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ACNH - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch)

Giraffe Stag Times and How to Catch

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Giraffe Stag Times

The Giraffe Stag is one of the rarest bugs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH). Learn when you can find this sneaky critter and how to catch it below!

Giraffe Stag Location, Time, Months, Sell Price

Giraffe Stag
ACNH - Giraffe Stag Location On Palm Trees
Time 5 PM to 8 AM
Months July to August (NH)
January to February (SH)
Sell Price 12,000 Bells

The Giraffe Stag can be found on the trunks of palm trees from 5 PM to 8 AM during the summer season. It is one of the rarest bugs in the game and sells for 12,000 Bells.

List of Stags

Months for North and South Hemisphere

North Hemisphere
South Hemisphere
Giraffe Stag
Northern Hemisphere Calendar
January July ACNH - Giraffe Stag
February August ACNH - Giraffe Stag
March September
April October
May November
June December
Giraffe Stag
Southern Hemisphere Calendar
January ACNH - Giraffe Stag July
February ACNH - Giraffe Stag August
March September
April October
May November
June December

How to Catch the Giraffe Stag

Steps Directions
1
  Equip your Net ACNH - Net
2   Approach the Giraffe Stag
3   Swing your net!

Steps to catching Giraffe Stag 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 Giraffe Stag 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 Giraffe Stag!

Giraffe Stag Additional Info

Dialogue When Caught

I caught a giraffe stag! Does that make it a longhorn?

Dialogue When Donated to Blathers

  The giraffe stag beetle is a bug of preposterous proportions.

 Not only is its body rather large, it has two long, jagged jaws that can put it over five inches in size!

 The giraffe stag beetle's long jaws have been compared to the long neck of the giraffe...hence the name.

 But I say such comparisons are a stretch. Giraffe necks are NOT lined with spikes!

 If I were a giraffe, I would protest.

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Comment

5 Anonymous Anonymous over 5 years

So it's basically like with a scorpion. When their pincers are in the air you don't move. When they move down and relax momentarily, you move towards it. Pincers in air = stop. Pincers down = move towards it.

4 Anonymous Anonymous over 5 years

The trick to catching stags/cicadas is sneaking. As soon as you find the bug, try to get on the side of the tree and hold A. it doesn't matter if the entire net is in front of the bug (a good way to practice is to place an object and then drop something next to it. if your on the same space as the dropped object, that means you'd scare the bug)

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