Scornet

Scornets are tiny hornet-like cone-shaped creatures in Pikmin 3 that are lead by the Scornet Maestro.

These enemies are capable of making coordinated formations that are capable of capturing and eventually killing your Pikmin swarm, by picking up your Pikmin, and then flying around the Scornet Maestro, which you can free by throwing a Pikmin at them. If a captured Pikmin is not freed, over time it will be carried away and lost. The first swarm of about 30 individuals appears just after a lily pad river ride, completely harmless to the player and their Pikmin. When found alone, these creatures as much less uniform and easier to defeat. The only other swarm found is during the Scornet Maestro boss fight, and uses three different attacks: a cone, rectangle, and circle attack. In Mission Mode, a group of 30 scornets are in Twilight River Remix.