The Vicious V-Bug is strange enemy that could only be described as the "disowned cousin of mandiblards". It's a black bug with a tough hide and a fight to pick with pretty much everything, including bomb rocks (often with disastrous results.) The Vicious V-Bug can't actually kill Pikmin; it can only swipe off their flowers and knock them over with its oversized shearing appendages on its frontal limbs. Overall, the creature is simply a distraction that you'll want out of your way as it has the tendency to make things go wrong (it decimates bridges.) When defeated, the Vicious V-Bug will chatter for three seconds before exploding with the power of three bomb rocks, scattering what looks like confetti and emitting bright lights and firecracker-esque and kuzoo sounds.