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Horned Elephant Times and How to Catch

Horned Elephant Times

The Horned Elephant is one of the Beetles from Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH). Learn all about the Horned Elephant and how to catch them below!

Horned Elephant Sell Price

Horned Elephant
Sell Price 8,000 Bells
Type Beetle
Rarity ★★★★☆

The Horned Elephant is a rare bug and sells for 8,000 Bells.

Horned Elephant Location and Times

Horned Elephant Times

Location On palm trees
Time July and August
North Hemisphere
5 PM to 8 AM
January to February
South Hemisphere
5 PM to 8 AM

You can find the Horned Elephant on palm trees from 5 PM to 8 AM.

Find it from July and August on the Northern Hemisphere, or from January to February on the Southern Hemisphere.

Horned Elephant Months

Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Horned Elephant
Northern Hemisphere Calendar
January July ACNH - Horned Elephant
February August ACNH - Horned Elephant
March September
April October
May November
June December
Horned Elephant
Southern Hemisphere Calendar
January ACNH - Horned Elephant July
February ACNH - Horned Elephant August
March September
April October
May November
June December

How to Catch the Horned Elephant

Steps Directions
1
  Equip your Net ACNH - Net
2   Approach the Horned Elephant
3   Swing your net!

Steps to catching Horned Elephant will the same for bugs on trees, stumps, and rocks.

1. Equip Your Net

To catch a bug, you'll need to equip your net! Press the X Button to go into your pockets and select your net.

You can also select it from your Tool Ring!

2. Approach Bug

The Horned Elephant can fly away if you move too closely too quickly. Hold down the A Button and move the Right Stick to approach it carefully.

3. Swing Your Net

Once you've inched close enough, release the A Button to swing your net. You'll then be a proud owner of the Horned Elephant!

Horned Elephant Additional Info

Dialogue When Caught

I caught a horned elephant! I think it's too small to ride...

Dialogue When Donated to Blathers

  The horned elephant beetle certainly lives up to its namesake.

 Not only does the horn on its head resemble the trunk of an elephant.... It is also one of the heaviest beetles in the world!

 Size aside, allow be to reveal the real reason I find horned elephant beetle so repungant...

 Their backs are convered in a fine coat of hair! Hirsute beetles! Hoot! The horror!

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