Is anyone else not finding fleas?

[Firesquids]

I have played over 1000 hours of NH and I still haven't seen a single flea! I saw them pretty regularly in NL.
It's the only bug I need to complete my Museum and then I'll still need three more for the model ;A;

How many fleas have you seen in NH?

 

[Flunkifera]

I've easily seen 5-6 fleas and "only" played around 550 hours! For some reason I hear the noise the fleas make quite well and sometimes my villagers also tell me they are itchy.

 

[saucySheep]

Fleas are pretty weird. I've had about 10 cases of them. Sometimes 2 in a day.

I guess just watch out for weird black hoppy things on your villagers, odd noises when you're around them and... dialog saying they're super itchy

 

[Imbri]

Maybe it's the rural nature of my island, but my villagers get fleas fairly regularly. I'm pretty sure they start from Filbert's house. I love my little squirrel, but some bugs aren't meant to share the house.

 

[Firesquids]

I've easily seen 5-6 fleas and "only" played around 550 hours! For some reason I hear the noise the fleas make quite well and sometimes my villagers also tell me they are itchy.

Whaaat? They make a noise? I didn't know that I'm usually really good about audio ques.

 

[saucySheep]

Whaaat? They make a noise? I didn't know that I'm usually really good about audio ques.

it's sorta like a hoppy springy noise? i dunno how to explain it. Maybe search a YT vid for it

 

[Flunkifera]

Yes you can definitely hear it. It's not quite as loud as cicadas are for example, but if you walk past a villager and you hear some kind of zippy/springy noises you should be able to hear it. Also dialogue really points to the fleas. The villager will say something along the lines of that they are itchy and their catchphrase might be different as well for the duration of them having a flea. (So it will change back, no worries)

 

[Firesquids]

Yeah, the flea mechanic seems very similar to how it was in New Leaf, do you know if they despawn if you go inside a building? I assume that they do

 

[Hypno KK]

I haven't been playing for as long but nope, no fleas for me so far.

 

[Flunkifera]

@'Firesquids' From what I know: All bugs/fish despawn once you enter buildings, so I am pretty sure the same goes for fleas

 

[Sharksheep]

Yeah, the flea mechanic seems very similar to how it was in New Leaf, do you know if they despawn if you go inside a building? I assume that they do

I'm pretty sure it does. I noticed that Flora had fleas on the menu screen cause the camera was tracking her. When I got into the game and found her, she didn't have fleas anymore.

 

[Marshmallows]

My villagers have gotten fleas pretty often... and I'm pretty sure they pass them around. Or maybe it just seems like it.

 

[Firesquids]

Do you think putting trash on the ground increases spawns?

 

[sleepydreepy]

oh man, my villagers use to get fleas all the time (this was in like may-july) I've been TT'ing a lot in August so I haven't noticed any fleas recently, but yeah they def got fleas a lot at the start of summer. (I didn't have any trash on my island and only had extra DIYs lying around.)

 

[sunnibunniva]

I have less than 400 hours and my villagers get fleas pretty often.. (even when I didn't tt! my old island was infested!)

guess your villagers just take better care of themselves lol

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My villagers have gotten fleas pretty often... and I'm pretty sure they pass them around. Or maybe it just seems like it.

I'm almost certain they spread! I've never had 1 villager with them without someone else having em the next day

 

[Katzenjammer]

Fleas seem very odd with the spawn rate as sometimes there's none and other times they're very common. For me, Frita had fleas almost every day for a few days in a row and two in one day at one point...never had that happen with any of my cat villagers though LOL =^.^=

 

[Firesquids]

I have less than 400 hours and my villagers get fleas pretty often.. (even when I didn't tt! my old island was infested!)

guess your villagers just take better care of themselves lol

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I'm almost certain they spread! I've never had 1 villager with them without someone else having em the next day

Huh, interesting

 

[Skandranon]

Do you think putting trash on the ground increases spawns?

pretty sure this wouldn't effect their spawning at all

 

[meo]

I felt like I saw them nonstop earlier on in the game...but the past month, yea, I haven't noticed any.

 

[sunnibunniva]

I felt like I saw them nonstop earlier on in the game...but the past month, yea, I haven't noticed any.

I believe bug spawns overall got decreased