Walking stick

The walkingstick (ナナフシ, Nanafushi) is a bug that was introduced in. It looks like a stick with legs. They are found from July to November. It is fairly difficult for the player to see it, for at some angles, the walking stick may blend in with the tree, also making its color borders turn grey. When approached they will fade away with a boop sound. It is a rare bug. In, they have a counterpart, which is the walking leaf.

In City Folk
Blathers will talk about the walkingstick as he reluctantly accepts the bug into the museum:

"Walkingsticks can skillfully disguise themselves as twigs or thin branches. What deceptive wretches! Just imagine going to grab what you thought was a twig and having it go SQUISH in your hand... Such epic foulness! Just thinking about that dark day gives me owl bumps!" (Owl bumps is a pun referring to goose bumps)

The walkingstick can be found on the third platform, on the second tree to the left, in the insect exhibition once donated.

In New Leaf
Upon being donated, the walkingstick can be found in the room of the bug exhibit with the light in, resting on a tree in the back. The exhibit has this to say about the Walkingstick:

"Walking sticks disquise themselves to confuse predators and are very closely related to walking leaves. They have cylindrical bodies that look like sticks. Some of them can even change their pigmentation. Females can lay eggs without the males, so most of the walking sticks you see are females."

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