Bagworm season...ugh

[Dembonez19]

Okay, so I just shook down my four beehives, but no bagworms are in the fruitless trees. Can they respawn in the trees I've already shook if I go into a building and come back out, or am I going to have to shake my fruit trees?

 

[carrah]

I've only caught one, and it was in a fruit tree unfortunately.

 

[Dembonez19]

Bah. Okay, hopefully I can find one after shaking a few fruit trees. If I end up shaking too many, I can just TT the fruit back. I hate shaking those just in case a friend needs them or a villager asks for something specific.

Edit - Well...I shook every single tree in my town without any luck. Is it only available after 5 p.m.? I'm going by animalcrossingus's list that says it's out all day, but I feel like there had to have been at least one on one of my trees. If there isn't one in my town today, then I'm pretty dang irritated. I hate the bugs that require shaking trees (and digging holes: mole cricket).

Edit 2 - Okay, so the clock struck 5 p.m., and I managed to nab one. Time to TT my fruit back. -.-

 

[Silversea]

Bagworms should be found all day. I'm not looking forward to searching for one. I'd rather not cover my town in fruit. There was a reason why Nintendo didn't let them spawn in fruit trees in previous games.

 

[Dembonez19]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I was just really unlucky. Fruit's back though, and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise since Velma asked to leave as I was TTing. Heh.

 

[Silversea]

Can't tell when best time to look for these is. Crickets everywhere at night, butterflies and dragonflies everywhere during the day ;_;

 

[Superpenguin]

They can appear in the trees that you already shook. In fact, there's a better chance because the bees, money, and furniture will all be out of the picture.

 

[Pimmy]

I'm having the same problem with spiders lol. Katt asked for one and it took me AGES, but I still have to find another one for the museum... these sorta things seem to come up when you're not looking for them, I guess!

 

[StarMayor]

They can appear in non-fruit trees, both cedar and normal. I managed to find one in a non-fruit tree that wasn't a cedar. It just took a little while.

 

[Unidentified Floor Orange]

I wasn't looking for one when I got mine (actually I didn't know they were in trees): I found it in a non-fruit tree.

 

[Ruesen]

I hate shaking those just in case a friend needs them or a villager asks for something specific.

Edit 2 - Okay, so the clock struck 5 p.m., and I managed to nab one. Time to TT my fruit back. -.-

Eh, what I do is have one of every fruit in one part of my town (and one bamboo tree) that remain untouched for shaking so if I get a favor requested for one or if a friend needs one of the fruit, they are always available. After shaking one of them for a quest, I usually put whatever remaining ones I have under the tree until they grow back.

As for bagworms, I haven't even tried yet. Still got some time, so not in a hurry.

 

[RisingSun]

I found mine in a non-fruit tree. They should be like most other bugs, and respawn after a little bit, like the rock bugs.

 

[Silversea]

Hooray for 2 hours of shaking trees without finding one. This is going to be fun. /sarcasm

 

[KitchenWhisk]

lol, the very first tree I shook had one. Lucky~

 

[ThomasNLD]

I`ve been shaking trees for a really long time and I finally got one. It was in a fruit tree, a durian tree to be exact.

Quick add: It was at night, so not during the day before 5pm.

 

[Gruntilda]

I haven't found one yet either but at least I finally caught my first bee in the process. And I love how the villagers take pity on me and give me medicne for my face lol.

 

[Silversea]

I haven't found one yet either but at least I finally caught my first bee in the process. And I love how the villagers take pity on me and give me medicne for my face lol.

I think its only uchi villagers that do this?

In other notes my town is going to be covered in fruit soon.

 

[Fjoora]

Yeah, uchi only benefit with the medicine.

 

[kerryelizabeth]

I got medicine from Bam, a jock, once :3 He doesn't do it every time, but he does sometimes.

Also, still can't find a bagworm lol.

 

[Blizzard]

I have one game current time and one I started in November. I only need two bugs. Have been unable to find one shaking all trees and watching villagers. However in November I catch easily in cedars just by swatting with net. Guess I'll just wait it out. Tired of bee stings and gathering fruit.