Citrus long-horned beetle
- "I caught a longhorn beetle! And I didn't even need a lasso! (Did I really just say that?)" —Animal Crossing (GCN)
- "I caught a longhorn beetle! Don't chew through my net!" —Wild World
- "I caught a longhorn beetle! It was a long time comin'!" —City Folk
- "I caught a longhorn beetle! I had to steer it toward my net!" —New Leaf
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| Name: Anoplophora chinensis Family: Cerambycidae - Longhorn Beetles | ||||||
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Names in other languages
ゴマダラカミキリ
星天牛 Capricorne des agrumes Longicornio asiático Tarlo asiatico Цитрусовый усач
알락하늘소 星天牛 Capricorne des agrumes Longicornio asiático Fichtenbock Aziatische boktor | ||||||
The Citrus Long-Horned Beetle (カミキリムシ, Kamikirimushi), known as the Longhorn Beetle prior to New Horizons, is a bug that can be found in all versions of Animal Crossing. It is quite common - it appears on trees in early Animal Crossing games, but on tree stumps starting from Animal Crossing: City Folk.
Catch details
In New Horizons
"I caught a citrus long-horned beetle! Orange you happy for me?"
| Time of year | North: All year South: All year |
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| Time of day | All day |
| Location | On tree stumps |
| Weather | Any except rain |
| Spawn requirement | Appears from the start of the game |
| Selling prices |  Nook's Cranny:  350 Bells Flick: 525 Bells
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Donating to the museum
As with all insects in the Animal Crossing series, the Longhorn Beetle can be donated to the Museum followed by a small talk by Blathers, the curator.
In Animal Crossing
"Hoo my! Those sharpish mandibles... truly frightening. Honestly, what could be more off-putting than these? And the antennae! Why on earth are they so very thick? Blech! Most objectionable! In a word: bad!"
In Wild World
"Hoo, I say! Be sure to keep your fingers away from that savage maw! And what ostentatious antennae! I mean, really! Blech! Such foulness... Hoo... But I digress..."
After Blathers reluctantly accepts the Longhorn Beetle, it can be found on the third tree from the right in the second room of the bug exhibit. It sits placidly on its tree, but does shuffle about on the spot quite a bit.
In City Folk
"The multiple varieties and colorful body types of the longhorn beetle make it popular with collectors. It stands toe-to-toe with the dynastid and stag beetles in its popularity with children, eh wot? But those long, skinny legs and long antennae drop it right off this owl's list! How utterly revolting..."
After donation, it can be found on the second tier of the insect section of the museum, in the middle enclosure containing two trees and a tree stump, on the tree stump with the Violin Beetle. This enclosure also contains the Walking Leaf and Oak Silk Moth, to name a few others.
In New Leaf
Upon donation, it can be found on the large tree stump in the upper left room of the insect exhibit. The information board has this to say about the Longhorn Beetle:
"Longhorn beetles have very strong mandibles, and both adult and larval forms eat through the bark of trees. They have extremely long antennae that are sometimes even longer than their bodies. The adults have such strong mandibles that they can bite off people's hair. And keep in mind that hair isn't the only thing they'll bite, so be careful when handling them!"
In New Horizons
- "The citrus long-horned beetle is a putrid pest and a grave threat to trees. Hoo! It's true! Adults possess powerful jaws and use them to chomp through hardwood and plant fibers with ease. The little larvae are no better, boring bullet-like holes into innocent trees with gusto--citrus trees especially. Voracious and vile, indeed! —Blathers
Encyclopedia information
After the player has caught a Citrus long-horned beetle for the first time, they can find information about it in the bug tab of their encyclopedia.
Wild World
| 64px | ''They get their name from their large antennae. Their strong bite comes from chewing wood."
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City Folk
New Leaf
New Horizons
Further information
The genus is the Anoplophora of the longhorn, the Cerambycidae is the family. Native to China, the Asian long-horned beetle causes severe damage to America's trees. The beetle can launch itself as far as 400 meters, in search for a tree to lay eggs in. As they grow up, they wiggle out of trees, eating sap, laying waste, and making deep, wide holes.
The citrus long-horned beetle (Anoplophora chinensis) is a long-horned beetle native to Japan, China and Korea, where it is considered a serious pest.
Each female citrus long-horned beetle can make up to 200 eggs after mating, and each egg is separately deposited in tree bark. After the beetle larvae hatches, it chews into the tree, forming a tunnel that is then used as a place for beetle pupation (the process of growing from larvae to adult). From egg-laying to pupation and adult emergence can take twelve to eighteen months.
Infestations by the beetle can kill many different types of hardwood trees as well as citrus trees, pecan, apple, Australian pine, hibiscus, sycamore, willow, pear, mulberry, pigeon pea, Chinaberry, poplar, litchi, kumquat, Japanese red cedar, oak, and Ficus.
More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.
Gallery
Animal Crossing encyclopedia icon
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Animal Crossing inventory icon
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Longhorn beetle in New Leaf
Longhorn beetle icon from Happy Home Designer
Caught in New Horizons
Names in other languages
Longhorn beetle
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Longicorne | Longhorn |
Citrus Long-Horned Beetle
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ゴマダラカミキリ gomadara kamikiri |
Citrus long-horned beetle (lit. "black-speckled long-horned beetle") |
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알락하늘소 allakhaneulso |
Citrus long-horned beetle (lit. "speckled long-horned beetle") |
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星天牛 xīngtiānniú |
Citrus long-horned beetle (lit. "starry long-horned beetle") |
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Цитрусовый усач Tsitrusovyy usach |
Citrus long-horned beetle |
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Aziatische boktor | Asian long-horned beetle |
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Fichtenbock | Long-horned beetle |
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Longicornio asiático | Asian long-horned beetle |
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Capricorne des agrumes | Citrus long-horned beetle |
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Tarlo asiatico | Asian long-horned beetle |
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