Wharf roach
The wharf roach is a bug in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. It can be found on or around the beach all day, all year.
Catch details
In New Leaf
Time of year | All year |
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Time of day | All day |
Peak times | N/A |
Location | On beach (can be found on Tortimer Island) |
Size | 42 mm |
Rarity | Very common |
Selling price | 200 Bells |
Furniture size |
In New Horizons
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, a swarm of wharf roaches appears on a single tile of a beach rock. Walking too close to the swarm causes it to disband and disappear, and when one is caught the others in the swarm scurry away, similar to wasps or ants.
Time of year | North: All year South: All year |
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Time of day | All day |
Location | On beach rocks |
Weather | Any weather |
Spawn requirement | Appears from the start of the game |
Selling prices | Nook's Cranny: 200 Bells Flick: 300 Bells |
Furniture size |
Donating to the museum
As with all insects in the Animal Crossing series, the Wharf Roach can be donated to the museum by talking to Blathers, who will give a small generic speech on it.
In New Leaf
Upon donation to the museum, the Wharf Roach can be found scurrying near the pond.
In New Horizons
When the player donates a Wharf Roach, Blathers will say this about it before thanking the player for their donation:
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Real-world information
The wharf roach is an isopod that lives along coasts and shorelines. It is generally dark gray with brown appendages. They can grow up to 4 centimeters with the males being bigger than the females. It lives in crevices located in rocky coasts just above the splashing water. Its diet is mainly plant matter including diatoms and scavenging plant remains such as detritus.
More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.
Names in other languages
フナムシ funamushi |
Wharf roach | |
갯강구 gaetganggo |
Sand roach | |
海蟑螂 hǎizhāngláng |
Sea roach | |
Морской таракан Morskoy tarakan |
Sea roach | |
Strandpissebed | ||
Ligia exotica (New Horizons) Strandassel (New Leaf) |
Scientific name (New Horizons) | |
Cochinilla de arena | Sand roach | |
Ligie | From its genus Ligia of the Ligiidae family | |
Ligia exotica | Scientific name |
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