Rice grasshopper

A Rice Grasshopper is a very rare bug in the introduced in. It is distinguishable from the Grasshopper by the rattling noise that it makes. It can be found on the ground from 8 AM to 7 PM between August and November, selling for 400 Bells.

Donating to the museum
As with all bugs in the Animal Crossing series, Rice Grasshoppers can be donated to the museum and information about it can be found in the bug exhibit.

In
Upon donation to the museum, the Rice Grasshopper can be found on the right side of the first room of the insect section of the museum. "Rice grasshoppers are typically known as pests that eat farmers' crops, making them undesirable. But they are also edible, and boiling them in soy sauce is a typical way to prepare them in certain regions. While they are generally green, their shells will turn a darker color when heavily crowded in groups."

In
"In point of fact, rice grasshoppers are an awful pest! They devour rice plants and wipe out the crucial crop. But revenge is sweet! These bugs are edible, you see, and so some folks eat them as way to get rid of them. When boiled in soy sauce, rice grasshoppers are quite tasty, it's said. Though why anyone would put an insect in their mouth is beyond me. The mere thought gives me the gags! "

Real-world information
The Oxya yezoensis is a pest from Japan that feeds on rice plants in the paddies. It became a source of protein and calcium in inland areas of what is now known as Nagano Prefecture and was cooked in a variety of ways including skewered over a fire, or cooked with soy sauce and sugar. Eating these bugs was especially common after World War II due to food shortages and is depicted in the manga "Barefoot Gen." Inland Japan never sees natural swarms of these grasshoppers due to geological conditions.