How To Spawn & Catch Tarantulas In Animal Crossing New Horizons?

In Animal Crossing New Horizons, Tarantulas are rare bugs that sting and then escape (just like wasps or scorpions for that matter), while their rarity makes it one of the most lucrative creatures in ACNH.  

What Is The Use Of Tarantulas?

1. Sell to Flick for 12,000 bells or the Nook Shop for 8,000 Bells

2. Donate to the museum

How To Catch Tarantulas in ACNH?

Where To Catch Tarantulas? Whether it is a player’s island or a mystery island, they can spawn on the beach. If only the tarantula is left, and it is near the coast, it may disappear into the ocean. And on the mystery island - Tarantula Island is full of tarantulas, where you can get the ideal number of tarantulas in the shortest time. Fly to Tarantula Island for catching the spider has proven to be one of the most popular Animal Crossing money-making schemes (giving you between 200,000 and 250,000 Animal Crossing Bells in a single trip), especially at the beginning time. 

How To Go To Tarantula Island? Spend 2000 miles to buy a Nook Miles Ticket at the store ATM, fly to the island. 

When To Capture Tarantulas? Tarantulas are generally found in Animal Crossing: New Horizons during the evening hours, between 7pm and 4am, and between the months of November to April. Even then, they will only appear on your island at rare intervals.

How To Capture A Tarantula? Lift your net in hand, approach it slowly. As soon as she gets into the attack position (front legs in the air), stop and wait for her to return to normal position to move slowly. Repeat this process until you have a good distance to catch it.

Useful Tips To Catch Tarantulas Fast on Mystery Island

This catching technique only works on Tarantula Island, or other islands with bugs, as you need a good number of tarantulas to get the most out of them:

1. Go to a mystery island

2. Condition: you must fall on an island with bugs (if there is no insect spawn, it is useless)

3. Clean the island completely: remove flowers, trees and stones

4. You will then see tarantulas appear from time to time

5. To promote their spawn, do not hesitate to hunt all the other bugs you see

6. Trap this tarantula by digging holes around it (even on the edge of the shore, otherwise it will fall into the water and reset the hunting system), it will be blocked