Walking stick

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Walking Stick NH Icon.png Walking stick  
Artwork of walking stick
Real-world info
Name: Ctenomorpha marginipennis
Family: Phasmatidae
Main appearances

Other appearances
Names in other languages
 ナナフシ
 竹节虫
 Phasme
 Insecto palo
 Insetto stecco
 Палочник
 긴수염대벌레
 竹節蟲
 Phasme
 Insecto palo
 Stabschrecke
 Wandelende tak

The walking stick[nb 1] (known as the walkingstick prior to New Leaf) is a bug in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Animal Crossing: Wild World. Starting with Animal Crossing: City Folk, the walking stick has a counterpart: the walking leaf. Unlike most bugs that make a noise when they escape by flying away or scuttling, the walking stick silently fades.

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it appears from mid summer to the end of fall.

Catch details[edit]

In Wild World[edit]

#32

Walking stick
"I caught a walkingstick! It's a walking...stick?"

Description They will cut off their own legs when preyed upon. Like a lizard's tail, the legs grow back.
Time of year Jul – Nov
Time of day Jul – Aug:
4 AM – 8 AM & 5 PM – 7 PM
Sep – Nov:
4 AM – 7 PM
Peak times N/A
Location On trees (any kind)
Bug size 85 mm
Rarity Very uncommon
Selling price  600 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In City Folk[edit]

#36

Walking stick
"I caught a walkingstick! A stick...that walks?!"

Description These will tear their legs off to flee predators... but their legs then grow back!
Time of year Jul – Nov
Time of day Jul – Aug:
4 AM – 8 AM & 5 PM – 7 PM
Sep – Nov:
4 AM – 7 PM
Peak times N/A
Location On trees (any kind)
Bug size 85 mm
Rarity Very uncommon
Selling price  600 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In New Leaf[edit]

#40

Walking stick
"I caught a walking stick! Check out its walking schtick!"

Time of year Jul – Nov
All year (Tortimer Island)
Time of day Jul – Aug:
4 AM – 8 AM & 5 PM – 7 PM
Sep – Nov:
4 AM – 7 PM
Peak times N/A
Location On trees (any kind) (can be found on Tortimer Island)
Size 85 mm
Rarity Very uncommon
Selling price  600 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In New Horizons[edit]

#66

Walking stick
"I caught a walking stick! Check out its walking schtick! Look, these are the jokes, OK?"

Time of year North: Jul – Nov
South: Jan – May
Time of day 4 AM – 8 AM & 5 PM – 7 PM
Location On trees (any kind)
Weather Any weather
Spawn requirement Catch 20 total bugs
Selling prices  Nook's Cranny 600 Bells
 Flick 900 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


Donating to the museum[edit]

In Wild World[edit]

"The walkingstick not only impersonates a tree branch but will also play dead! Such deceptive creativity both intrigues and disgusts me, I have to say..."

In City Folk[edit]

Blathers will talk about the walkingstick as he reluctantly accepts the bug into the museum:

"Walkingsticks can skillfully disguise themselves as twigs or thin branches. What deceptive wretches! Just imagine going to grab what you thought was a twig and having it go SQUISH in your hand... Such epic foulness! Just thinking about that dark day gives me owl bumps!"

The walkingstick can be found on the third platform, on the second tree to the left, in the insect exhibition once donated.

In New Leaf[edit]

Upon being donated, the walking stick can be found in the room of the bug exhibit with the light in, resting on a tree in the back.

"Walking sticks disguise themselves to confuse predators and are very closely related to walking leaves. They have cylindrical bodies that look like sticks. Some of them can even change their pigmentation. Females can lay eggs without the males, so most of the walking sticks you see are females."

In New Horizons[edit]

Upon donation or selecting "Tell me more about this!", Blathers will say:

"The walking stick looks just like a twig, does it not? Hoo! It even has knots like a real twig would! These bashful bugs mimic plants in this way to hide from predators. A noble goal, you might say. But though the deceptive wretches fool some, they do not fool me! I see these bugs for what they are... Monsters, plain and simple! I say, did you know that walking sticks can grow to two feet long?! Imagine running into one! Surely I would faint."

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Japanese ナナフシ
nanafushi
Lit. "seven segments"

Korean 긴수염대벌레
ginsuyeomdaebeolle
Lonchodidae, a specific family of walking sticks

Simplified Chinese 竹节虫
zhújiéchóng
Lit. "bamboo segmented bug"

Traditional Chinese 竹節蟲
Unknown

Russian Палочник
Palochnik
Walking stick

Dutch Wandelende tak Walking stick

German Stabschrecke Stick insect

European Spanish Insecto palo Stick insect

European French Phasme From order name

Italian Insetto stecco Stick insect

Notes[edit]

  1. Japanese: ナナフシ Hepburn: Nanafushi