Leavanny is a dual type Bug and Grass Pokemon introduced in Generation V. It evolves from Swadloon when leveled up with high friendship. It is the final form of Sewaddle. Take a look below for 21 fun and interesting facts about Leavanny.
1. Leavanny is a thin, yellow, bipedal insectoid Pokemon.
2. It has a broad, split leaf around its large, round head and it has long antennae that end in semicircles.
3. Its eyes are red with no apparent sclerae.
4. Its tiny thorax is dark green, and its long abdomen is yellow and covered in a green leaf.
5. Its hands are long and leaf-like with a “bite” taken out of each.
6. Its upper arms are also leaf-like, but with a vein of yellow at the top.
7. Its thin legs are yellow with dark green, thick segments around its upper legs, making them appear armored.
8. Leavanny lives in forests.
9. It is very parental and uses its cutters and a sticky silk it produces to create clothing made of leaves for small Pokémon.
10. It also warms its eggs with fermenting fallen leaves.
11. Leavanny has the characteristics of several insects.
12. Primarily, it appears to be based on a bipedal Phylliidae, but like its pre-evolved forms, it is also based on the silver-spotted skipper and weaver ants.
13. Its leafy “dress”, “collar”, and “paned sleeve” arms may be based on fashion in the early 1600s. Because of the way it acts towards smaller Pokémon and its baby Sewaddle, it could also be based on a human mother.
14. Its general body structure is also similar to that of a Choeradodis mantis, which also have laterally expanded thoraxes and abdomens.
15. Leavanny is a combination of leaves and nanny. It may also derive from Levana, the ancient Roman goddess of newborn babies.
16. Ash’s Swadloon evolved into a Leavanny in Battling the Leaf Thieves! during a practice battle against Iris’s Emolga.
17. Leavanny debuted in Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest!, under the ownership of Burgh. It reappeared in Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!, where it participated in Burgh’s Gym battle against Ash. It defeated Ash’s Swadloon but was eventually defeated by Pikachu. Leavanny reappeared in flashbacks in Battling the Leaf Thieves! and Certain Up, Unova League!.
18. A Leavanny appeared in Movie Time! Zorua in “The Legend of the Pokémon Knight”!, under the ownership of Luke. It would help him create costumes for the film, and was once assisted by Ash’s Swadloon. It reappeared in An Epic Defense Force!, where it played a part of Luke’s latest movie.
19. A Trainer’s Leavanny made a cameo appearance in Cilan Takes Flight!.
20. A Leavanny appeared in Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice during the Swords of Justice legend.
21. A Leavanny appeared in a flashback in Team Plasma’s Pokémon Power Plot!.