Drone beetle
- "I caught a drone beetle! I wonder where the queen is." —Animal Crossing
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| Name: Pseudotorynorrhina japonica Family: Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetles | ||||||
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Names in other languages
カナブン 日铜锣花金龟 日铜锣花金龟 풍이 Pseudotorynorrhina Pseudotorynorrhina Escarabajo verde japonés Escarabajo verde japonés Cetonia dorata Бронзовка Japan-Rosenkäfer Bladsprietkever | ||||||
The Drone Beetle is a light green beetle that appears in Doubutsu no Mori, Animal Crossing, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It is a type of scarab beetle, and sells for 80 Bells in Doubutsu no Mori, and 200 Bells in New Horizons.
Catch details
In New Horizons
"I caught a drone beetle! Shouldn't you have more propellers?"
| Time of year | North: Jun – Aug South: Dec – Feb |
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| Time of day | All day |
| Location | On trees (any kind) |
| Weather | Any weather |
| Spawn requirement | Appears from the start of the game |
| Selling prices |  Nook's Cranny:  200 Bells Flick: 300 Bells
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Donating to the Museum
Like all fish and insects in the Animal Crossing series, the Drone Beetle can be donated to the Museum by talking to Blathers, the curator. He will tell the player some information about it when the player donates it.
In Animal Crossing
"They're called beetles, wot? The lugs of the insect world. Insects with armor plating on their backs, you know. Their armor, it...opens up, revealing wings, which they use to fly. It's really quite unnatural. Then, there's that thin membrane-like covering where their heads connect to their bodies. Most foul!"
In New Horizons
"I must say, the drone beetle is like that boorish acquaintance who is much too loud for polite company. That is, it is a large bug with a square head and is so named for the droning noise it makes when it flies. Furthermore, it has hooks on its feet that help it to cling tightly to trees. HOOK FEET... How gauche!"
Encyclopedia Information
After the player has caught a Drone beetle for the first time, they can find information about it in the bug tab of their encyclopedia.
Animal Crossing
New Horizons
Further Information
Gallery
Icon from Doubutsu no Mori
Icon from Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Model of the Drone Beetle in New Horizons, obtainable from Flick
Names in other languages====Names in other languages
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カナブン kanabun |
Drone beetle (lit. "golden mosquito") |
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풍이 pung-i |
Drone beetle |
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日铜锣花金龟 rì tóngluó huājīn’guī |
Japanese bronze-cymbal flower scarab |
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日銅鑼花金龜 Unknown |
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Бронзовка Bronzovka |
Flower scarab |
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Bladsprietkever | Scarab beetle |
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Japan-Rosenkäfer | Japanese rose scarab |
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Escarabajo verde japonés | Japanese green beetle |
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Pseudotorynorrhina | From genus name |
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Cétoine dorée | Rose chafer (a similar species of scarab) |
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Cetonia dorata | Rose chafer (a similar species of scarab) |
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