How To Catch Bugs In Animal Crossing New Leaf

How to Catch Bugs [edit]

Bugs can be a little harder to collect compared to fish. With fish yous know they will exist in the water, still bugs are plant in a number of different places throughout your town. You will need a net in lodge to catch bugs. You can buy a net at Nookling Junction for 500 Bells.

Due to the fact that bugs are establish in a number of dissimilar places in your town it is important to keep a sentinel. It is likewise advisable to have your sound turned up as a lot of the bugs brand dissonance, which tin help you locate them. When you're hunting bugs on the trees or on the ground it's recommendable go as far south as y'all can and proceed northwards: you lot'll have a much better view of the surroundings.

Some bugs only appear on coconut or banana copse, then exist sure to plant some.

The bugs available to catch depend on several different factors such as time of day, month, and even weather conditions. If you are trying to go a particular bug first be sure y'all are hunting at the right time of 24-hour interval.

This is a list of the different times of day you can catch bugs.

Morning: 4:00am-9:00am
Apex: ix:00am-iv:00pm
Evening: 4:00pm-eight:00pm
Nighttime: viii:00pm-4:00am

Common places to discover bugs [edit]

In copse: Bees are the most common bugs to be found inside tress. In lodge to get the bees you accept to milkshake the tree and wait for the beehive to fall out. When this happens y'all but have a few seconds to catch 1. If you neglect to catch a bee you will exist stung in the face. The bee sting tin can exist cured by taking medicine or by saving your game. In one case you return to the game, the sting will be gone. Y'all can besides cure bee stings past opening your town gate. If yous are non trying to catch bees and you don't want them to autumn when y'all shake the trees, open the gate and the just things that fall down will be bells and piece of furniture. Spiders are also found by shaking trees, although they aren't equally common as bees.
On copse: A lot of bugs are found sitting on the tree trunks. Sometimes they can blend in and are hard to see, so it'due south a good idea to walk effectually slowly if yous want to take hold of them. But like fish, they bugs will fly (or run) away if you scare them. The all-time way to catch bugs on trees is to slowly approach the tree from the front. So, when your characters head is approximately half-style up the trunk, swing the internet. You should too have a few palm copse on your beach, as a number of beetles tin only exist constitute on this type of tree.
By garbage: Although it is a bad idea to leave garbage lying around in your town, this can be a good manner to attract flies. Flies are hard to catch, but a loud buzzing dissonance will warning players to their presence. If yous exit out garbage or spoiled turnips, flies volition be attracted to them. Spoiled turnips also attract ants.
Hush-hush: Bugs similar the mole cricket spend their time underground. Information technology's a practiced idea to keep your volume upwards, as this is the only fashion to tell where they are. You will accept to dig a few holes before the bug shows itself. Once the bug is above ground you tin can catch it with your internet.
Near lights: Just like in real life, moths like to fly around lights. In the evenings and at nighttime you will notice moths flying effectually the lighted windows and lights in your town.
On the ground: One of the most mutual places yous will find bugs is on the footing. You will discover more bugs on the ground in leap and summer than in winter. You volition have to chase some bugs around earlier yous tin catch them. Some bugs will hunt you before yous catch them. The all-time fashion is to slowly walk toward them and so you don't scare them abroad or brand them assail yous, which usually consists of falling unconscious and waking upward at your house groggy.
On neighbours: Unfortunately some of the villagers in your town may get fleas from time to time. This is an easy way to take hold of this problems. Simply swing you cyberspace at the villager and you will grab a flea. Be careful when hitting villagers with nets (and other tools). If you hit them when they don't have fleas you volition make them aroused.
On flowers: Snails, honeybees, butterflies and other bugs tin can exist establish on or around flowers, so it makes sense to accept a good multifariousness in your town.
In the air: A number of bugs can be constitute happily flying around. Many butterflies and dragonflies tin can be found this mode. Just be on the lookout for these bugs!

What to do with bugs [edit]

Like the fish, there are a few unlike things you tin do with them.

Donate them to the museum: The museum is empty until you start donating things. Blathers will have a newly caught bug from yous, equally long every bit y'all haven't already donated that specific breed (yous will rapidly discover that Blathers has a fright of bugs!). When you donate a bug to Blathers, he will tell you a number of facts about it, which commonly includes the affair that disgusts him the well-nigh most it! Once you've donated the problems you can bank check the bug section of the museum and see all the bugs you have donated.
Sell them: You tin can sell whatsoever bugs you take at Re-Tail or Nookling Junction, preferably at Re-Tail equally they pay more for your items. The toll differs depending on species and whether you accept the Wealthy Town Ordinance enacted. Some bugs sell for 200 bells, while others (like the Aureate Stag) tin can sell for 12,000 bells! This is handy to help pay off that mortgage!
Give them to a villager: Every so often villagers in your town will desire certain items. Usually these items are clothes, furniture, bugs or fish. If y'all are able to provide the villager with the problems (or detail) they requested you volition usually receive a advantage. This can be coin or some other item.
Display them in your business firm: In that location are certain bugs that y'all will exist proud of catching. Scorpions make interesting talking points when y'all have friends in your town via Wi-Fi. Information technology is also handy to store larger bugs in your house while you wait for the 'Bug-off' tournament.

List of Bugs [edit]

Please note that if y'all take the Wealthy Boondocks Ordinance enacted in your boondocks, these prices volition increase by 20%.

Proper noun	Image	Price (Bells)	Location	Months available	Times available
Common Butterfly		90	Nearly Flowers	March-June, September	4am-7pm (Mar-Jun), 8am to 4pm (Sep)
Yellow Butterfly		90	Near Flowers	March-June, September	4am-7pm (Mar-Jun), 8am to 4pm (Sep)
Tiger Butterfly		160	Near Flowers	March-September	4am-7pm (Mar-Jun), 8am-5pm (Jul-Aug), 8am-4pm (Aug)
Peacock Butterfly		220	About blue, majestic or blackness Flowers	March-September	4am-7pm (Mar-Jun), 4am-5pm (Jul), 8am-5pm (Aug), 8am-4pm (Sep)
Monarch Butterfly		140	Near Flowers	September-November	4am-5pm (Sep-Oct), 8am-5pm (Nov)
Emperor Butterfly		ii,500	Virtually Flowers	June-September	7pm-8am
Agrias Butterfly		three,000	Near Flowers	June-September	8am-5pm
Raja B. Butterfly		2,500	Near rivers or ponds	May-September	8am-5pm
Birdwing Butterfly		4,000	Flying	June-September	8am-4pm
Moth		sixty	Flying (near lights)	May-September	7pm-4am
Oak Silk Moth		1,200	On tree trunks	June-September	7pm-4am
Honeybee		100	Near Flowers	March-July	8am-5pm (Mar-Jun), 8am-4pm (Jul)
Bee		2,500	In trees	All year	All day
Long Locust		200	Footing	May-November	8am-7pm
Migratory Locust		600	Ground	August-November	8am-7pm
Rice Grasshopper		400	Basis	August-Nov	8am-7pm
Mantis		430	On flowers	April-November	8am-5pm
Orchid Mantis		2,400	On white flowers	April-November	8am-5pm
Brown Cicada		200	On trees	July-August	8am-5pm
Robust Cicada		300	On trees	July-Baronial	8am-5pm
Giant Cicada		500	On trees	July-Baronial	8am-5pm
Walker Cicada		400	On trees	July-September	8am-5pm
Evening Cicada		550	On trees	July-Baronial	4am-8pm, 4pm-7pm
Cicada Crush		100	On copse	July-August	All 24-hour interval
Lantern Fly		1,800	On trees	June-September	4pm-7pm, 11pm-8am (June-September), 4pm-8am (July-August)
Ruddy Dragonfly		80	Flying	September-October	8am-7pm
Darner Dragonfly		200	Flight	June-August	8am-5pm
Banded Dragonfly	File:ACNL bandeddragonfly.png	4,500	Flight	July-August	8am-5pm
Petaltail Dragonfly		8,000	Flying	August-October	5pm-7pm
Ant		lxxx	Candy, rotton food	All year	All day
Pondskater		130	Water	May-September	8am-7pm
Diving Beetle		800	Water	May-September	8am-5pm
Stinkbug		120	On trees	Apr-October	All twenty-four hour period
Snail		250	On bushes	April-September	All day (rain)
Cricket		160	Ground	September-November	5pm-8am
Bell Cricket		1,720	Ground	September-October	5pm-8am
Grasshopper		160	Ground	July-September	4pm-5pm (July), 8am-5pm (August-September)
Mole Cricket	File:ACNL molecricket.png	280	Secret	November-May	All solar day
Walking Leaf		600	Ground (looks like furniture icon)	July-September	8am-5pm
Walking Stick		600	On trees	July-November	4am-8am, 5pm-7pm (July-August), 4am-7pm (September-Nov
Bagworm	File:ACNL bagworm.png	300	In trees	October-February	All mean solar day
Ladybug		200	On flowers	March-June, Oct	8am-5pm
Violin Beetle		260	On stumps	June, September-November	4am-7pm (June), 4am-5pm (September-October), 8am-5pm (November)
Longhorn Beetle		260	On stumps	July-Baronial	11pm-7am
Tiger Protrude		1,500	Ground	March-October	8am-7pm
Dung Beetle	File:ACNL dungbeetle.png	800	Rolling snowballs	December-February	5pm-8am
Wharf Roach		200	Beach	All year	All day
Hermit Crab		1,000	Island	All twelvemonth	All twenty-four hour period
Firefly		300	Flying (near river)	June	7pm-4am
Fruit Beetle		100	On trees	July-September	All day (July-August), 7pm-8am (September)
Scarab Protrude	File:ACNL scarabbeetle.png	vi,000	On trees	July-August	11pm-8am
Jewel Protrude		two,400	On trees	July-August	8am-5pm
Miyama Stag		i,000	On trees	July-August	All day
Saw Stag		2,000	On copse	July-August	All day
Giant Stag		10,000	On copse	July-August	11pm-8am
Rainbow Stag		ten,000	On trees	June-September	7pm-8am (June, September), 5pm-8am (July-August)
Cyclommatus Stag		8,000	On palm trees	July-Baronial	5pm-8am
Golden Stag		12,000	On palm trees	July-August	5pm-8am
Horned Dynastid		one,350	On trees	July-August	5pm-8am
Horned Atlas		eight,000	Palm trees	June-Baronial	5pm-8am
Horned Elephant		8,000	On palm trees	July-Baronial	5pm-8am
Horned Hercules		12,000	On palm copse	July-August	5pm-8am
Goliath Beetle		half dozen,000	On palm trees	June-September	7am-8pm (June, September), July-August (5pm-8am)
Flea		70	On villagers	March-Nov	All day
Pillbug		250	Under rocks	September-June	All day
Mosquito		130	Flying	June-September	5pm-4am
Wing	File:ACNL wing.png	sixty	Flight (near trash, candy, rotton turnips)	All year	All mean solar day
Business firm Centipede	File:ACNL housecentipede.png	250	Under rocks	August-October	7pm-8am
Centipede		300	Under rocks	June-February	4pm-11pm
Spider		300	In fruit trees	March-Oct	All solar day (March-June, September), 7pm-8am (July-August), 11pm-4pm (October)
Tarantula	File:ACNL tarantula.png	8,000	Ground	June-August	7pm-4am
Scorpion		8,000	Ground	July-September	7pm-4am