Long locust

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"I caught a longheaded locust! Why the long head? (Face... Whatever.)" —Animal Crossing

"I caught a long locust! Locust where? Here!" —Wild World

Long Locust
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Real-world info
Name: Acrida cinerea Family: Acrididae
Main appearances
DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
Film HHD aF PC
Names in other languages  ショウリョウバッタ  中华剑角蝗  Acrida cinerea  Langosta alargada  Acrida cinerea  Акрида  방아깨비  中華劍角蝗  Acrida cinerea  Langosta alargada  Nasenschrecke  Veldsprinkhaan

The Long Locust (ショウリョウバッタ, Shōryōbatta) is a green insect that can be seen and heard roaming the grass areas of town. It is naturally camouflaged by its green exterior and the green grass that surrounds it. Its location is found prior to hearing it close by. It can be found between August to November in Wild World, May to November in City Folk and New Leaf, and April to November in New Horizons, between 8 AM to 7 PM. If the player goes near it, the locust will travel away; if it goes to the water, it will disappear.

In the "Bugs and Fish" window in City Folk, it says "The name for this insect comes from its elongated head."

Catch details

In Animal Crossing

#20

"I caught a longheaded locust! Why the long head? (Face... Whatever.)"

DnM / iQue

DnM+ / AC

DnMe+

Time of year	Aug – Nov
Time of day	8 AM – 5 PM
Location	In bushes
Weather	Unknown
Selling price	200 Bells
Furniture size

In Wild World

64px	''The male makes a unique clicking sound in flight." Size- 73 mm Season- Fall Time- Midday

In City Folk

#14

"I caught a long locust! Long time, no see?"

Description	The name for this insect comes from its elongated head.
Time of year	All year
Time of day	All day
Peak times	Sep – Nov
Location	On the ground
Bug size	73 mm
Rarity	Common
Selling price	200 Bells
Furniture size

New Leaf

#14

"I caught a long locust! It got the short end of the stick!"

Time of year	May - Nov All year (Tortimer Island)
Time of day	8 AM – 5 PM
Peak times	Sep - Nov
Location	On the ground (can be found on Tortimer Island)
Size	60 mm
Rarity	Common
Selling price	160 Bells
Furniture size

In New Horizons

#16

"I caught a long locust! Or, as I call it, a looooocust."

Time of year	North: Apr – Nov South: Oct – May
Time of day	8 AM – 7 PM
Location	On the ground
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 fish and insects in the Animal Crossing series, the Long Locust can be donated to the museum. Blathers the curator will say the following in the respected games.

In Animal Crossing

"I have a rather difficult time dealing with the soft underbellies of grasshoppers. They're...vulgar. And their legs! Why do they come off so easily when one merely handles the beast? Blech! Simply horrid!"

In Wild World

"I feel I must inform you the female long locust is much larger than the male. As such, I suspect this one you brought is, in fact, a female specimen. I don't mind telling you, it's not only bigger in size, but in wretchedness, wot? Then again, I suppose the males are quite wretched enough in their own right."

In City Folk

"Female long locusts are a great deal bigger than their male counterparts. Of course, gender aside, these locusts are large in general, hence the name. I must say, regular locusts are rather creepy enough. Being longer simply makes these ones even creepier."

The Long Locust appears in the first section of the exhibit, passed the butterflies and next to the small weed next to the pond.

In New Leaf

Upon being donated, the locust can be found in the first room of the bug exhibit jumping around near some bushes. The exhibit has this to say about the Long Locust:

"When male long locusts jump, you can hear the trademark stridulation noise they make. Long Locusts can be green as well as brown. The brown ones usually hide near dried grass or brown areas. While males are long, females are consistently much longer, making it simple to tell them apart. "

In New Horizons

"As if the average locust weren't large enough...we must suffer the long locust too! The wretched beasts are known for their unusually long hind legs as well as their elongated heads. But that is hardly the long locusts' worst trait... I tell you, they spit brown goo when they're scared! Revolting behavior indeed! Ugh and ewww!"

Real-world information

Acrida cinerea, also known as the Oriental longheaded grasshopper/locust or Chinese grasshopper, is a member of the grasshopper and locust suborder Caelifera. It is native to all the East Asian countries.

More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.

Names in other languages

	ショウリョウバッタ shōryōbatta	Acrida cinerea, lit. "Spirit locust"
	방아깨비 bang-eokkaebi	Acrida cinerea
	中华剑角蝗 zhōnghuá jiànjiǎohuáng	Lit. "Chinese grasshopper"
	中華劍角蝗 Unknown
	Акрида Akrida	From genus name
	Veldsprinkhaan	Grasshopper
	Nasenschrecke	Portmanteau of Nase (nose) and Heuschrecke (locust).
	Langosta alargada	Lit. "Long grasshopper"
	Criquet Acrida cinerea (NH)	Locust/cricket From scientific name
	Acrida cinerea	From scientific name

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