Jewel Beetle

"I caught a jewel beetle! Look at that sparkle!" —Wild World

"I caught a jewel beetle! Ooh... Sparkly!" —City Folk

Jewel Beetle
Scientific name	Chrysochroa fulgidissima
Family	Buprestidae - Jewel Beetles
Time of year	July to August
Time of day	8am to 4pm
Location	On trees
Size	35 mm
Rarity	Rare
Selling price	3,000 Bells (Animal Forest, Animal Crossing) 2,400 Bells (Wild World) 2,400 Bells (City Folk)
Appearances	Dōbutsu no Mori, Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing: Wild World, Animal Crossing: City Folk

The Jewel Beetle is a small insect found on trees. It is greenish in color.

Donating to the Museum

As with all insects in the Animal Crossing series series, the jewel beetle can be donated to the Museum by talking to Blathers, who will give a small speech on it.

In Animal Crossing

Blathers speech is as follows:

"The incredible jewel-like iridescence, it's so... So very... It's just so very... nauseating. Yes, that's it."

In Wild World

"I am a nocturnal creature, so this color is rather a bit too bright for me...There's also the fact that I abhor bugs to consider. Blech! Loathsome thing..."

In City Folk

Blathers speech is as follows:

"The Japanese name for the jewel beetle inspired their word for iridescence. Makes sense, I suppose... Since the beetles keep their color after death, it's said their bodies were worn as jewelry long ago. Do you suppose they left the legs and antennae on the bodies when they wore them? ...Blech."

The jewel beetle can be found in the top-most section of the Museum, to the far left, on the same tree as the Rainbow Stag (the tree closest to the light on that side).

Encyclopedia Information

When the player has caught the jewel beetle, they can find information about the insect in the bug menu. Below is the information regarding the jewel beetle:

Wild World

''Birds hate their coloring." Size- 35 mm Season- Summer Time- Afternoon

City Folk

''As their name states, these look like jewels. Birds do not like their color." Size- About 35 mm Season- Summer Time- Noon

Further Information

A real life jewel beetle

The beetle (Chrysochroa fulgidissima) is a buprestid native to Japan and is known as Tamamushi in Japanese. Due to its iridescence, the true color of the bug can be difficult to determine, which is the basis of the expression tamamushi-iro in Japanese. It is used to refer to vague or unclear statements given by a politician. Metallic colors in beetles may not be due to pigments but rather how the structure of surface of the exoskeleton refracts light. These features have on rare occasions been preserved in fossils, some as old as 50 million years, as explained here.

Bugs

Bug groups Beetles • Butterflies • Cicadas • Crickets • Dragonflies • Stunners • Locusts • Moths • Crabs Flying bugs Butterflies: Agrias • Birdwing • Common • Emperor • Monarch • Peacock • Purple • Raja Brooke • Tiger • Yellow Dragonflies: Banded • Common • Darner • Giant Petaltail • Red Others: Firefly • Honeybee • Mosquito • Moth Bugs on flowers Beetles: Ladybug • Spotted Ladybug Other: Mantis • Orchid Mantis • Snail Bugs on garbage All: Ant • Fly Bugs on palm trees Beetles: Atlas | Cyclommatus | Elephant | Golden Stag | Goliath | Hercules Crabs: Coconut Crab Bugs in/on trees Beetles: Drone • Dynastid • Flat Stag • Fruit • Giant • Jewel • Miyama Stag • Mountain • Rainbow Stag • Saw Stag • Scarab • Stag Cicadas: Brown • Evening • Robust • Walker • Lantern Fly Other: Bagworm • Bee • Cockroach • Oak Silk Moth • Spider • Walkingstick Bugs on tree stumps Beetles: Longhorn • Violin Bugs on the ground Crickets: Bell Cricket • Cricket • Pine Cricket Beetles: Dung Beetle Others: Grasshopper • Long Locust • Migratory Locust • Scorpion • Tarantula • Walking Leaf Crabs: Crab • Hermit Crab Bugs underground All: Mole Cricket Bugs under rocks All: Centipede • Pill Bug Bugs on water All: Diving Beetle • Pondskater Bugs on villagers All: Flea

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