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Giant Cicada Times and How to Catch

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Giant Cicada Times

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

Giant Cicada Sell Price

Giant Cicada
Sell Price 500 Bells
Type Cicada
Rarity ★☆☆☆☆

The Giant Cicada is a common bug and sells for 500 Bells.

Giant Cicada Location and Times

Giant Cicada Times

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

You can find the Giant Cicada on trees from 8 AM to 5 PM.

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

Giant Cicada Months

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

How to Catch the Giant Cicada

Steps Directions
1
  Equip your Net ACNH - Net
2   Approach the Giant Cicada
3   Swing your net!

Steps to catching Giant Cicada 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 Giant Cicada 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 Giant Cicada!

Giant Cicada Additional Info

Dialogue When Caught

I caught a giant cicada! I guess it's PRETTY big...

Dialogue When Donated to Blathers

  The giant cicada is rather aptly named. That is, it's a truly enormous bug. Ugh!

  These beasts spend most of their lives underground where they gorge on tree roots.

  But once they emerge, they make an awful racket. In fact, some say their song sounds like a shrieking siren.

  I would rather listen to nails on a chalkboard.

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