Dung beetle
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| Name: Scarabaeus sacer Family: Scarabaeidae - Dung Beetles | ||||||||
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Names in other languages
フンコロガシ 蜣螂 糞金龜 쇠똥구리 Bousier Bousier Escarabajo pelotero Escarabajo pelotero Scarabeo stercorario Жук-навозник Mistkäfer Mestkever | ||||||||
The dung beetle is a bug in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Doubutsu no Mori e+. Beginning in Animal Crossing: Wild World, they appear during winter, rolling snowballs. In Doubutsu no Mori e+, they instead appear from spring to fall and roll the soccer, basketball, or volleyball balls found around the player's town. Although their official availability is listed as December to February or June to August depending on the hemisphere, they can only appear from December 11th to February 24th in the Northern Hemisphere and June 11th to August 24th in the Southern Hemisphere due to the need for snow on the ground. This makes them the only catchable creature in the game with an availability period that doesn't start and end on the first and last day of a month.
Catch details[edit]
In Doubutsu no Mori e+[edit]
In Wild World[edit]
"Eww... I caught a dung beetle! Shouldn't you be rolling something else?"
| Description | They are usually found in the desert. They eat dung and bury their eggs in it. Ew! It's gross, but it's good for the Earth. |
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| Time of year | Dec – Feb |
| Time of day | 5 PM – 8 AM |
| Peak times | N/A |
| Location | Pushing snowballs |
| Bug size | 35 mm |
| Selling price |  800 Bells
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In City Folk[edit]
"I caught a dung beetle! Um... Ew."
| Description | These eat and lay their eggs in dung. Yes, it's gross, but good for the earth. |
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| Time of year | Dec – Feb |
| Time of day | 5 PM – 8 AM |
| Peak times | N/A |
| Location | Pushing snowballs |
| Bug size | 35 mm |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Selling price | 800 Bells
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In New Leaf[edit]
"I caught a dung beetle! Nah, the joke's just too easy."
| Time of year | Dec – Feb |
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| Time of day | 5 PM – 8 AM |
| Peak times | N/A |
| Location | Pushing snowballs |
| Size | 33 mm |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Selling price | 800 Bells
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In New Horizons[edit]
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, dung beetles cannot be caught on another player's island, since snowballs do not appear when the player's airport gates are open.
"I caught a dung beetle! This species likes feces!"
| Time of year | North: Dec – Feb South: Jun – Aug |
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| Time of day | All day |
| Location | Pushing snowballs |
| Weather | Any weather |
| Spawn requirement | Appears from the start of the game |
| Selling prices |  Nook's Cranny: 3,000 Bells Flick: 4,500 Bells
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Donating to the museum[edit]
As with all insects in the Animal Crossing series, the Dung Beetle can be donated to the museum followed by a small talk by Blathers, the curator.
In Wild World[edit]
In City Folk[edit]
After donation, the dung beetle can be found rolling a piece of dung in the lower terrace in the smaller dirt circle, sharing the exhibit with the migratory locust.
In New Leaf[edit]
Since Blathers does not talk about the bug, the exhibit provides the information as follows:
In New Horizons[edit]
When donated, it is found in the large desert sand tank alongside the scorpion in the back room of the bug exhibit, next to the tarantula tank.
Gallery[edit]
Doubutsu no Mori e+
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Real-world information[edit]
Members of the insect family Scarabaeidae feed almost exclusively on feces and decaying matter. Many species have a good sense of smell. Dung beetles lay their eggs in dung. There are around 30,000 species of scarabaeidae worldwide.
Names in other languages[edit]
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フンコロガシ funkorogashi |
Dung beetle (lit. "dung roller") |
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쇠똥구리 soettongguri |
Dung beetle |
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蜣螂 qiāngláng / fěnjīn'guī |
Dung beetle |
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糞金龜 Unknown |
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Жук-навозник Zhuk-navoznik |
Dung beetle |
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Mestkever | Dung beetle |
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Mistkäfer | Dung beetle |
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Escarabajo pelotero | lit. "ball-maker beetle" |
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Bousier | lit. "ball-maker" |
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Scarabeo stercorario | lit. "dung scarab" |
Notes[edit]
- ↑ All bugs and fish in the first-generation games can appear at a lower spawn rate up to five days before the start of their first month of availability.
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