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Orchid Mantis Times and How to Catch

Orchid Mantis Times

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

Orchid Mantis Sell Price

Orchid Mantis
Sell Price 2,400 Bells
Type Mantis
Rarity ★☆☆☆☆

The Orchid Mantis is a common bug and sells for 2,400 Bells.

Orchid Mantis Location and Times

Orchid Mantis Times

Location On flowers
Time March to November
North Hemisphere
8 AM to 5 PM
September to May
South Hemisphere
8 AM to 5 PM

You can find the Orchid Mantis on flowers from 8 AM to 5 PM.

Find it from March to November on the Northern Hemisphere, or from September to May on the Southern Hemisphere.

Orchid Mantis Months

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

How to Catch the Orchid Mantis

Steps Directions
1
  Equip your Net ACNH - Net
2   Approach the Orchid Mantis
3   Swing your net!

Steps to catching Orchid Mantis 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 Orchid Mantis 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 Orchid Mantis!

Orchid Mantis Additional Info

Dialogue When Caught

I caught an orchid mantis! Our friendship is blooming!

Dialogue When Donated to Blathers

  The orchid mantis is a bug whose brilliant colors and petal-shaped limbs give it the look of a flower.

 This masterful mimicry allows it to hide from predators in among the orchids.

 But oh this fradulent flower! It lures other insects in to drink its nectar... And makes a meal of them instead!

 Imagine! To behold a beautiful bud... only to discover it's a bug instead! A repulsive revelation indeed!

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