Giant Stag

"Whooaa! I caught a giant stag beetle! It's...well, it's GIANT!!! (Seriously! Look at it! It's huge!)" —Animal Crossing

"Whoa! I caught a giant beetle! He's so big and chunky and cool-looking, huh? He's the king of beetles!" —Wild World

"Whoa! A giant beetle! Augh, don't squish me!" —City Folk

"Whoa! I caught a giant stag! Small world, isn't it?" —New Leaf

Giant Stag Giant Beetle
Scientific name	Dorcus hopei
Family	Lucanidae - Stag Beetles
Time of year	July to August (Animal Forest) June to August (Wild World, City Folk)
Time of day	11pm to 8am
Location	On trees
Size	60 mm
Rarity	Rare
Selling price	10,000 Bells
Appearances	Doubutsu no Mori, Doubutsu no Mori+, Animal Crossing, Doubutsu no Mori e+, Animal Crossing: Wild World, Animal Crossing: City Folk, Animal Crossing: New Leaf

The Giant Stag Beetle (オオクワガタ, Ōkuwagata); also known as Giant Beetle in Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk; or Giant Stag in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, is a rare insect found in every installment of the Animal Crossing series. It can be sold for 10,000 bells. It appears during the summer evenings, between the months of June and August, and between the times 11pm and 8am. It is extremely similar to the Stag Beetle, the only differences being that it is a bit darker and bigger.

Donation to the Museum

In Animal Crossing

"Your donation of such an obviously valuable insect is really quite generous. To me, however, it's just an overpriced cockroach. And that awful black luster...Horrendous!"

In Wild World

Upon donating the Giant Beetle to the Museum, Blathers will comment:

"If you took this to a shop, they'd be willing to pay you quite well for it, I'm sure. That said, all it looks like to me is a glorified, expensive cockroach! Perhaps that's just me..."

In City Folk

Upon donation to the Museum, Blathers will say:

"The giant beetle boasts a massive horn, and yet it's said this bug is actually something of a milquetoast. Apparently this bug would prefer to stay inside where other creatures won't bother it. How precious. Even I could handle being near such a shy insect! I shan't be touching it, though..."

After donation, the Giant Beetle can be found on the top-most level of the insect section, three trees to the right of the lamp on the left-hand side, on the tree between the Walkingstick and Bagworm tree and the Saw Stag Beetle tree.

In New Leaf

Upon donation to the museum, the Giant Stag can be found on a tree in the back of the upper right room of the insect section. The exhibit has this to say about the Giant Stag:

"Giant stags are huge stag beetles with one tooth in each side of their large jaws. They're very territorial but careful at the same time, so they usually hide in holes in trees. They have a long life span. Records show that some have lived up to five years. They're very popular among collectors as pets, so they commonly fetch a high price."

Encyclopedia Information

Wild World

''These shy beetles are nocturnal. They live five years, so they make good pets." Size- 68 mm Season- Summer Time- Night

City Folk

''Nocturnal and very skittish, their long lives make them popular pets." Size- About 60 mm Season- Summer Time- Night-Morning

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
French	Lucane cerf-volant	Kite stag. Probably a mistranslation, as the 'Lucanus cervus' lives only in Europe

Bugs

Flying bugs Butterflies: Agrias • Birdwing • Common • Emperor • Monarch • Peacock • Purple • Raja Brooke • Tiger • Yellow Dragonflies: Banded • Common • Darner • Giant Petaltail • Red Others: Firefly • Honeybee • Mosquito • Moth Bugs on flowers Beetles: Ladybug • Spotted Ladybug Other: Mantis • Orchid Mantis • Snail Bugs on garbage All: Ant • Fly Bugs on palm trees Beetles: Atlas • Cyclommatus • Elephant • Golden Stag • Goliath • Hercules Crabs: Coconut Crab Bugs in/on trees Beetles: Drone • Dynastid • Flat Stag • Fruit • Giant • Jewel • Miyama Stag • Mountain • Rainbow Stag • Saw Stag • Scarab • Stag • Stink Cicadas: Brown • Cicada Shell • Evening • Giant • Lantern Fly • Robust • Walker Other: Bagworm • Bee • Cockroach • Oak Silk Moth • Spider • Walking Stick Bugs on tree stumps Beetles: Longhorn • Violin Bugs on the ground Crickets: Bell Cricket • Cricket • Pine Cricket Beetles: Dung Beetle • Tiger Beetle Others: Grasshopper • Long Locust • Migratory Locust • Rice Grasshopper • Scorpion • Tarantula • Walking Leaf • Wharf Roach Crabs: Crab • Hermit Crab Bugs underground All: Mole Cricket Bugs under rocks All: Centipede • House Centipede • Pill Bug Bugs on water All: Diving Beetle • Pondskater Bugs on villagers All: Flea Lists of bugs by game Doubutsu no Mori • Doubutsu no Mori+ • Doubutsu no Mori e+ • Wild World • City Folk • New Leaf

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