Something I Found Interesting..

[Corduroy]

So, once or twice a day I go the island to gather fruit and flowers to plant in my town. To do this, I go on the Easy Scavenger tour (the one where you go in the houses to find certain furniture) and instead of actually doing the tour, I collect whatever items I need.

Often, while I scavenge for flowers, I see the Birdwing Butterfly making it's appearance 2 or 3 times over the course of the tour's 6 minutes. So, the last 2 times I went on the tour, I rented a net from Lloid in case I saw a Birdwing. The first tour, I caught 3 Birdwings in the first 3 minutes of the tour, and it would've been 4 Birdwings if I hadn't been so slow chasing after it XD. But on the 2nd tour, I didn't see a single one.. I saw plenty of other butterflies, but no Birdwings. (mind you, I was focusing on flowers and fruit.. not the butterfly. It might've flown by and I didn't notice it because my mind was elsewhere.) I then took them home and made 4,000 bells each c:

So, I don't know if this means that the tours raise the chance of finding a Birdwing or not. Birdwing Butterflies, I believe, are considered a rare insect on AC:NL, so finding so many in such a short time period seems highly unlikely, sooo..

What do you think?

 

[ben_nyc]

I think... I think, you almost came away w/ 4x Birdwings! Mhuahahahaha!

Okay, sorry about that. IMO, the island has a host of rare insects & it's just a great place to score some Bells & donations. You had a great night, Corduroy!

 

[Corduroy]

I think... I think, you almost came away w/ 4x Birdwings! Mhuahahahaha!

Okay, sorry about that. IMO, the island has a host of rare insects & it's just a great place to score some Bells & donations. You had a great night, Corduroy!

Haha XD

That's what I was thinking too.. c:

 

[Jinglefruit]

I've noiced this as well. I have almost caught all the June bugs/fish, but I noticed there are a few more to be caught from tours, (sweetfish for example) so I've started taking the net and rod with me and I normally come out of a tour like that with 3-4 rare butterflies, or a big fish. I tend to mostly get Agrias and Banded dragonflies though.

Gardening tours I find are best, they give you way too much time so you can wander about for 2 minutes before putting down the last flower and still get Golds.

 

[Yurusumaji]

The vast majority of Birdwings I catch are from the island. I caught 2 Birdwings on the same island trip during the Bug-Off, sans tour. The island really is beautifully exploitable.