Animal Crossing: Tropical Wonders, leads you on a epic journey through the tropics, where you become mayor of a town cursed with Earthquakes. Your objective is to fulfill the town's former glory by building, houses, shops and even big projects. Available 3DS, Wii.
Controls[]
3DS[]
Circle Pad- Move
D-Pad Up- Equip Item
D-Pad Left or Right- Change Equipped Item
D-Pad Down- View Sky or Change View inside
A- Use Item
B- Run
Y- Change Item
X- Pick Up Item
R- Equip TPC
L- Equip Encyclopaedia
Fauna[]
New features include Rodents and Reptiles.
Bugs[]
| Name | Price | Location | Time | Months | Peak Times | Peak Months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agrias Butterfly | 3,000 | Flying (Near Flowers) / Island | 8am-5pm | June-Sept | ||
| Ant | 80 | On Dropped Candy or Rotten Turnips | All Day | All Year | ||
| Atlas Beetle | 8,000 | On Palm Trees | 7pm-8am | Jun-Aug | ||
| Bagworm | 300 | Hanging from trees | 7pm-8am | Oct-Feb | ||
| Banded Dragonfly | 4,500 | Flying Anywhere | 8am-5pm | Jul-Aug | ||
| Bee |
4,500 |
In Trees | All Day | All Year | ||
| Bell Cricket | 430 | In Grass | 5pm-8am | Sep-Oct | ||
| Birdwing Butterfly | 3,000
4,000 |
Flying (Near Flowers) | 8am-5pm | Jun-Sept | ||
| Brown Cicada | 200 | On Trees | 8am-5pm | Jul-Aug | ||
| Centipede | 300 | In Rocks | Night | June-Feb | ||
| Cicada Shell | 100 | On Trees | All Day | July-Aug | ||
| Cockroach | 5 | On Trees | All Day | All Year | ||
| Coconut Crab | 300 | Inside fruitless Palm Trees | 7pm-8am | Jun-Sept | ||
| Common Butterfly | 90 | Flying (Near Flowers) | 4am-7pm | Mar-Sept | 8am-5pm | Apr-Jun |
| Common Dragonfly | 130 | Flying | 8am-5pm | May-Jul | ||
| Crab | 150 | Walking on the beach | All Day | All Year | ||
| Cricket | 130 | In Grass | 5pm-8am | Sept-Nov | 9pm-4am | Sept-Oct |
| Cyclommatus Stag | 8,000 | On Trees | 9pm-8am(CF)
5pm-8am(NL) |
Jul-Aug | ||
| Darner Dragonfly | 200 | Flying Anywhere | 8am-5pm | Jun-Aug | 9am-4pm | June |
| Diving Beetle | 800 | In/On Freshwater | 8am-5pm | May-Sept | ||
| Drone Beetle | 100 | On Trees / Island | All Day | July-Sept | ||
| Dung Beetle | 800 | Rolling Snowballs | 5pm-8am | Dec-Feb | ||
| Dynastid Beetle | 1,350 | On Trees | 5pm-8am | Jul-Aug | ||
| Elephant Beetle | 8,000 | On Palm Trees | 7pm-8am | Jul-Aug | ||
| Emperor Butterfly | 2,500 | Flying (Near Flowers) | 8am-5pm(AC&WW)
5pm-8am(CF) |
Jun-Sept | ||
| Evening Cicada | 550 | On Trees | 4am-8am, 4pm-7pm | July-Aug | ||
| Firefly | 300 | Near Fresh Water | 7pm-4am | June | ||
| Flea | 70 | On Villager | All Day | Mar-Nov | ||
| Fly | 60 | Flying near Rafflesia, Rotten Turnips or Garbage | All Day | All Year | ||
| Fruit Beetle | 100 | On Trees | All Day | Jul-Sep | 7pm-8am | Sept |
| Giant Beetle | 10,000 | On Trees | 11pm-8am | Jul-Aug | ||
| Giant Cicada | 500 | On Trees | 8am-5pm | Jul-Aug | ||
| Giant Petaltail | 8,000 | Flying | 4pm-7pm | Aug-Oct | ||
| Golden Stag | 12,000 | On Trees | 5pm-8am | Jul-Aug | ||
| Goliath beetle | 6,000 | On Palm Trees | 7pm-8am(WW), 5pm-8am(CF) | Jun-Aug | 7pm-1am(CF) | |
| Grasshopper | 160 | In Grass | 9am-4pm | Jul-Sept | 8am-5pm | Sept |
| Hercules Beetle | 12,000 | On Palm Trees | 7pm-4am | Jul-Aug | ||
| Hermit Crab | 1,000 | Island Beach | 7pm-8am | All Year | ||
| Honeybee | 100 | Flying near Flowers | 8am-5pm | Mar-Aug | 9am-4pm | Mar-Jun |
| Horned Dynastid | 1,350 | On Trees | ??? | June-??? | ||
| Horned Atlas | 8,000 | On Palm Trees | 5pm-8am | July-Aug | ||
| House Centipede | 250 | Hit Rocks | 7pm-8am | Aug-Oct | ||
| Jewel Beetle | 2,400 | On Trees | 8am-5pm | Jul-Aug | ||
| Ladybug | 200 | On Flowers | 8am-5pm | Mar-Jun,Oct | 9am-4pm | Mar-May |
| Lantern Fly | 1,800 | On Trees | 4pm-7pm, 11pm-8am | Jun-Sept | ||
| Long Locust | 200 | In Grass | 8am-7pm | Aug-Nov(WW)May-Nov(CF) | 9am-4pm | Mar-Jun |
| Longhorn Beetle | 260 | On trees(AC&WW)
On tree stumps(CF) |
8am-5pm | Jun-Aug | ||
| Mantis | 430 | On Flowers | 8am-5pm | Apr-Nov(CF)Aug-Nov(WW) | 9am-4pm | Sep-Nov |
| Migratory Locust | 600 | In Grass | 8am-7pm | Sep-Nov(WW)Aug-Nov(CF) | 9am-4pm | Sep-Oct |
| Miyama Stag | 1,000 | On Trees | All Day | Jun-Aug | ||
| Mole Cricket | 280 | Underground | All Day | Nov-May | ||
| Monarch Butterfly | 90 | Flying (Near Flowers) | 8am-5pm | Sept-Nov | 8am-4pm | Oct-Nov |
| Mosquito | 130 | Flying Anywhere | 5pm-4am | Jun-Sep | 4pm-4am | Jun-Aug |
| Moth | 60 | Near Lights (Outside) | 7pm-4am | May-Sept | 9pm-4am | Jun-Aug |
| Mountain Beetle | 60 | On Trees | 7pm-4am | May-Sept | 9pm-4am | Jun-Aug |
| Oak Silk Moth | 1,200 | On Trees | 7pm-4am | Jun-Sept | ||
| Orchid Mantis | 2,400 | On Flowers | 8am-5pm | Aug-Nov(WW) Apr-Nov(CF&NL | Sep-Nov | |
| Peacock (Butterfly) | 220 | Flying (Near Blue, Violet & Black Flowers) | 8am-5pm | Mar-Sept | 8am-4pm | Jul-Sept |
| Pill Bug | 250 | Under Rocks | All Day | All Year | ||
| Pine Cricket | 100 | In Grass | 5pm-8am | Sept-Oct | ||
| Pondskater | 130 | Main Pond/Holding Ponds | 8am-7pm | Jun-Sep | ||
| Rainbow Stag | 10,000 | On Trees | 7pm-8am | Jun-Sept | ||
| Raja Brooke Butterfly | 2,500 | Flying (Near Freshwater) | 8am-5pm(May/July)
8am-7pm(Jun/Aug-Sept) |
May-Sept | ||
| Red Dragonfly | 80 | Flying Anywhere | 8am-7pm | Sep-Oct | ||
| Rice Grasshopper | 400 | On Ground | 8am-7pm | Aug-Sept | ||
| Robust Cicada | 300 | On Trees | 8am-5pm | Jul-Aug | ||
| Saw Stag Beetle | 2,000 | On Trees | All Day | Jul-Aug | 9pm-4am | Jul-Aug |
| Scarab Beetle | 6,000 | On Trees | 11pm-8am | Jul-Aug | ||
| Scorpion | 8,000 | On Ground | 7pm-4am | Jul-Sept | ||
| Seven-spotted ladybug | 200 | On Flowers | 8am-5am | Mar-Jun & Aug-Oct | ||
| Snail | 250 | On Flowers | All Day | Apr-Sep | ||
| Spider | 300 | In Trees | All Day | Mar-Nov | ||
| Stag Beetle | 2,000 | On Trees | 7pm-8am | Jun-Aug | 9pm-4am | Jul-Aug |
| Stinkbug | 120 | On Trees | All Day | Apr-Oct | ||
| Tarantula | 8,000 | On Ground | 7pm-4am | Jun-Aug | ||
| Tiger Beetl
e |
1,500 | On Ground | 8am-7pm; 4am-5pm | Mar-Sept, Oct | ||
| Tiger Butterfly | 160 | Flying Near Red & Pink Flowers | 8am-5pm | Mar-Jun | 8am-4pm | Mar-Sept |
| Violin Beetle | 250 | On Tree Stumps | 4am-7pm June
4am-5pm Sept-Oct 8am-5pm Nov |
Jun, Sept-Nov | ||
| Walker Cicada | 400 | On Trees | 8am-5pm | Jul-Sept | ||
| Walkingstick | 600 | On Trees | 4am-7pm | Jul-Nov | ||
| Walking Leaf( | 600 | On Ground | 4am-7pm | Jul-Nov | ||
| Wharf Roach | 200 | Beach | All Day | All Year | ||
| Yellow Butterfly | 80 | Flying | 4am-7pm | Mar-Jun, Sep |
BANANA TARANTULA:
Sell Price- 9500
Where- On Banana Trees and Bananas
Time- 6pm- 10pm
Month- July- November
After Catching- I caught a Banana Tarantula, I was going bananas over this bug!
MOSS MANTIS
Sell Price- 1200
Where- On Trees
Time- 6am- 9pm
Month- February- June
After Catching- I caught a Moss Mantis, Hey where's it gone!
HEMIPTERA
Sell Price- 200
Where- Flowers
Time- 4am- 10am
Month- November- March
After Catching- I caught a Hemiptera, Eww! What's that blue stuff...
JEWELLED WASP
Sell Price- 11000
Where- In trees
Time- All Day
Month- June- July
After Catching- I caught a Jewelled Wasp, Infestation! Run for the Hills!