Bug Encylopedia

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Alphabetical Listing
Agrias Butterfly	Ant	Bagworm	Banded Dragonfly	Bee	Bell Cricket
Birdwing Butterfly	Brown Cicada	Centipede	Cicada Shell	Common Butterfly	Cricket
Cyclommatus Stag	Darner Dragonfly	Diving Beetle	Dung Beetle	Emperor Butterfly	Evening Cicada
Firefly	Flea	Fly	Fruit Beetle	Giant Cicada	Giant Stag
Golden Stag	Goliath Beetle	Grasshopper	Hermit Crab	Honeybee	Horned Atlas
Horned Dynastid	Horned Elephant	Horned Hercules	House Centipede	Jewel Beetle	Ladybug
Lantern Fly	Long Locust	Longhorn Beetle	Mantis	Migratory Locust	Miyama Stag
Mole Cricket	Monarch Butterfly	Mosquito	Moth	Oak Silk Moth	Orchid Mantis
Peacock Butterfly	Petailtail Dragonfly	Pill Bug	Pondskater	Rainbow Stag	Raja Brooke Butterfly
Red Dragonfly	Rice Grasshopper	Robust Cicada	Saw Stag	Scarab Beetle	Scorpion
Snail	Spider	Stinkbug	Tarantula	Tiger Beetle	Tiger Butterfly
Violin Beetle	Walker Cicada	Walking Leaf	Walking Stick	Wharf Roach	Yellow Butterfly

Encyclopedia Listing

	Location	Near flowers	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Mar-Jun: 4am-7pm Sep: 8am-4pm	Peak	Mar-Jun: 8am-5pm
	Selling Price	90 Bells	Cage Type	Green	Average Size	54mm
Common Butterfly	Catch phrase	I caught a common butterfly! How could I resist?

	Location	Near flowers	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Mar-Jun: 4am-7pm Sep: 8am-4pm	Peak	Mar-Jun: 8am-5pm
	Selling Price	90 Bells	Cage Type	Green	Average Size	54mm
Yellow Butterfly	Catch phrase	I caught a yellow butterfly! Now to catch a toastfly!

	Location	Near pink and red flowers	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Mar-Jun: 4am-7pm Jul-Aug: 8am-5pm Sep: 8am-4pm	Peak	Mar-Jun: 8am-5pm
	Selling Price	160 Bells	Cage Type	Yellow	Average Size	114mm
Tiger Butterfly	Catch phrase	I caught a tiger butterfly! Looks like I pounced first!

	Location	Near black, blue and purple flowers	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Mar-Jun: 4am-7pm Jul: 4am-5pm Aug: 8am-5pm Sep: 8am-4pm	Peak	Mar-Jun: 8am-5pm
	Selling Price	220 Bells	Cage Type	Yellow	Average Size	133mm
Peacock Butterfly	Catch phrase	I caught a peacock butterfly! Is it a bird or a bug?

	Location	Near flowers	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Sep-Oct: 4am-5pm Nov: 8am-5pm	Peak	Oct-Nov: 8am-4pm
	Selling Price	140 Bells	Cage Type	Red	Average Size	108mm
Monarch Butterfly	Catch phrase	I caught a monarch butterfly! Who rules now? I rule now!

	Location	Near flowers	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jun-Sep: 7pm-8am	Peak	-
	Selling Price	2,500 Bells	Cage Type	Red	Average Size	146mm
Emperor Butterfly	Catch phrase	I caught an emperor butterfly! Feeling blue, Your Majesty?

	Location	Near flowers	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jun-Sep: 8am-5pm	Peak	-
	Selling Price	3,000 Bells	Cage Type	Red	Average Size	53mm
Agrias Butterfly	Catch phrase	I caught an agrias butterfly! I guess this one agreed with me!

	Location	Near freshwater	Appears
	Months & Times Available	May-Sep: 8am-5pm	Peak	-
	Selling Price	2,500 Bells	Cage Type	Purple	Average Size	178mm
Raja Brooke Butterfly	Catch phrase	I caught a Raja Brooke butterfly! It's worth about as much as royalty!

	Location	Near flowers	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jun-Sep: 8am-4pm	Peak	-
	Selling Price	4,000 Bells	Cage Type	Red	Average Size	250mm
Birdwing Butterfly	Catch phrase	I caught a birdwing butterfly! Wow! It's about the size of a bird!

	Location	Near outdoor lights	Appears
	Months & Times Available	May-Sep: 7pm-4am	Peak	Jun-Aug
	Selling Price	60 Bells	Cage Type	Green	Average Size	55mm
Moth	Catch phrase	I caught a moth! It finally saw the light!

	Location	On trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jun-Sep: 7pm-4am	Peak	-
	Selling Price	1,200 Bells	Cage Type	Yellow	Average Size	320mm
Oak Silk Moth	Catch phrase	I caught an oak silk moth! Who's smooth now?

	Location	Near flowers	Appears
	Months & Times Available	May-Jun: 8am-5pm Jul: 8am-4pm	Peak	-
	Selling Price	100 Bells	Cage Type	Green	Average Size	16mm
Honeybee	Catch phrase	I caught a honeybee! What a sweet catch!

	Location	In trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	All year: All day	Peak	-
	Selling Price	2,500 Bells	Cage Type	Red	Average Size	30mm
Bee	Catch phrase	I caught a bee! Bzzz! Bzzz! Bzzz! Phew!...But why am I still holding it?!

	Location	On ground	Appears
	Months & Times Available	May-Nov: 8am-7pm	Peak	Sep-Nov
	Selling Price	200 Bells	Cage Type	Green	Average Size	60mm
Long Locust	Catch phrase	I caught a long locust! It got the short end of the stick!

	Location	On ground	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Aug-Nov: 8am-7pm	Peak	8am-4pm
	Selling Price	600 Bells	Cage Type	Yellow	Average Size	50mm
Migratory Locust	Catch phrase	I caught a migratory locust! It migrated to a good spot!

	Location	On ground	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Aug-Nov: 8am-7pm	Peak	Aug-Oct
	Selling Price	400 Bells	Cage Type	Blue	Average Size	25mm
Rice Grasshopper	Catch phrase	I caught a rice grasshopper! Now I just need a soy-sauce mantis!

	Location	On flowers	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Apr-Nov: 8am-5pm	Peak	Sep-Nov: 8am-4pm
	Selling Price	430 Bells	Cage Type	Yellow	Average Size	82mm
Mantis	Catch phrase	I caught a mantis! Time to pay your respects!

	Location	On white flowers	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Apr-Nov: 8am-5pm	Peak	-
	Selling Price	2,400 Bells	Cage Type	Red	Average Size	46mm
Orchid Mantis	Catch phrase	I caught an orchid mantis! My eyes see all!

	Location	On trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Aug: 8am-5pm	Peak	8am-4pm
	Selling Price	200 Bells	Cage Type	Green	Average Size	57mm
Brown Cicada	Catch phrase	I caught a brown cicada! These things are everywhere!

	Location	On trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Aug: 8am-5pm	Peak	8am-4pm
	Selling Price	300 Bells	Cage Type	Green	Average Size	60mm
Robust Cicada	Catch phrase	I caught a robust cicada! It seems pretty lively to me! (Normal) I caught a robust cicada! They're pretty docile on rainy days. (Raining)

	Location	On trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Aug: 8am-5pm	Peak	-
	Selling Price	500 Bells	Cage Type	Blue	Average Size	62mm
Giant Cicada	Catch phrase	I caught a giant cicada! Luckily I didn't need a bean stalk! (Normal) I caught a giant cicada! Scratch that: a giant WET cicada! (Raining)

	Location	On trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Sep: 8am-5pm	Peak	Aug
	Selling Price	400 Bells	Cage Type	Yellow	Average Size	35mm
Walker Cicada	Catch phrase	I caught a walker cicada! I'm the one walkin' the walk now! (Normal) I caught a walker cicada! Walkin' in the rain, it seems! (Raining)

	Location	On trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Aug: 4am-8am, 4pm-7pm	Peak	-
	Selling Price	550 Bells	Cage Type	Yellow	Average Size	33mm
Evening Cicada	Catch phrase	I caught an evening cicada! It just wasn't its night! (Normal) I caught an evening cicada! More like a RAINY-evening cicada! (Raining)

	Location	On trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Aug: All day	Peak	-
	Selling Price	100 Bells	Cage Type	Blue	Average Size	40mm
Cicada Shell	Catch phrase	I found a cicada shell! It's just a shell of its former self!

	Location	On trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jun:4pm-7pm, 11pm-8am Jul-Aug: 4pm-8am Sep: 4pm-7pm, 11pm-8am	Peak	-
	Selling Price	1,800 Bells	Cage Type	Yellow	Average Size	70mm
Lantern Fly	Catch phrase	I caught a lantern fly! Hmm. Must have run out of gas.

	Location	In air	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Sep-Oct: 8am-7pm	Peak	4pm-5pm
	Selling Price	80 Bells	Cage Type	Green	Average Size	40mm
Red Dragonfly	Catch phrase	I caught a red dragonfly! Wonder if it breathes fire...

	Location	In air	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jun-Aug: 8am-5pm	Peak	4pm-5pm
	Selling Price	200 Bells	Cage Type	Yellow	Average Size	77mm
Darner Dragonfly	Catch phrase	I caught a darner dragonfly! I got darn lucky!

	Location	In air	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Aug: 8am-5pm	Peak	-
	Selling Price	4,500 Bells	Cage Type	Red	Average Size	105mm
Banded Dragonfly	Catch phrase	I caught a banded dragonfly! Now to find the rest of its band!

	Location	In air	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Aug-Oct: 5pm-7pm	Peak	-
	Selling Price	8,000 Bells	Cage Type	Purple	Average Size	160mm
Petaltail Dragonfly	Catch phrase	I did it! I caught a petailtail dragonfly! It might be big, but I'm bigger!

	Location	On candy, lollipop, rotten perfect fruit, and rotten turnips	Appears
	Months & Times Available	All year: All day	Peak	-
	Selling Price	80 Bells	Cage Type	Farm	Average Size	6mm
Ant	Catch phrase	I caught an ant! I'm exuber-ant! Well...not really...

	Location	On freshwater	Appears
	Months & Times Available	May-Sep: 8am-7pm	Peak	Jun: 5pm-7pm
	Selling Price	130 Bells	Cage Type	Green	Average Size	15mm
Pondskater	Catch phrase	I caught a pondskater! Why aren't they called pondskiers?

	Location	In river	Appears
	Months & Times Available	May-Sep: 8am-5pm	Peak	-
	Selling Price	800 Bells	Cage Type	Purple	Average Size	37mm
Diving Beetle	Catch phrase	I caught a diving beetle! It's like I have sonar or something!

	Location	On trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Apr-Oct: All day	Peak	-
	Selling Price	120 Bells	Cage Type	Blue	Average Size	14mm
Stinkbug	Catch phrase	I caught a stinkbug! Yup, yup, that stinks all right!

	Location	On shrubs during rain	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Apr-Sep: All day	Peak	May-Jun
	Selling Price	250 Bells	Cage Type	Green	Average Size	57mm
Snail	Catch phrase	I caught a snail! Ok, well, maybe I found a snail.

	Location	On ground	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Sep-Nov: 5pm-8am	Peak	Nov
	Selling Price	130 Bells	Cage Type	Wood	Average Size	17mm
Cricket	Catch phrase	I caught a cricket! That's a sticky wicket, isn't it?

	Location	On ground	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Sep-Oct: 5pm-8am	Peak	-
	Selling Price	430 Bells	Cage Type	Wood	Average Size	21mm
Bell Cricket	Catch phrase	I caught a bell cricket! Odd, it doesn't look like money...

	Location	On ground	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul: 4pm-5pm Aug-Sep: 8am-5pm	Peak	Sep
	Selling Price	160 Bells	Cage Type	Wood	Average Size	34mm
Grasshopper	Catch phrase	I caught a grasshopper! Seems it's hopped its last!

	Location	Underground	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Nov-May: All day	Peak	-
	Selling Price	280 Bells	Cage Type	Green	Average Size	44mm
Mole Cricket	Catch phrase	I caught a mole cricket! And I didn't even have to reset!

	Location	On ground	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Sep: 8am-5pm	Peak	-
	Selling Price	600 Bells	Cage Type	Purple	Average Size	75mm
Walking Leaf	Catch phrase	I caught a walking leaf! I'm glad it can't run!

	Location	On trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Aug: 4am-8am, 5pm-7pm Sep-Nov: 4am-7pm	Peak	-
	Selling Price	600 Bells	Cage Type	Yellow	Average Size	85mm
Walking Stick	Catch phrase	I caught a walking stick! Check out its walking schtick!

	Location	In trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Oct-Feb: All day	Peak	Nov-Dec: 8am-7pm
	Selling Price	300 Bells	Cage Type	Purple	Average Size	35mm
Bagworm	Catch phrase	I caught a bagworm! Ain't no one baggin' on me now!

	Location	On flowers	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Mar-Jun, Oct: 8am-5pm	Peak	Mar-May
	Selling Price	200 Bells	Cage Type	Green	Average Size	6.5mm
Ladybug	Catch phrase	I caught a ladybug! Or is this one a man?

	Location	On tree stumps	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jun: 4am-7pm Sep-Oct: 4am-5pm Nov: 8am-5pm	Peak	-
	Selling Price	260 Bells	Cage Type	Purple	Average Size	51mm
Violin Beetle	Catch phrase	I caught a violin beetle! But how do I tune it?

	Location	On tree stumps	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Aug: 11pm-7pm	Peak	-
	Selling Price	260 Bells	Cage Type	Yellow	Average Size	52mm
Longhorn Beetle	Catch phrase	I caught an longhorn beetle! I had to steer it toward my net!

	Location	On ground	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Mar-Sep: 8am-7pm Oct: 4am-5pm	Peak	-
	Selling Price	1,500 Bells	Cage Type	Blue	Average Size	18mm
Tiger Beetle	Catch phrase	I caught a tiger beetle! Who was really hunting whom?

	Location	Pushing snowballs	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Dec-Feb: 5pm-8am	Peak	-
	Selling Price	800 Bells	Cage Type	Yellow	Average Size	33mm
Dung Beetle	Catch phrase	I caught a dung beetle! Nah, the joke's just too easy.

	Location	On beach	Appears
	Months & Times Available	All year: All day	Peak	-
	Selling Price	200 Bells	Cage Type	Blue	Average Size	42mm
Wharf Roach	Catch phrase	I caught a wharf roach! Even the beaches must be messy!

	Location	On island beach	Appears
	Months & Times Available	All year: 7pm-8am	Peak	-
	Selling Price	1,000 Bells	Cage Type	Blue	Average Size	40mm
Hermit Crab	Catch phrase	I caught a hermit crab! Finally, it came out of its shell!

	Location	Near freshwater	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jun: 7pm-4am	Peak	-
	Selling Price	300 Bells	Cage Type	Yellow	Average Size	13mm
Firefly	Catch phrase	I caught a firefly! Now I'm glowing with pride!

	Location	On trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Aug: All day Sep: 7pm-8am	Peak	Jul-Aug: 5pm-4am
	Selling Price	100 Bells	Cage Type	Green	Average Size	20mm
Fruit Beetle	Catch phrase	I caught a fruit beetle! Orange you glad I did?!

	Location	On trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Aug: 11pm-8am	Peak	-
	Selling Price	6,000 Bells	Cage Type	Red	Average Size	32mm
Scarab Beetle	Catch phrase	I caught a scarab beetle! Pfff. I've seen scarier!

	Location	On trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Aug: 8am-5pm	Peak	-
	Selling Price	2,400 Bells	Cage Type	Red	Average Size	35mm
Jewel Beetle	Catch phrase	I caught a jewel beetle! A real diamond in the rough!

	Location	On trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Aug: All day	Peak	Aug: 7pm-8am
	Selling Price	1,000 Bells	Cage Type	Purple	Average Size	60mm
Miyama Stag	Catch phrase	I caught a miyama stag! Glad I overcame my stag fright!

	Location	On trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Aug: All day	Peak	7pm-8am
	Selling Price	2,000 Bells	Cage Type	Red	Average Size	54mm
Saw Stag	Catch phrase	I caught a saw stag! Is carpentry big in the bug world?

	Location	On trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Aug: 11pm-8am	Peak	-
	Selling Price	10,000 Bells	Cage Type	Red	Average Size	55mm
Giant Stag	Catch phrase	Whoa! I caught a giant stag! Small world, isn't it?

	Location	On trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jun: 7pm-8am Jul-Aug: 5pm-8am Sep: 7pm-8am	Peak	-
	Selling Price	10,000 Bells	Cage Type	Red	Average Size	60mm
Rainbow Stag	Catch phrase	I caught a rainbow stag! Aren't you a colorful bug!

	Location	on palm trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Aug: 5pm-8am	Peak	-
	Selling Price	8,000 Bells	Cage Type	Purple	Average Size	90mm
Cyclommatus Stag	Catch phrase	I caught a cyclommatus stag! Need some tweezers?

	Location	On palm trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Aug: 5pm-8am	Peak	-
	Selling Price	12,000 Bells	Cage Type	Purple	Average Size	62mm
Golden Stag	Catch phrase	Whoa! I caught a golden stag! Better not spend it all in one place!

	Location	On trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Aug: 5pm-8am	Peak	11pm-8am
	Selling Price	1,350 Bells	Cage Type	Red	Average Size	72mm
Horned Dynastid	Catch phrase	I caught a horned dynastid! Your era just ended, buddy!

	Location	On palm trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Aug: 5pm-8am	Peak	-
	Selling Price	8,000 Bells	Cage Type	Red	Average Size	152mm
Horned Atlas	Catch phrase	I caught a horned atlas! It's like a weight has been lifted!

	Location	On palm trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Aug: 5pm-8am	Peak	-
	Selling Price	8,000 Bells	Cage Type	Red	Average Size	146mm
Horned Elephant	Catch phrase	I caught a horned elephant! Did it get lost from the herd?

	Location	On palm trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Aug: 5pm-8am	Peak	-
	Selling Price	12,000 Bells	Cage Type	Red	Average Size	160mm
Horned Hercules	Catch phrase	I caught a horned hercules! Who's the mighty one now?

	Location	On palm trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jun: 7pm-8am Jul-Aug: 5pm-8am Sep: 7pm-8am	Peak	-
	Selling Price	6,000 Bells	Cage Type	Red	Average Size	108mm
Goliath Beetle	Catch phrase	I caught a goliath beetle! Hah! He doesn't look so big.

	Location	On villagers	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Mar-Nov: All day	Peak	-
	Selling Price	70 Bells	Cage Type	Yellow	Average Size	3mm
Flea	Catch phrase	I caught a flea! Oh no, now I'm itchy!

	Location	Under rocks	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Sep-Jun: All day Jul-Aug: 7pm-4am	Peak	Nov-Mar
	Selling Price	250 Bells	Cage Type	Green	Average Size	13mm
Pill Bug	Catch phrase	I caught a pill bug! I don't know... It seems nice to me!

	Location	In air	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jun-Sep: 5pm-4am	Peak	7pm-11pm
	Selling Price	130 Bells	Cage Type	Green	Average Size	4.5mm
Mosquito	Catch phrase	I caught a mosquito! Why you be hatin', mosquito?!

	Location	Near garbage, rafflesia, rotten perfect fruit, and spoiled turnips	Appears
	Months & Times Available	All year: All day	Peak	-
	Selling Price	60 Bells	Cage Type	Green	Average Size	9mm
Fly	Catch phrase	I caught a fly... Quite the buzzkill for it!

	Location	Under rocks	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Aug-Oct: 7pm-8am	Peak	-
	Selling Price	250 Bells	Cage Type	Blue	Average Size	25mm
House Centipede	Catch phrase	I caught a house centipede! Make yourself at home--in my net!

	Location	Under rocks	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jun-Feb: 4pm-11pm	Peak	-
	Selling Price	300 Bells	Cage Type	Purple	Average Size	152mm
Centipede	Catch phrase	I caught a centipede! Impede the centipede!

	Location	In trees	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Mar-Jun: All day Jul-Aug: 7pm-8am Sep: All day Oct: 11pm-4pm	Peak	Apr-May: 4pm-8am Sep: 7pm-8am
	Selling Price	300 Bells	Cage Type	Green	Average Size	25mm
Spider	Catch phrase	I caught a spider! My net is kinda like a web, right?

	Location	On ground	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jun-Aug: 7pm-4am	Peak	-
	Selling Price	8,000 Bells	Cage Type	Red	Average Size	83mm
Tarantula	Catch phrase	I caught a tarantula! WHAAAA! Destroy it!

	Location	On ground	Appears
	Months & Times Available	Jul-Sep: 7pm-4am	Peak	-
	Selling Price	8,000 Bells	Cage Type	Red	Average Size	203mm
Scorpion	Catch phrase	I caught a scorpion! Not so fast now, are ya?!