This guide covers everything you need to know about catching bugs in Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar. You’ll find tips on how to catch them and a complete list of where each bug appears, including the season, weather, and time of day.
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How to Catch Bugs
Bug catching is simple in Grand Bazaar because you don’t need any tools.
- Walk up to a bug and press the interact button to grab it.
- If you run toward a bug, it will fly or jump away.
- Move slowly instead, and you’ll have plenty of time to catch it. You can even jump without scaring them.
Since no tools are required, you can catch rare bugs right from the beginning. They aren’t usually as valuable as fish and can’t be processed into other items, but they’re a good way to make money early on. Once you unlock the Nature Sprites, you can also raise Penny’s Sprite Level to improve the quality of the bugs you catch.
Bug List
Here’s the full list of bugs, along with where and when you can find them. The times shown are when we caught them, but most can also be found a little earlier or later.
| Name | Location | Season | Weather | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallheaded Locust | Bazaar, Farm, Town | All | Sunny | 09:00–18:00 |
| Migratory Locust | Equestrian Park | Autumn, Winter | Sunny | 13:00–14:00 |
| Pygmy Locust | Town, Mountain | Spring, Summer, Autumn | Sunny | 14:00–15:00 |
| Thorny Grasshopper | Mountains | Spring–Autumn | Sunny, Rain | 12:00–16:00 |
| Seven-Spotted Ladybug | Farm, Racetrack | All | Sunny | 06:00–18:00 |
| Ruby Ladybug | Bazaar | All | Sunny | 07:00–17:00 |
| Bee | Mountain (near planted flowers/beehouses) | All | Sunny | 14:00–16:00 |
| Hermit Crab | Mountain | Spring, Summer | Sunny, Rain | 14:00–21:00 |
| Cabbage White Butterfly | Farm, Town | Spring | Sunny | 09:00–18:00 |
| Swallowtail Butterfly | Bazaar, Mountain | Spring | Sunny | 12:00–18:00 |
| Pale Clouded Butterfly | Bazaar, Town | Spring | Sunny | 13:00–18:00 |
| Black Swallowtail Butterfly | Mountains | Mid-Spring | Sunny | 13:00–16:00 |
| Brown Cicada | Farm | Summer | Sunny | 09:00–10:00 |
| Opal Cicada | Town | Summer | Sunny | 15:00–16:00 |
| Robust Cicada | Mountain | Summer | Sunny | 12:00–13:00 |
| Ezo Cicada | Farm | Late Summer | Sunny | 06:00–16:00 |
| Evening Cicada | – | Summer (caught on 22nd) | – | Evening |
| Rhinoceros Beetle | Farm | Summer | Sunny, Rain | Night (21:00–22:00) |
| Elephant Beetle | Town | Summer | Sunny | Night (22:00–23:00) |
| Maya Beetle | Farm | Summer | Sunny | Evening (20:00–21:00) |
| Stag Beetle | Farm | Summer | Sunny | Night (21:00–22:00) |
| Giant Stag Beetle | Mountain | Summer | Sunny | Night (22:00–00:00) |
| Genji Firefly | Mountain | Summer | Sunny | Evening (17:00–23:00) |
| Black Firefly | Town | Summer | Sunny | Evening (18:00–20:00) |
| Brown Firefly | Town | Mid–Late Summer | Sunny | Night (22:00–23:00) |
| Red Dragonfly | Farm, Mountain | Autumn | Sunny | 06:00–18:00 |
| Yellow Damselfly | Town | Autumn | Sunny | 13:00–14:00 |
| Jumbo Dragonfly | Equestrian Park | Autumn | Sunny | 13:00–14:00 |
| Emperor Dragonfly | Mountain | Mid–Late Autumn (19th) | Sunny | Afternoon (13:00–17:00) |
| Bell Cricket | Farm | Autumn | Sunny | Evening (21:00–22:00) |
| Pine Cricket | Town | Autumn | Sunny | Evening (19:00–20:00) |
| Cricket | Mountain | Autumn | Rain | 18:00–19:00 |
| Tree Frog | Town, Racetrack | Spring–Autumn | Rain | 11:00–18:00 |
| White-Lipped Tree Frog | Mountain | Spring–Autumn | Rain | 09:00–22:00 |
| Green Tree Frog | Farm | Summer, Autumn | Rain | 07:00–10:00 |
| Spotted Frog | Mountain | Summer | Hurricanes | 13:00–16:00 |
