Spitter Plant

Spitter Plants are enemies that appear in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back. They appear in the levels Diggin' It and Bee-Having where they spit exploding, bomb-like seeds from their mouths at the player.​

They cannot be defeated with a spin or slide due to the spikes they have guarding their entire lower half, but once Crash gets close enough to them, they will hide themselves around their spikes and cover their heads. At this point Crash can easily finish them off with a belly flop as jumping on them just causes Crash to bounce. In order to access the secret entrance to Road to Ruin via the secret warp room, one of the spitter plants must be defeated with a belly flop.

Crash can also defeat them by digging underneath them and spinning them. They drop a significant amount of wumpa fruit after being defeated.

Trivia

 * They bear a striking resemblance to the Venus fly traps.
 * In the beta version of the game, the spitter plants' heads were purple instead of red.