Diving beetle
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| Name:Cybister sp. Family:Dytiscidae - Predaceous Diving Beetles | ||||||||
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Names in other languages ゲンゴロウ 龙虱 Dytique Escarabajo nadador Ditisco Плавунец 물방개 龍蝨 Dytique Escarabajo nadador Schwimmkäfer Waterroofkever | ||||||||
Thediving beetle is abug in theAnimal Crossing series introduced inDoubutsu no Mori e+. It appears in all subsequent games except forAnimal Crossing: Wild World. It skates on freshwater surfaces, occasionally diving under. InAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, it can be caught from latespring to earlyfall.
Catch details[edit]
InDoubutsu no Mori e+[edit]
InCity Folk[edit]
"I caught a diving beetle! I give it a perfect 10!"
| Description | These are said to have short but strong pincers. Ouch! |
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| Time of year | May – Sep |
| Time of day | 8 AM – 5 PM |
| Peak times | N/A |
| Location | On rivers and ponds |
| Bug size | 38 mm |
| Rarity | Very uncommon |
| Selling price |  800Bells |
| Furniture size |  |
InNew Leaf[edit]
"I caught a diving beetle! It's like I have sonar or something!"
| Time of year | May – Sep |
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| Time of day | 8 AM – 5 PM |
| Peak times | N/A |
| Location | On rivers and ponds |
| Size | 38 mm |
| Rarity | Uncommon |
| Selling price | 800Bells |
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InNew Horizons[edit]
"I caught a diving beetle! Now I'm making a splash!"
| Time of year | North: May – Sep South: Nov – Mar |
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| Time of day | 8 AM – 7 PM |
| Location | On rivers and ponds |
| Weather | Any weather |
| Spawn requirement | Appears from the start of the game |
| Selling prices |  Nook's Cranny: 800Bells Flick: 1,200Bells |
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Donating to the museum[edit]
InCity Folk[edit]
It can be found in the bottom-left hand enclosure in the insect exhibition, in the small pond.
InNew Leaf[edit]
Upon being donated, the beetle can be found in the first room of the bug exhibit, swimming in the pond just outside the butterfly house.
InNew Horizons[edit]
When donated, the diving beetle can be found swimming in the southwestern water tank of the bug exhibit. It shares this habitat with thepondskater,giant water bug, and some donated fish.
Gallery[edit]
Doubutsu no Mori e+
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Real-world information[edit]
Adult beetles have streamlined, oval, or football-shaped flattened bodies that are usually 12-25 millimeters (1/8-1 inch) long. Most species are brown to black but some have distinctive patterns of spots, lines, or mottling on the wing covers. They have elongate hairlike antennae. Larvae are not frequently seen and have a long thorax and long legs. The head bears conspicuous large sickle-shaped mandibles without teeth.
Predaceous diving beetles are easily confused with water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). The latter surface for air head first and have a ridge or keel on the underside that runs down the thorax and extends into a point.
Names in other languages[edit]
 | ゲンゴロウ gengorō | Diving beetle (etymology unknown) |
 | 물방개 mulbanggae | Diving beetle |
 | 龙虱 lóngshī | Diving beetle (lit. "dragon louse") |
 | 龍蝨 Unknown | |
 | Плавунец Plavunets | Diving beetle |
 | Waterroofkever | "Water predator Beetle" |
 | Schwimmkäfer | "Swimming beetle" |
 | Escarabajo Nadador | "Swimming beetle" |
 | Dytique | From family name Dysticidae |
 | Ditisco | From family name Dysticidae |
Notes[edit]
- ↑All bugs and fish in the first-generation games can appear at a lower spawn rate up to five days before the start of their first month of availability.
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