Goliath beetle
The goliath beetle[nb 1] is a red and black beetle that sits on palm trees. It is an expensive insect, selling for 8,000 Bells. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it can be found from summer to early fall.
Catch details[edit]
In Wild World[edit]
Description | The largest of its kind, they're also good fliers. |
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Time of year | Jun – Aug |
Time of day | 7 PM – 8 AM |
Peak times | N/A |
Location | On palm trees |
Bug size | 90 mm |
Selling price | ![]() |
Furniture size | ![]() |
In City Folk[edit]
Description | The largest of its kind in the world, these can fly like birds. |
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Time of year | Jun – Sep |
Time of day | Jun; Sep: 7 PM – 8 AM Jul – Aug: 5 PM – 8 AM |
Peak times | N/A |
Location | On palm trees |
Bug size | 90 mm |
Rarity | Very rare |
Selling price | ![]() |
Furniture size | ![]() |
In New Leaf[edit]
Time of year | Jun – Sep All year (Tortimer Island) |
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Time of day | Jun; Sep: 7 PM – 8 AM Jul – Aug: 5 PM – 8 AM Tortimer Island: 5 PM – 8 AM |
Peak times | N/A |
Location | On palm trees (can be found on Tortimer Island) |
Size | 108 mm |
Rarity | Very rare |
Selling price | ![]() |
Furniture size | ![]() |
In Pocket Camp[edit]
Availability | Not currently available
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Location | ![]() |
Size | 98.2 mm – 117.9 mm |
Rarity | ★★★ |
Selling price | ![]() |
Version added | Unknown |
Villager gift data | Tier: 4 (Rare)
Rewards:
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In New Horizons[edit]
Time of year | North: Jun – Sep South: Dec – Mar |
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Time of day | 5 PM – 8 AM |
Location | On palm trees |
Weather | Any weather |
Spawn requirement | Catch 100 total bugs |
Selling prices | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Furniture size | ![]() |
Donating to the museum[edit]
Upon donation to the museum, Blathers the curator will say the following.
In Wild World[edit]
In City Folk[edit]
It can be found in the middle terrace on the lonely palm tree to the right of the exhibit.
In New Leaf[edit]
It can be found in the left most wall, in the far left room, on the palm tree closest to the top left corner.
In New Horizons[edit]
It can be found in the main bug room on a big tree on the top right corner.
Commissioning a model[edit]
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, if the player brings three goliath beetles to Flick to commission a model, he will say the following:
"R-really? You want a sculpture of a goliath beetle? Fell juggernaut of the backyard? It is the exquisite intersection of mighty strength and graceful grace! Plus those cool white markings! I promise this will be my gigantic-est masterpiece, and I shall title it The Grand Goliath Beetle!"
Gallery[edit]
Real-world information[edit]
The Goliathus giganteus (the goliath beetle) and the other five members of the genus are all natives to Africa, primarily around the equatorial tropics. Unlike other scarab beetles in the sub. family of Cetoniinae (flower scarab beetles), it requires a high protein diet as a larva - in captivity the larvae can eat cat and/or dog food alongside dried leaves. Like its relatives, adults prefer to feed on sugar-rich fluids like tree sap and the juice from fruits. As in other horned scarabaeoid beetles, only the males possess the tiny horns; females have shorter, rectangular heads.
Names in other languages[edit]
ゴライアスオオツノハナムグリ goraiasu-ōtsuno-hanamuguri |
Goliath large-horned flower scarab | |
골리앗왕꽃무지 golliaswangkkotmuji |
Goliath scarab | |
歌利亚大角花金龟 gēlìyà dàjiǎo huājīn'guī |
Goliath large-horned flower scarab | |
哥利亞大角花金龜 Unknown |
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Жук-голиаф Zhuk-goliaf |
Goliath beetle | |
Goliathkever | Goliath beetle | |
Goliathkäfer | Goliath beetle | |
Goliat | Goliath | |
Scarabée Goliath | Goliath beetle | |
Scarabeo Golia | Goliath beetle |
Notes[edit]
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