Rice grasshopper

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Rice grasshopper
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Real-world info
Name: Oxya yezoensis Family: Acrididae
Main appearances
DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
Film HHD aF PC
Names in other languages  イナゴ  稻蝗  Criquet  Langosta  Locusta  Рисовая кобылка  메뚜기  稻蝗  Criquet  Langosta  Heuschrecke  Rijstsprinkhaan

The rice grasshopper 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 an 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 the end of fall.

Catch details

In New Leaf

#16

"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

In New Horizons

#18

"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

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!"

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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

	イナゴ Inago	Locust
	메뚜기 Mettugi	Grasshopper
	稻蝗 Dào huáng	Locust
	Рисовая кобылка Risovaya kobylka	Rice filly
	Rijstsprinkhaan	Rice grasshopper
	Heuschrecke	Locust
	Langosta	Locust
	Criquet	Locust
	Locusta	Locust