Is anyone else not finding fleas?

[marshallows]

wow, your villagers must be squeaky clean then
jokes aside, it's kinda weird for you to not see at least one by this point. i see them quite often on my villagers and it's pretty easy to spot. you can see a brown dot jumping on your villager's head if they have a flea on them. most of the time i just take out my net and whack them without even need to talk to the villager to find out they're feeling itchy.

caught one off marshal two or three days ago.

 

[meo]

I believe bug spawns overall got decreased

They definitely nerf'd the rate of the rarer bugs (butterflies, tarantula, scorpion, etc) but I didn't thikn flea got nerf'd. I remember the datamine notes that detailed the specific bugs that were in it and flea wasn't one. But if there was an overall then I missed that.

I definitely noticed the fly was a pain recently compared to before but ant was as common as ever. I just figured it was bad RNG though.

 

[Khaelis]

Nope, all my villagers get weekly flea baths.

I personally haven't noticed any.

 

[John Wick]

My villagers have fleas every single day.

I ignore it now.

If I wanted to take fleas off animals I'd be playing Nintendogs.

 

[WaileaNoRei]

I think it is all in my head, but I feel like my villagers got fleas more often when it was raining a lot? I am pretty sure that is in my head though.

however, when looking that up I did find out the fleas are seasonal. So if the op happened to be from the Southern Hemisphere fleas are only available oct - May. (Northern hemisphere is April - nov) for people who played other ac games maybe that is obvious, but I did not know.

 

[Firesquids]

I think it is all in my head, but I feel like my villagers got fleas more often when it was raining a lot? I am pretty sure that is in my head though.

however, when looking that up I did find out the fleas are seasonal. So if the op happened to be from the Southern Hemisphere fleas are only available oct - May. (Northern hemisphere is April - nov) for people who played other ac games maybe that is obvious, but I did not know.

oh that's a good point, I TT a lot and I didn't realize that they were seasonal in this one

 

[Bilaz]

I’ve only ever seen one flea since I started this game! I feel like all bugs have gotten hard to catch

 

[Louise_]

I have seen a lot my villagers got them all the time

 

[Che5hire Cat]

I was able to spot two fleas so far, perhaps more villagers actually had some and I just didn't noticed it.

 

[Loreley]

I just realised I haven't seen a flea for a month or so. I'm pretty sure my villagers had fleas at least every other day before the first summer update.

edit: typo

 

[Feunard]

I haven't seen a lot of fleas on my villagers lately either. I don't dislike this at all because fleas annoy me for some reason, but, for you, it must be frustrating not to find any. ;/ I hope you will find one soon.

 

[LambdaDelta]

my villagers had way too many fleas, back when they were in season

like I'd turn around for 2 seconds and a villager I'd just removed a flea from would just have a new one hopping all over them

clearly, they needed to learn to practice basic hygiene

 

[pinkfawn]

I used to see them a lot but now that you mention it, it has been a while since anyones had one :/ kinda want one to place as a furniture item

 

[Skandranon]

I caught one recently, then wasn't paying attention when I talked to Julian and too late realized he was asking me for the flea >.< luckily he didn't replace any of his furniture, just added it to the house

 

[Splinter]

2 or 3 per day for me.

 

[DianaOfFlorida]

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?

I'm having the same exact problem! I have only played NH but it's been daily since this pandemic started and I haven't seen one. Maybe we should try and import some dog villagers. All I have are squirrels and octopus.

 

[Firesquids]

I'm having the same exact problem! I have only played NH but it's been daily since this pandemic started and I haven't seen one. Maybe we should try and import some dog villagers. All I have are squirrels and octopus.

I did eventually end up finding 3 fleas since I posted this thread, 2 of them were on Dom and one was on Judy. Good luck in your flea hunt!

 

[inazuma]

I caught 4 from Zucker on the same day in order and he was using this ugly bath towel wrap from Dobie and a watermelon hat lolll i have found a lot fleas from my villagers because i think i have a lot dropped items around my island, and i only played around 400 hours lol.

 

[JKDOS]

I'm having the same exact problem! I have only played NH but it's been daily since this pandemic started and I haven't seen one. Maybe we should try and import some dog villagers. All I have are squirrels and octopus.

This is how I did it for my second island. It might be useful.

I finally got the flea for my second island, though I may have cheated a bit. I TT'd to June so there were no beetles or cicadas, and picked a raining day so there were no butterflies.

I trapped 4 villagers in the plaza and walked in and out of the Town Hall for about an hour and one spawned.

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[peachycrossing9]

I don't see them often, but I do see them. It helps that wear headphones when I play, so it's also pretty easy for me to hear them when I'm near a villager. Had to remove one from Diana the other day.

I have over 1,000 hours logged currently.