Black Lum
‘These winged little nasties are concentrated puffs of pure evil, the brainless spawn of their master, the Dark Lum Lord who now resides trapped inside Globox's stomach. Channelling their fury into an army of Hoodlums, Dark Lums will stop at nothing to free their Lord and unleash an insidious rule of darkness upon Rayman's world.’
A Black Lum, also known as a Dark Lum, is a type of evil Lum that was first introduced in Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc. It is the result of a Red Lum that had been frightened. Unlike the other Lums in Rayman's world, these do not shine, hence their name, and instead look like hairy insects with large bloodshot eyes and grey lips. André, the leader of the Black Lums, is the only one that has a pair of arms. When several Black Lums gather into a swarm, they steal the fur from animals like Mawpaws and weave it into costumes for themselves, thus becoming Hoodlums. In the main version of Rayman 3, the Black Lum controlling a Hoodlum flees when Rayman defeats the Hoodlum; in the handheld version of the game, Black Lums appear as direct enemies which can be defeated; in this version, Admiral Razorbeard seeks to capture Globox so that he can take control of the power of André, whom Globox has swallowed. Once Rayman receives his grimace power from Gumsi, he can use it to convert Black Lums back into Red Lums (assuming that he uses the grimace on them quickly after defeating their Hoodlums, while they are still stunned and before they get a chance to fly away). They are known to like humid, damp areas, particularily swamps, and dislike music.
Black Lums are visually very similar to the smaller caterpillars which appear in Rayman 2: The Great Escape.