Diving Beetle

Diving Beetle
Scientific Name	Dytiscus marginalis
Appearances	Animal Forest e+ Animal Crossing: Wild World Animal Crossing: City Folk
Location	In freshwater.
Date Availability	May - September
Time Availability	8am - 5pm
Sales Price	800 Bells
Size	38mm

The Diving Beetle is a bug which can be found and caught in Animal Forest e+, Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk.

[edit] Player

This is what your player says when you catch a Diving Beetle:

[edit] Animal Forest e+

ゲンゴロウを つかまえた！ おしりに あぶ<が!?

[edit] Animal Crossing: Wild World

I caught the diving beetle! Gadfly to the hips!?

[edit] Animal Crossing: City Folk

I caught a diving beetle! I give it a perfect 10!

[edit] Menu

Whilst looking at the Diving Beetle in the menu, it will contain this:

[edit] Animal Crossing: City Folk

These are said to have short but strong pincers. Ouch!

[edit] Museum

If you donate this bug to the Museum, Blathers will say this:

[edit] Animal Crossing: City Folk

While they're marginallly less odious as adults...dive beetles are horrific in their larval stage! These wretched youths are twice the size of the adults and wield a large poison barb. Foul villainy! Then again, I suppose the adults aren't much better. They're both completely objectionable, really...

[edit] Real Life

Most of the species is a brown/black colour which help the bug to camouflage