Long locust

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Long Locust NH Icon.png Long locust  
Artwork of long locust
Real-world info
Name: Acrida cinerea
Family: Acrididae
Main appearances

Other appearances
Names in other languages
 ショウリョウバッタ
 中华剑角蝗
 Acrida cinerea
 Langosta alargada
 Acrida cinerea
 Акрида
 방아깨비
 中華劍角蝗
 Acrida cinerea
 Langosta alargada
 Nasenschrecke
 Veldsprinkhaan

The long locust[nb 1] is a bug in the Animal Crossing series that has appeared in every game to date. It is naturally camouflaged by its green exterior and the green grass that surrounds it and will occasionally make a sound. If the player goes near it, the long locust will travel away; if it goes to the water, it will disappear.

In the games that the long locust appears in, it is a common 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 mid spring to the end of fall.

Catch details[edit]

In Animal Crossing[edit]

#20
Long locust
"I caught a longheaded locust! Why the long head? (Face... Whatever.)"

Time of year[nb 2] Aug – Nov
Time of day 8 AM – 5 PM
Location In bushes
Weather Any except rain
Selling price  200 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In Wild World[edit]

#13

Long locust
"I caught a long locust! Locust where? Here!"

Description The male makes a unique clicking sound in flight.
Time of year Aug – Nov
Time of day 8 AM – 7 PM
Peak times Sep – Nov
Location On grass
Bug size 73 mm
Selling price  200 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In City Folk[edit]

#14

Long locust
"I caught a long locust! Long time, no see?!"

Description The name for this insect comes from its elongated head.
Time of year All year
Time of day All day
Peak times Sep – Nov
Location On the ground
Bug size 73 mm
Rarity Common
Selling price  200 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In New Leaf[edit]

#14

Long locust
"I caught a long locust! It got the short end of the stick!"

Time of year May – Nov
All year (Tortimer Island)
Time of day 8 AM – 5 PM
Peak times Sep – Nov
Location On the ground (can be found on Tortimer Island)
Size 60 mm
Rarity Common
Selling price  160 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In Pocket Camp[edit]

Long locust

Event availability None
Location Sunburst Island
Size ?
Rarity
Catch rate ?
Selling price  10 Bells
Request reward  100 Bells
2 Heart PC Icon.png Friendship Points


In New Horizons[edit]

#16

Long locust
"I caught a long locust! Or, as I call it, a looooocust."

Time of year North: Apr – Nov
South: Oct – 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 200 Bells
 Flick 300 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


Donating to the museum[edit]

As with all fish and insects in the Animal Crossing series, the long locust can be donated to the museum. Blathers the curator will say the following in the respected games.

In Animal Crossing[edit]

"I have a rather difficult time dealing with the soft underbellies of grasshoppers. They're...vulgar. And their legs! Why do they come off so easily when one merely handles the beast? Blech! Simply horrid!"

In Wild World[edit]

"I feel I must inform you the female long locust is much larger than the male. As such, I suspect this one you brought is, in fact, a female specimen. I don't mind telling you, it's not only bigger in size, but in wretchedness, wot? Then again, I suppose the males are quite wretched enough in their own right."

In City Folk[edit]

"Female long locusts are a great deal bigger than their male counterparts. Of course, gender aside, these locusts are large in general, hence the name. I must say, regular locusts are rather creepy enough. Being longer simply makes these ones even creepier."

The long locust appears in the first section of the exhibit, passed the butterflies and next to the small weed next to the pond.

In New Leaf[edit]

Upon being donated, the locust can be found in the first room of the bug exhibit jumping around near some bushes. The exhibit has this to say about the long locust:

"When male long locusts jump, you can hear the trademark stridulation noise they make. Long locusts can be green as well as brown. The brown ones usually hide near dried grass or brown areas. While males are long, females are consistently much longer, making it simple to tell them apart."

In New Horizons[edit]

"As if the average locust weren't large enough...we must suffer the long locust too! The wretched beasts are known for their unusually long hind legs as well as their elongated heads. But that is hardly the long locusts' worst trait... I tell you, they spit brown goo when they're scared! Revolting behavior indeed! Ugh and ewww!"

Gallery[edit]

Real-world information[edit]

Acrida cinerea, also known as the Oriental longheaded grasshopper/locust or Chinese grasshopper, is a member of the grasshopper and locust suborder Caelifera. It is native to all the East Asian countries.

More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.

Names in other languages[edit]

Japanese ショウリョウバッタ
Shouryoubatta
Acrida cinerea, lit. "Spirit locust"

Korean 방아깨비
Bang-eokkaebi
Acrida cinerea

Simplified Chinese 中华剑角蝗
Zhōnghuá jiànjiǎohuáng
Lit. "Chinese grasshopper"

Traditional Chinese 中華劍角蝗
Unknown

Russian Акрида
Akrida
From genus name

Dutch Veldsprinkhaan Grasshopper

German Nasenschrecke Portmanteau of Nase (nose) and Heuschrecke (locust).

European Spanish Langosta alargada Lit. "long grasshopper"

European French Criquet
Acrida cinerea (NH)
Locust/cricket
From scientific name

Italian Acrida cinerea From scientific name

Notes[edit]

  1. Japanese: ショウリョウバッタ Hepburn: Shouryoubatta
  2. 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.