Bug

Bugs are collectable items in the. Players can catch them with a net. They can be donated to the museum, sold to Tom Nook, or placed in the player's home inside a Bug Cage, like a piece of furniture. Most of them are worth a lot less than most fish at Tom Nook's store. A large amount of insects will only emerge during the Summer, a few unique species emerge in Autumn and Spring, and there are almost none during the Winter.

For further information see Bug Catching.

List of Bugs between games
Main: Insects (Animal Forest)

In the original N64 there are 32 species to obtain. Main: Insects (Animal Crossing) In the Japanese and its English counterpart  there are 40 species to obtain, up by 8. Pill Bug, Mole Cricket, Mosquito, Pondskater, Ant, Bagworm, Spider and Snail are new to the game.

Main: Insects (Animal Forest e+) In the japanese-only game an extra 8 species occur, making a total of 48. The new species include the Birdwing, Hercules Beetle, Diving Beetle, Flea, Crab, Hermit Crab, Coconut Crab and Dung Beetle.

Main: Insects (Wild World)

In a total of 56 insects occur, with many added and many dropped. Dropped insects include Flat Stag Beetle, Pine Cricket, Purple Butterfly, Drone Beetle, Mountain Beetle, and Bagworm. New insects include Agrias, Peacock Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly, Emperor Butterfly, Birdwing Butterfly, Moth, Oak Silk Moth, Honeybee, Lanternfly, Walkingstick, Orchid Mantis, Fruit Beetle, Scarab Beetle, Stag Beetle, Rainbow Stag, Goliath Beetle, Atlas Beetle, Elephant Beetle, Hercules Beetle, Fly, Scorpion and Tarantula. Insects dropped from include Crab, Hermit Crab, Coconut Crab.

Main: Insects (City Folk)

In a total of 64 insects occur. Dropped insects include Cockroach, Stag Beetle. New insects include Centipede, Raja Brooke, Giant Petaltail, Walking Leaf, Violin Beetle, Miyama Stag, Golden Stag and Cyclommatus. Returned insects include Diving Beetle and Bagworm.

Main: Insects (New Leaf)

In a total of 72 insects occur with 8 new insects. New insects include Bear Cicada, Cicada Larva, House Centipede, Stinkbug, Katydid, Tiger Beetle and Wharf Roach. Returned insects include the Hermit Crab.

Golden Net
When the player catches all the types of bugs, Tortimer will appear outside the player's house the next day and award them with a Golden Net.

In Animal Crossing
In, he will say this to the player:

''I've been a-waiting for you, player. Word is that you've been catching bugs... Those tiny little monsters... You likely had no idea at the time, but when you caught every last kind of insect we know of in these parts... You became the most famous bug-catching-person in the history of ! Hurrah for you, sprout! To commemorate such a wild and woolly occasion, I'd like you to have this fine Golden Net. I suppose now that you're a big, famous bug-catcher you may not need it... ...But this is the kind of net that really makes a difference when you're having trouble catching butterflies. Yepper! Treat 'er with care, sprout! You won't be getting one anywhere else, and there's no replacing it, you know... Yepper, chasing bugs is good, but I'm partial to chasing Zs. Oooh... Looks like a tough crowd out there today...''

Bug List
Here are all of the bugs in the series.


 * *Note: (AC)  = Animal Crossing,  (WW) = Animal Crossing: Wild World,  (CF)  = Animal Crossing: City Folk,  (NL)  = Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Insects with any of the above brackets next to their name only appear in those games unless otherwise stated in the articles.