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How to Catch a Giant Water Bug Easily

Giant Water Bug Times

The Giant Water Bug is one of the Other Bugs you can catch in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) for the Nintendo Switch. Learn all about the Giant Water Bug and how to catch them below!

Giant Water Bug Sell Price

Giant Water Bug
Sell Price 2,000 Bells
Type Other
Rarity ★☆☆☆☆

The Giant Water Bug is a common bug and sells for 2,000 Bells.

Giant Water Bug Location and Times

Giant Water Bug Times

Location On ponds
Time April to September
North Hemisphere
7 PM to 8 AM
October to March
South Hemisphere
7 PM to 8 AM

You can find the Giant Water Bug on ponds from 7 PM to 8 AM.

Find it from April to September on the Northern Hemisphere, or from October to March on the Southern Hemisphere.

Giant Water Bug Months

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

How to Catch the Giant Water Bug

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

Steps to catching Giant Water Bug 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 Water Bug 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 Water Bug!

Giant Water Bug Additional Info

Dialogue When Caught

I caught a giant water bug! It should've stayed in the water!

Dialogue When Donated to Blathers

  How to put this gently? Ah yes... BEWARE the giant water bug.

 I tell you, this vicious predator has been known to attack fish, bugs, frogs, and even snakes! SNAKES!

  Truth be told, no one is safe! Its nickname is "the toe-biter," for goodness sakes!

 Now, one final fact before I faint... The gruesome bug uses its nose...to inject its prey...with digestive juices.

 Hoo... Must stop thinking about...the unthinkable.

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