Mole cricket
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Name: Gryllotalpa brachyptera Family: Gryllotalpidae - Mole crickets | ||||||||
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Names in other languages
オケラ
蝼蛄 Taupe-grillon Grillo cebollero Grillotalpa Медведка
땅강아지 螻蛄 Taupe-grillon Grillo cebollero Maulwurfsgrille Veenmol |
The mole cricket[nb 1] is a bug in the Animal Crossing series that has appeared in every game to date.
In the games that the mole cricket appears in, it is an uncommon bug that the player can encounter, and can be found flying underground, making a chirping noise. If the player digs where the noise is the loudest, the mole cricket is unearthed and will crawl away. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it can be caught from late fall to late spring.
Catch details[edit]
In Animal Crossing[edit]
In Wild World[edit]
Description | Unknown |
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Time of year | Nov – May |
Time of day | All day |
Peak times | N/A |
Location | Underground |
Bug size | 35 mm |
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In City Folk[edit]
Description | These live underground but can fly and swim. They're multitalented. |
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Time of year | Nov – May |
Time of day | All day |
Peak times | N/A |
Location | Underground |
Bug size | 35 mm |
Rarity | Very uncommon |
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In New Leaf[edit]
In New Horizons[edit]
Time of year | North: Nov – May South: May – Nov |
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Time of day | All day |
Location | Underground |
Weather | Any weather |
Spawn requirement | Appears from the start of the game |
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Donating to the museum[edit]
In Animal Crossing[edit]
In Wild World[edit]
When accepting the mole cricket, Blathers will impart his knowledge of the bug to the player:
In City Folk[edit]
Blathers will say this when he reluctantly takes the bug:
In New Leaf[edit]
In New Horizons[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Real-world information[edit]
Mole crickets can be found throughout the world, specifically in more temperate climates. They are nocturnal and hibernate during the winter. They are rarely seen, as they live underground in tunnel networks, but are nonetheless regarded as pests. They have large forelimbs that can be used to dig and swim. They are roughly three to five centimeters long and are omnivores, meaning they eat both plants and animals. In some areas of Asia they are eaten, but only when fried. Mole crickets also appear as a character in another of Nintendo's games: Mother 3.
The mole cricket featured in-game is similar in appearance to Gryllotalpa brachyptera, a mole cricket native to Australia, but it could belong to any of the Gryllotalpidae species.
Names in other languages[edit]
オケラ Okera |
Mole cricket | |
땅강아지 Ttanggang-aji |
Mole cricket | |
蝼蛄 Lóugū |
Mole cricket | |
螻蛄 Unknown |
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Медведка Medvedka |
Mole cricket | |
Veenmol | Mole cricket | |
Maulwurfsgrille | Mole cricket | |
Grillo cebollero | Mole cricket | |
Taupe-grillon | Mole cricket | |
Grillotalpa | Mole cricket |
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