Walking stick

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Walking stick
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Real-world info
Name: Ctenomorpha marginipennis Family: Phasmatidae
Main appearances
DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
Film HHD aF PC
Names in other languages  ナナフシ  竹节虫  Phasme  Insecto palo  Insetto stecco  Палочник  긴수염대벌레  竹節蟲  Phasme  Insecto palo  Stabschrecke  Wandelende tak

The walking stick (known as the walkingstick prior to New Leaf) is a bug in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Animal Crossing: Wild World. Starting with Animal Crossing: City Folk, the walking stick has a counterpart: the walking leaf. Unlike most bugs that make a noise when they escape by flying away or scuttling, the walking stick silently fades.

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it appears from mid summer to the end of fall.

Catch details

In Wild World

#32

"I caught a walkingstick! It's a walking...stick?"

Description	They will cut off their own legs when preyed upon. Like a lizard's tail, the legs grow back.
Time of year	Jul – Nov
Time of day	Jul – Aug: 4 AM – 8 AM; 5 PM – 7 PM Sep – Nov: 4 AM – 7 PM
Peak times	N/A
Location	On trees (any kind)
Bug size	85 mm
Rarity	Very uncommon
Selling price	600 Bells
Furniture size

In City Folk

#36

"I caught a walkingstick! A stick...that walks?!"

Description	These will tear their legs off to flee predators... but their legs then grow back!
Time of year	Jul – Nov
Time of day	Jul – Aug: 4 AM – 8 AM & 5 PM – 7 PM Sep – Nov: 4 AM – 7 PM
Peak times	N/A
Location	On trees (any kind)
Bug size	85 mm
Rarity	Very uncommon
Selling price	600 Bells
Furniture size

In New Leaf

#40

"I caught a walking stick! Check out its walking schtick!"

Time of year	Jul – Nov All year (Tortimer Island)
Time of day	Jul – Aug: 4 AM – 8 AM & 5 PM – 7 PM Sep – Nov: 4 AM – 7 PM
Peak times	N/A
Location	On trees (any kind) (can be found on Tortimer Island)
Size	85 mm
Rarity	Very uncommon
Selling price	600 Bells
Furniture size

In New Horizons

#66

"I caught a walking stick! Check out its walking schtick! Look, these are the jokes, OK?"

Time of year	North: Jul – Nov South: Jan – May
Time of day	4 AM – 8 AM & 5 PM – 7 PM
Location	On trees (any kind)
Weather	Any weather
Spawn requirement	Catch 20 total bugs
Selling prices	Nook's Cranny:  600 Bells  Flick:  900 Bells
Furniture size

In Pocket Camp

#38

Availability	Not currently available 2020-09-09 – 2020-12-28 2021-12-24 – 2022-03-24 2022-09-19 – 2023-03-23
Location	Sunburst Island
Size	76.8 mm – 93.2 mm
Rarity	★★
Selling price	600 Bells
Version added	Unknown
Villager gift data	Tier: 3 (Uncommon+) Rewards:  1,500 Bells Fortune cookie (20%) +3 Friendship points

Donating to the museum

In Wild World

"The walkingstick not only impersonates a tree branch but will also play dead! Such deceptive creativity both intrigues and disgusts me, I have to say..."

In City Folk

Blathers will talk about the walkingstick as he reluctantly accepts the bug into the museum:

"Walkingsticks can skillfully disguise themselves as twigs or thin branches. What deceptive wretches! Just imagine going to grab what you thought was a twig and having it go SQUISH in your hand... Such epic foulness! Just thinking about that dark day gives me owl bumps!"

The walkingstick can be found on the third platform, on the second tree to the left, in the insect exhibition once donated.

In New Leaf

Upon being donated, the walking stick can be found in the room of the bug exhibit with the light in, resting on a tree in the back.

"Walking sticks disguise themselves to confuse predators and are very closely related to walking leaves. They have cylindrical bodies that look like sticks. Some of them can even change their pigmentation. Females can lay eggs without the males, so most of the walking sticks you see are females."

In New Horizons

Upon donation or selecting "Tell me more about this!", Blathers will say:

"The walking stick looks just like a twig, does it not? Hoo! It even has knots like a real twig would! These bashful bugs mimic plants in this way to hide from predators. A noble goal, you might say. But though the deceptive wretches fool some, they do not fool me! I see these bugs for what they are... Monsters, plain and simple! I say, did you know that walking sticks can grow to two feet long?! Imagine running into one! Surely I would faint."

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  Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Names in other languages

	ナナフシ nanafushi	Lit. "seven segments"
	긴수염대벌레 ginsuyeomdaebeolle	Lonchodidae, a specific family of walking sticks
	竹节虫 zhújiéchóng	Lit. "bamboo segmented bug"
	竹節蟲 Unknown
	Палочник Palochnik	Walking stick
	Wandelende tak	Walking stick
	Stabschrecke	Stick insect
	Insecto palo	Stick insect
	Phasme	From order name
	Insetto stecco	Stick insect

Notes

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