Fruit beetle

"I caught an emerald fruit beetle! Pretty iridescent coloring!" —Wild World

Fruit beetle
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Real-world info
Name: Cotinis mutabilis Family: Scarabaeidae
Main appearances
DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
Film HHD aF PC
Names in other languages  コガネムシ  N/A  nitidule  escarabajo verde  maggiolino  N/A  풍뎅이  N/A  nitidule  escarabajo verde  Smaragdkäfer  N/A

The fruit beetle is a very common, small, metallic green beetle found on fruit and non-fruit trees at any time of the day, between July and September. It can be sold for 100 Bells. It first appeared in Animal Crossing: Wild World and re-appeared in Animal Crossing: City Folk and Animal Crossing: New Leaf. It resembles the yellow scarab beetle.

Catch details

In Wild World

#34

"I caught an emerald fruit beetle! Pretty iridescent coloring!"

Description	These creatures strongly resemble emeralds. Oddly, they fly without using their forewings.
Time of year	Jul – Sep
Time of day	All day (Jul – Aug) 7 PM – 8 AM (Sep)
Peak times	7 PM – 4 AM (Jul – Aug)
Location	On trees
Bug size	23 mm
Selling price	100 Bells
Furniture size

In City Folk

#43

"I caught a fruit beetle! Where's the fruit?"

Description	Unlike others in this group, these metal-looking bugs fly without their front wings.
Time of year	Jul – Sep
Time of day	Jul – Aug: All day Sep: 7 PM – 8 AM
Peak times	N/A
Location	Shaking trees
Bug size	23 mm
Rarity	Uncommon
Selling price	100 Bells
Furniture size

In New Leaf

#50

"I caught a fruit beetle! Orange you glad I did?"

Time of year	Jul – Sep All year (Tortimer Island)
Time of day	Jul – Aug: All day Sep: 7 PM – 8 AM
Peak times	Aug: 5 PM – 4 AM
Location	On trees (any kind) (can be found on Tortimer Island)
Size	20 mm
Rarity	Common
Selling price	100 Bells
Furniture size

In Pocket Camp

#2

Availability	Not currently available –
Location	Sunburst Island
Size	17.5 mm - 22.4 mm
Rarity	★
Selling price	10 Bells
Version added	Unknown
Villager gift data	Tier: Unknown Rewards: Unknown

Donating to the museum

Upon donation of the fruit beetle to the museum, Blathers will comment on it. In New Leaf, instead of opining about the donation, he posts information in the fruit beetle's exhibit.

In Wild World

"Just because they are considered pretty, these tend to fetch a high price. I simply don't understand how anyone could find this bug appealing in the least. Perhaps if I was peeling it off my foot... Hoo hoo!"

It can be found in the second room of the insect exhibit on the sixth tree to the left.

In City Folk

"Fruit beetles resemble short, squat versions of dynastid beetles. But aren't dynastid beetles a type of fruit beetle? I suppose it's all a popularity contest, in the end...'"

It can be found in the top terrace of the insect exhibition, on the second cedar tree from the right.

In New Leaf

The fruit beetle can be found on a tree on the right side of the upper right room of the insect section.

"The fruit beetle has a brilliant-green-colored body and tends to hang around fruit trees. They have a hard outer wing casing and lift this casing when they need to fly using their thin wings. The larvae of fruit beetles feed on decaying vegetable debris and plant roots."

Real-world information

The fruit beetle can be found in both Japan and the northeastern United States. It is also known as the Japanese beetle. As larvae, they have six legs, and when resting form a C-shape. While in the game they are found on trees, they are actually found on flowers. Their favorite fruits are figs and peaches, and they also enjoy eating flowers. They are considered a pest insect in gardens, as they tend to infest flowers such as lilies. They make a chirping sound, which sounds similar to the noise that bees make.

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  Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Names in other languages

	Smaragdkäfer	Emerald Beetle
	Nitidule	Fruit Beetle
	Maggiolino	Fruit Beetle

Notes

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