Rice grasshopper

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Rice Grasshopper NH Icon.png Rice Grasshopper  
Artwork of Rice Grasshopper
Real-world info
Name: Oxya yezoensis
Family: Acrididae
Main appearances

Other appearances
Names in other languages
 イナゴ
 稻蝗
 Criquet
 Langosta
 Locusta
 Рисовая кобылка
 메뚜기
 稻蝗
 Criquet
 Langosta
 Heuschrecke
 Rijstsprinkhaan

The Rice Grasshopper[nb 1] is a bug in the Animal Crossing series. The Rice Grasshopper first appeared in Animal Crossing: New Leaf and has appeared in all subsequent games. It is distinguishable from the Grasshopper by the rattling noise that it makes.

In the games that the Rice Grasshopper appears in, it is a uncommon bug that the player can encounter, and can be found on the ground, occasionally hopping. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it can be caught from late summer to fall.

Catch details

In New Leaf

#16

Rice grasshopper
"I caught a rice grasshopper! Now I just need a soy-sauce mantis!"

Time of year Aug – Nov
Time of day 8 AM – 7 PM
Peak times Aug – Oct
Location On the ground
Size Unknown
Rarity Very rare
Selling price  400 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In New Horizons

#18

Rice grasshopper
"I caught a rice grasshopper! I've been looking for a gluten-free alternative..."

Time of year North: Aug – Nov
South: Feb – 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 400 Bells
 Flick 600 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


Donating to the museum

As with all bugs in the Animal Crossing series, Rice Grasshoppers can be donated to the museum and information about it can be found in the bug exhibit.

In New Leaf

Upon donation to the museum, the Rice Grasshopper can be found on the right side of the first room of the insect section of the museum.

"Rice grasshoppers are typically known as pests that eat farmers' crops, making them undesirable. But they are also edible, and boiling them in soy sauce is a typical way to prepare them in certain regions. While they are generally green, their shells will turn a darker color when heavily crowded in groups."

In New Horizons

"In point of fact, rice grasshoppers are an awful pest! They devour rice plants and wipe out the crucial crop. But revenge is sweet! These bugs are edible, you see, and so some folks eat them as way to get rid of them. When boiled in soy sauce, rice grasshoppers are quite tasty, it's said. Though why anyone would put an insect in their mouth is beyond me. The mere thought gives me the gags!"

Gallery

Real-world information

A pair of rice grasshoppers

The Oxya yezoensis is a pest from Japan that feeds on rice plants in the paddies. It became a source of protein and calcium in inland areas of what is now known as Nagano Prefecture and was cooked in a variety of ways including skewered over a fire, or cooked with soy sauce and sugar. Eating these bugs was especially common after World War II due to food shortages and is depicted in the manga "Barefoot Gen." Inland Japan never sees natural swarms of these grasshoppers due to geological conditions.

Names in other languages

Japanese イナゴ
Inago
Locust

Korean 메뚜기
mettugi
Grasshopper

Simplified Chinese 稻蝗
dào huáng
Locust

Russian Рисовая кобылка
Risovaya kobylka
Rice filly

Dutch Rijstsprinkhaan Rice grasshopper

German Heuschrecke Locust

European Spanish Langosta Locust

European French Criquet Locust

Italian Locusta Locust

Notes

  1. Japanese: イナゴ Hepburn: Inago