Vicious V-Bug

The Vicious V-Bug is a strange mandiblard that appears in Pikmin: Sinister Incinerator. It is a black insectoid with a tough hide and displays remarkable hostility towards other organisms it encounters. Its hostility also extends to bomb-rocks it finds, which often ends with spectacular results. The Vicious V-Bug is unable to kill Pikmin and can only swipe off their flowers and knock them over with the oversized shearing appendages on its frontal limbs. Overall, the creature is merely a harmless distraction. Vicious V-Bugs are notorious for decimating stick bridges. When defeated, the Vicious V-Bug will chatter for three seconds before exploding into confetti and streamers, emitting bright lights and creating sounds reminiscent of a firecracker. This explosion cannot kill Pikmin. After its spectacular death, a Vicious V-Bug will leave behind its charred corpse.

Trivia

 * The Vicious V-Bug was conceived on Guy Fawkes Day and is one of the first enemies created for Pikmin: Sinister Incinerator despite its overbearing insignificance.