Rice grasshopper

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	Rice grasshopper

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Real-world info

Name:Oxya yezoensis
Family:Acrididae

Main appearances

Other appearances

Names in other languages

イナゴ

稻蝗

Criquet

Langosta

Locusta

Рисовая кобылка

메뚜기

稻蝗

Criquet

Langosta

Heuschrecke

Rijstsprinkhaan

Therice grasshopper^{[nb 1]} is abug in theAnimal Crossing series. The rice grasshopper first appeared inAnimal Crossing: New Leaf and has appeared in all subsequent games. It is distinguishable from thegrasshopper by the rattling noise that it makes.

In the games that the rice grasshopper appears in, it is an uncommon bug that the player can encounter, and can be found on the ground, occasionally hopping. InAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, it can be caught from latesummer to the end offall.

Catch details[edit]

InNew Leaf[edit]

#16

"I caught a rice grasshopper! Now I just need a soy-sauce mantis!"

Time of year	Aug – Nov
Time of day	8 AM – 7 PM
Peak times	Aug – Oct
Location	On the ground
Size	25 mm
Rarity	Very rare
Selling price	400Bells
Furniture size

InNew Horizons[edit]

#18

"I caught a rice grasshopper! I've been looking for a gluten-free alternative..."

Time of year	North: Aug – Nov South: Feb – May
Time of day	8 AM – 7 PM
Location	On the ground
Weather	Any weather
Spawn requirement	Appears from the start of the game
Selling prices	Nook's Cranny: 400Bells Flick: 600Bells
Furniture size

InPocket Camp[edit]

#73

Availability (Pocket Camp Complete)	Catchable only during events
Availability (Pocket Camp)	Not currently available 2022-10-19 – 2022-10-22(Rice Grasshopper Goals)
Location	Sunburst Island
Size	30.1 mm – 39.9 mm
Rarity	★
Selling price	10Bells
Version added	Unknown
Villager gift data	Tier: 1 (Common) Rewards: 100Bells +2 Friendship points

Donating to the museum[edit]

As with all bugs in theAnimal Crossing series, rice grasshoppers can be donated to themuseum and information about it can be found in the bug exhibit.

InNew Leaf[edit]

Upon donation to the museum, the rice grasshopper can be found on the right side of the first room of the insect section of the museum.

"Rice grasshoppers are typically known as pests that eat farmers' crops, making them undesirable. But they are also edible, and boiling them in soy sauce is a typical way to prepare them in certain regions. While they are generally green, their shells will turn a darker color when heavily crowded in groups."

InNew Horizons[edit]

"In point of fact, rice grasshoppers are an awful pest! They devour rice plants and wipe out the crucial crop. But revenge is sweet! These bugs are edible, you see, and so some folks eat them as way to get rid of them. When boiled in soy sauce, rice grasshoppers are quite tasty, it's said. Though why anyone would put an insect in their mouth is beyond me.The mere thought gives me the gags!"

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Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Real-world information[edit]

A pair of rice grasshoppers

TheOxya yezoensis is a pest from Japan that feeds on rice plants in the paddies. It became a source of protein and calcium in inland areas of what is now known as Nagano Prefecture and was cooked in a variety of ways including skewered over a fire, or cooked with soy sauce and sugar. Eating these bugs was especially common after World War II due to food shortages and is depicted in the manga "Barefoot Gen." Inland Japan never sees natural swarms of these grasshoppers due to geological conditions.

Names in other languages[edit]

	イナゴ Inago	Locust

	메뚜기 Mettugi	Grasshopper

	稻蝗 Dào huáng	Locust

	Рисовая кобылка Risovaya kobylka	Rice filly

	Rijstsprinkhaan	Rice grasshopper

	Heuschrecke	Locust

	Langosta	Locust

	Criquet	Locust

	Locusta	Locust