Pill bug
The pill bug is a bug in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Animal Crossing. It can be found underneath rocks and will come out if the player hits the rock with a shovel.
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it can be caught throughout the year outside of mid to late summer, similarly to the centipede.
Catch details[edit]
In Animal Crossing[edit]
In Wild World[edit]
Description | Pill bugs are crustaceans, like shrimp or crabs. They breathe with gills, so they can survive under water. |
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Time of year | All year |
Time of day | All day |
Peak times | Nov – Mar |
Location | From hitting rocks |
Bug size | 10 mm |
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In City Folk[edit]
Description | Classified as crustaceans, these can survive in water by using gills. |
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Time of year | All year |
Time of day | All day |
Peak times | Nov – Mar |
Location | From hitting rocks |
Bug size | 2 mm |
Rarity | Common |
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In New Leaf[edit]
Time of year | All year |
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Time of day | Sep – June: All day Jul – Aug: 7 PM – 4 AM |
Peak times | Nov – Mar |
Location | From hitting rocks |
Size | 13 mm |
Rarity | Very common |
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In New Horizons[edit]
Time of year | North: Sep – Jun South: Mar – Dec |
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Time of day | 11 PM – 4 PM |
Location | From hitting rocks |
Weather | Any weather |
Spawn requirement | Appears from the start of the game |
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Donating to the museum[edit]
As with all insects in the Animal Crossing series, the pill bug can be donated to the museum by talking to Blathers, who will give a small speech about it.
In Animal Crossing[edit]
In Wild World[edit]
In City Folk[edit]
In New Leaf[edit]
Upon donation to the museum, the pill bug can be found crawling in the first room of the Insect section. The exhibit has this to say about the pill bug:
In New Horizons[edit]
The pill bug can be found in the leftmost display case in the laboratory section of the bug exhibit, along with the moth and centipede.
Gallery[edit]
Real-world information[edit]
Pill bugs, Armadillidium Vulgare, are from a genus of crustaceans that have been known to exist for at least 300 million years. Many members of the genus exist as marine crustaceans, but some have developed to live on the land while retaining their water-dependent lifestyle. Pill bugs can lay several hundred eggs at one time.
Their characteristic defense mechanism, which involves rolling into a protective ball, is copied in-game. The pill bug rolls into a ball when a player approaches it, making the insect much easier to catch than other ground-dwelling insects.
Names in other languages[edit]
ダンゴムシ dango-mushi |
Lit. "dango bug" | |
공벌레 gongbeolle |
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鼠妇 shǔfù |
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鼠婦 Unknown |
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Мокрица Mokritsa |
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Rolpissebed | ||
Kugelassel | Orb Isopod | |
Cochinilla | ||
Cloporte | ||
Porcellino di terra |
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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