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Hermit Crab Times

The Hermit Crab is one of the Other Bugs from Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH). Learn all about the Hermit Crab and how to catch them below!

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Hermit Crab Sell Price

Hermit Crab
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 Sell Price 1,000 Bells
Type Other
Rarity ★☆☆☆☆

The Hermit Crab is a common bug and sells for 1,000 Bells.

Hermit Crab Location and Times

Hermit Crab Times

Location On the shore
Time All year
North Hemisphere
7 PM to 8 AM		 All year
South Hemisphere
7 PM to 8 AM

You can find the Hermit Crab on the shore from 7 PM to 8 AM.

Find the bug all year round on either Hemisphere.

Hermit Crab Months

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

How to Catch the Hermit Crab

Steps Directions
1
　 Equip your Net ACNH - Net
2 　 Approach the Hermit Crab
3 　 Swing your net!

Steps to catching Hermit Crab 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 Hermit Crab 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 Hermit Crab!

Hermit Crab Additional Info

Dialogue When Caught

“I caught a hermit crab! I think it just wanted to be left alone!”

Dialogue When Donated to Blathers

　 “The hermit crab is not an insect... Though it most certainly resembles one. Blech!

　It looks much like a spider—what with its creepy eyes and crawly legs—but is, in fact, a crustacean.

　 As such, the hermit crab has 10 legs and also wears a shell. But it doesn't grow this shell itself.

　 It slips its soft body into shells left behind by snails, you see, and moves into ever-larger ones as it grows.

　 Talk about a strange way to make a home.”

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