. Def

20

Speed

50

Total

195

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Protects against incoming moves' extra effects.

Ensures success fleeing from wild battles.

Egg groups: Bug

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Resistant to

Bug½×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Soon to be Kakuna

LC

Moves

Item

Life Orb / Oran Berry / Choice Band

NatureAdamant+Atk/−SpA

EV spread

HP196

Atk▲236

Def36

Spe36

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Where to find Weedle

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Red

Route 2 Route 24 Route 25 Viridian Forest

Blue

Route 25 Viridian Forest

Silver

Azalea Town Ilex Forest Lake of Rage National Park Route 2 Route 26 Route 27 Route 30 Route 31 Route 34 Route 35 Route 36 Route 37 Route 38 Route 39

Crystal

Ilex Forest National Park Route 30 Route 31

FireRed

Pattern Bush Route 2 Route 24 Route 25 Viridian Forest

LeafGreen

Pattern Bush Route 2 Route 24 Route 25 Viridian Forest

Diamond

Pearl

Platinum

Eterna Forest Route 204

HeartGold

SoulSilver

Ilex Forest National Park Route 2 Route 30 Route 31 Unknown; all bugs Viridian Forest

X

Route 2 Santalune Forest

Y

Santalune Forest

Let's Go Pikachu

Route 2 Viridian Forest

Let's Go Eevee

Route 2 Viridian Forest

Red Japan

Route 2 Route 24 Route 25 Viridian Forest

Green Japan

Route 25 Viridian Forest

Evolution

Weedle

Lv. 7

Kakuna

Lv. 10

Beedrill

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Weedle can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Poison StingSTAB

Moves

Find a move3 of 3

Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Poison Sting Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Physical	15	100	35
1	String Shot Lowers the target’s Speed by two stages.	Bug	Status	—	95	40
9	Bug Bite If target has a berry, inflicts double damage and uses the berry.	Bug	Physical	60	100	20

Sprites & renders

29 sprites & renders for Weedle.

Official artwork

Pokémon HOME

Animated

Animated (back)

Front

Back

Across the games

Yellow

Red · Blue

red green japan

Menu Icons

Black · White

Gold

Silver

Crystal

Menu Icons

Platinum

Diamond · Pearl

HeartGold · SoulSilver

X · Y

Menu Icons

ORAS

Menu Icons

Emerald

Ruby · Sapphire

FireRed · LeafGreen

Menu Icons

Ultra Sun · Moon

lets go pikachu lets go eevee

Menu Icons

More Bug-type Pokémon

Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.

All Bug-type Pokémon

Community notes

No reader notes on Weedle yet.

Cite this page

“Weedle”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/weedle.

Species data from PokéAPI.