Grasshopper

The grasshopper is a bug in the that has appeared in every game to date.

In the games that the grasshopper appears in, it is a common bug that the player can encounter, and can be found on the ground, occasionally hopping. In, it can be caught from summer to the start of fall.

Donating to the museum
As with all insects in the, the grasshopper can be donated to the museum. Blathers will give a talk on the insect.

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After catching a grasshopper, it can be donated to the museum. There, Blathers the curator will speak about it:

The grasshopper can then be found on the central terrace of the insect room, by the easternmost stump, along with the walking leaf.

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Upon being donated, the grasshopper can be found in the room of the bug exhibit with the rafflesia in, hopping around in the center of the room. The exhibit has this to say about the grasshopper:

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Blathers will say the following once donated:

When donated, it is found in the back room of the bug exhibit in the tank to the left of the lab.

Real-world information
Melanoplus sanguinipes, known generally as migratory grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. Other common names include the lesser migratory grasshopper and red-legged grasshopper. It is found in the Caribbean and North America.

It feeds on a variety of plants and can become a pest on crops and gardens. In winter, they stay buried in the ground as eggs and can survive like this for two generations. As its name implies, it is a migratory specie.