Insect Locations in Grand Bazaar

The Fine Art of Critter-Catching


Insects are as important as Fish in Grand Bazaar in terms of completing your Character's Collections in his/her Farm Assets Menu. There is a separate Tab for Insects where you will find every type of Insect that you have caught listed.

Your Character will have a 'Critter-Catching' Title as well and when he/she catches a specific number of new types of insects, his/her Skill level will increase and a new Title will be awarded. It is not the sum total of ALL insects caught that raises Skill but the total of new types of Insects.

Catching Insects requires a number of different strategies that depend on the type of insect. Some insects need to be approached slowly by walking. Others can be caught only if your Character leaps into the air. Knowing your Insects' behaviour patterns is the key to success.

To catch any Butterfly, you either can walk towards it and catch it while it is hovering close to the ground or leap upward to catch it in mid-flight. Butterflies are fairly easy to catch.

Easier even than Butterflies, however, are the Locusts and Grasshoppers that hop across the ground on every screen. You simply need to position yourself properly to catch them. Whether you walk or run is irrelevant, although you probably can position yourself more precisely if you are walking.

Fireflies appear in the Summer and these require very slow movements. In fact, if you run towards a Firefly, it will fly away and disappear from the screen. Walk towards the Firefly, then note its precise position and stand in front of that spot. Its light will wink in and out. When its light appears, catch it from your stationary position.

A large variety of Cicadas and Beetles appear in Summer as well on the trunks of Trees as well as the walls of buildings. These require some skill to catch in the sense that it is a two-part process. As with Fireflies, if your Character is running, the Insects will be startled and fly away to disappear entirely from the screen. What you need to do is walk very slowly to a position that is within a square of the Insect's position. In some cases, it is easier to approach it from the side rather than the front. The Tree in front of Angelo's house is an example of a situation where you will have greater success if you approach from the side. The second part of the strategy requires that your Character leap towards the Tree, pressing the B Button to catch the Insect at the same time. With these Insects, you only have one chance to succeed. If you miss, the Insect will fly away.

Dragonflies can be caught either when running or walking, leaping or standing. They are fairly fast, however, and will cross the river repeatedly. In the section that gives the locations of all Insects by Season, Dragonflies are listed on both the north and south back of the River on almost all screens. You cannot be more precise than that. Even on the Farm screen, the Dragonflies and Skimmers will move from north to south and cover considerable ground.

Frogs appear only in bad weather and certain varieties only appear during Hurricanes. They will appear on every screen, but as always, the varieties are location-specific.

Insects are time-specific as well as location-specific. Some Insects are found only during the Evening and Night. Others are found in the Morning or during the entire Day. You need to hunt Insects at all hours of the Day and Night in every type of Weather if you wish to achieve 100% completion and the ultimate Critter-Catching Title.

Incidentally, in some locations, you will see that there are two specific Insects that can be found during any Season. One often is more uncommon than the other. This is particularly true of the Insects that are found on Tree Trunks on any screen.


Insect Locations



Spring Season



Farmhouse Screen


Spiked Locust at very top of Meadow

Swallowtail below Farmhouse
Small White below Farmhouse

Small White to the right of Farm Windmill

Longheaded Locust below Farm Windmill

Rainy Days:
Tree Frog below Well



Waterfall Screen


Pale Cloud Yellow on top tier
Purple Emperor on Top Tier
Hira Grasshopper on top Tier

Scarce Large Blue bottom tier
Spotted Locust on bottom tier
Comma Butterfly on bottom tier

Hira Grasshopper to the right of the Waterfall

Kobane Grasshopper to the left of Lloyd's house

Spiked Locust below Lloyd's House

Small White near lamp post in square

Rainy Days:
White-Lipped Frog to the right of the Waterfall


Town Screen


Dirt Grasshopper on little plateau above Mayor's house

Comma Butterfly, south shore to the left of the Town Bridge
Small White, south shore to the left of the Town Bridge
Miyama Swallowtail, south shore, to the left of the town Bridge

Nymph Butterfly, south shore, to the right of the Town Bridge

Piggyback Locust beneath Antonette's house

Dirt Grasshopper on path near south shore of River

Rainy Days:
Red-Eyed Tree Frog near Pool below Mayor's House
Tree Frog on South bank of river, to the left of Bridge
Red-Eyed Tree Frog beneath Antoinette's House


Hotel Screen


Nymph Butterfly on south shore, to the left of Bridge
Pale Cloud Yellow on south shore, to the left of Bridge
Kobane Grasshopper to the left of the Bridge on south shore

Pale Cloud Yellow on south shore, to the right of Bridge

White-Lipped Frog below Angelo's house on rainy day

Spiked Locust beneath the Windmill

Pale Cloud Yellow beneath the Windmill

White Swallowtail above second little round hill, leaping

Spiked Locust on plateau north of Hotel

Dirt Grasshopper at bottom of skateboard course

Rainy Days:

Tree Frog next to Fountain

Tree Frog below Windmill


Summer



Farmhouse Screen


Opal Cicada on northeast tree in meadow (morning)

Elephant Beetle on northwest tree in meadow (night)
White Beetle on northeast tree in meadow (night)

Purple Brush-Foot on Meadow (night)

Evening Cicada (day, tree closest to farmhouse in Meadow)
Spring Cicada (day, tree closest to farmhouse in Meadow)

Kaempfer Cicada on tree to left of Farmhouse

Rhinoceros Beetle on tree to left of farmhouse (night)

Eastern Locust on the field

Hira Grasshopper on the field (rainy)

Japanese Firefly beneath Well


Waterfall Screen


Kutsuwa Katydid on top tier

Purple Brush-Foot on top tier

Sitting Cicada on 1st Tree on Top Tier (day)
Princess Cicada on 2nd Tree on top Tier (day)

Screeching Cicada on 1st Tree on top Tier (day)
Brown Cicada on 1st Tree on Top Tier (day)

Singing Cicada on 2nd Tree on top Tier (day)

Stag Beetle on 1st Tree on top tier (night)
White Morn Beetle on 1st Tree on Top Tier (night)

Pincer Beetle on 2nd Tree on top tier (night)

Anubis Beetle on 2nd Tree on top tier (late night)

Nymph Butterfly on bottom tier

Black Firefly in 'elbow' of river near 2nd Tier

Spotted Locust to the right of the Waterfall

Princess Firefly (blue) to the right of the Waterfall

Piggyback Locust below Lloyd's house

Candle Firefly on south bank below pier, north of Lloyd's house

On Rainy Day:

Tree Frog to the left of entrance to Farm Screen, or 'elbow' of river

Hurricane:
Spotted Pond Frog to the left of Lloyd's House
White's Tree Frog to the right of Waterfall


Town Screen


Cabbage Firefly on north bank to the left of bridge.
Spotted Firefly on the north bank to the left of bridge

Candle Firefly on south bank to the right of bridge

Piggyback Locust on south bank of river to left of bridge
Dirt Grasshopper on path on south bank to the left of bridge
Kobane Grasshopper on south bank to the right of bridge

Kutsuwa Katydid by pool to the right of Mayor's house
Summer Firefly by pool to the right of Mayor's house

Singing Cicada on window of Kevin's house

On Rainy Day:

Red-Eyed Tree Frog below Antoinette's house
White Swallowtail on south shore, to the left of bridge



Hotel Screen


Eastern Locust outside Hotel

Spring Cicada on tree below Windmill (day)

Bear Cicada on tree below Windmill (day)

Big Pincer Beetle on tree below Windmill (night)

Yellow Firefly on pier below Windmill
Candle Firefly on pier below Windmill

Grass Cicada on Tree next ot Angelo's House
Princess Cicada on Tree next to Angelo's House
Chattering Cicada on Tree next to Angelo's House

Ring Butterfly below Angelo's House

Black Firefly next to Angelo's House

Piggyback Locust on south shore to the left of bridge

Summer Firefly on south shore to the right of bridge

Longheaded Locust on plateau above Hotel

Common Skimmer (north and south banks in the last few days of Summer)

Rainy Day:
Tree Frog on south bank, left side of bridge
White's Tree Frog on north bank, beneath Windmill

Spotted Pond Frog below Windmill (hurricane)


Autumn



Farmhouse Screen


Scarce Large Blue on northwest corner of Meadow above Farm
Cricket in Meadow
Yellow Damselfly outside Farmhouse
Blue Dragonfly near field or outside Farmhouse

Red Dragonfly below Windmill


Waterfall Screen

Nymph Butterfly on top tier
Common Skimmer on top tier

Velvet Brush-Foot bottom tier

Emma Field Cricket on the plateau to the right of the top tier

Kobane Grasshopper to the left or right of the Waterfall

Risi Dragonfly below Lloyd's house and in lamppost area

Town Screen


Azure Dragonfly on little plateau above Mayor's house
Cornered Cricket in alcove to the left of Mayor's house

Eastern Locust by little pool to the right of the Mayor's House

Cobalt Dragonfly by little pool to the right of the Mayor's house

Cobalt Dragonfly in Town Square

Longheaded Locust on south side of river, to the left of bridge

Pacific Dragonfly north and south banks of river
Sunrise Dragonfly north and south banks of river

Rainy Day:

White-Lipped Frog on left side of bridge, south bank


Hotel Screen


Hira Grasshopper left side of bridge

Hira Grasshopper right side of bridge

Pacific Dragonfly on north and south banks of river

Amber Dragonfly outside of hotel

Cobalt Dragonfly outside of hotel

Aegis Dragonfly on north and south banks of the river

Yellow Damselfly on north and south banks of the river

Sunrise Dragonfly on north and south banks of the river

Aegis Dragonfly on round plateau above Angelo's House

Migratory Locust on plateau above Hotel

Kutsuwa Katydid on plateau above Hotel

Longheaded Locust below Windmill

Rainy Day:
White's Tree Frog on left side of bridge, south bank


Winter



Farm Screen


Dirt Grasshopper in meadow

Kobane Grasshopper in meadow

Spotted Locust below Farmhouse


Waterfall Screen


Kobane Grasshopper to the left of Lloyd's House


Town Screen


Dirt Grasshopper to the left of the bridge on south bank


Hotel Screen


Dirt Grasshopper to the left of the bridge