Walking stick
- "I caught a walkingstick! It's a walking...stick?" —Wild World
The Walking Stick[nb 1] (known as the Walkingstick prior to New Leaf) is a bug in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Animal Crossing: Wild World. Starting with Animal Crossing: City Folk, the Walking Stick has a counterpart: the Walking Leaf. Unlike most bugs that make a noise when they escape by flying away or scuttling, the walking stick silently fades.
Catch details
In Wild World
Description | They will cut off their own legs when preyed upon. Like a lizard's tail, the legs grow back. |
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Time of year | Jul – Nov |
Time of day | Jul – Aug: 4 AM - 8 AM & 5 PM - 7 PM Sep – Nov: 4 AM - 7 PM |
Peak times | N/A |
Location | On trees (any kind) |
Bug size | 85 mm |
Rarity | Very uncommon |
Selling price | 600 Bells |
Furniture size |
In City Folk
Description | These will tear their legs off to flee predators... but their legs then grow back! |
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Time of year | Jul – Nov |
Time of day | Jul – Aug: 4 AM - 8 AM & 5 PM - 7 PM Sep – Nov: 4 AM - 7 PM |
Peak times | N/A |
Location | On trees (any kind) |
Bug size | 85 mm |
Rarity | Very uncommon |
Selling price | 600 Bells |
Furniture size |
In New Leaf
Time of year | Jul - Nov All year (Tortimer Island) |
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Time of day | Jul - Aug: 4 AM - 8 AM & 5 PM - 7 PM Sep - Nov: 4 AM - 7 PM |
Peak times | N/A |
Location | On trees (any kind) (can be found on Tortimer Island) |
Size | 85 mm |
Rarity | Very uncommon |
Selling price | 600 Bells |
Furniture size |
In New Horizons
Time of year | North: Jul – Nov South: Jan – May |
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Time of day | 4 AM – 8 AM & 5 PM – 7 PM |
Location | On trees (any kind) |
Weather | Any weather |
Spawn requirement | Catch 20 total bugs |
Selling prices | Nook's Cranny: 600 Bells Flick: 900 Bells |
Furniture size |
Donating to the museum
In Wild World
"The walkingstick not only impersonates a tree branch but will also play dead! Such deceptive creativity both intrigues and disgusts me, I have to say..."
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!"
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 Walking Stick can be found in the room of the bug exhibit with the light in, resting on a tree in the back.
"Walking sticks disguise 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."
In New Horizons
Upon donation or selecting "Tell me more about this!", Blathers will say:
"The walking stick looks just like a twig, does it not? Hoo! It even has knots like a real twig would! These bashful bugs mimic plants in this way to hide from predators. A noble goal, you might say. But though the deceptive wretches fool some, they do not fool me! I see these bugs for what they are... Monsters, plain and simple! I say, did you know that walking sticks can grow to two feet long?! Imagine running into one! Surely I would faint."
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Names in other languages
ナナフシ nanafushi |
Lit. "seven segments" | |
긴수염대벌레 ginsuyeomdaebeolle |
Lonchodidae, a specific family of walking sticks | |
竹节虫 zhújiéchóng |
Lit. "bamboo segmented bug" | |
竹節蟲 Unknown |
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Палочник Palochnik |
Walking stick | |
Wandelende tak | Walking stick | |
Stabschrecke | Stick insect | |
Insecto palo | Stick insect | |
Phasme | From order name | |
Insetto stecco | Stick insect |
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