Bug collecting (The Sims 3)

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Butterflies and beetles are insects that appear as collectibles in The Sims 3, both in the wild and through Buydebug spawners. Although, Nanites are categorized under insects for bug spawners, they are considered their own collectible in the Collections Journal. Insects also have multiple uses in game besides simply collecting. There is also a hidden Collecting skill from catching insects and nanites, which increases success rate of catching them. Interesting enough catching sea life does not raise collection skill nor fishing skill. Having the Gatherer skill also helps increase the chances of catching insects and nanites.
Insect	Name 	Rarity 	Value	Catch Chance	Location 	EP
 	Cockroach 	Common 	1 	70% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Moth 	Common 	5 	90% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Ladybug 	Common 	10 	80% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Monarch Butterfly 	Common 	10 	80% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Japanese Beetle 	Common 	15 	90% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Zephyr Metalmark Butterfly 	Common 	25 	80% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Water Beetle 	Common 	30 	80% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Red Admiral Butterfly 	Common 	35 	80% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Light Beetle 	Uncommon 	40 	95% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Mission Blue Butterfly 	Uncommon 	50 	80% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Rhinoceros Beetle 	Uncommon 	90 	70% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Green Swallowtail Butterfly 	Uncommon 	90 	80% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Royal Purple Butterfly 	Uncommon 	150 	80% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Stag Beetle 	Uncommon 	175 	75% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Silver-Spotted Skipper Butterfly 	Rare 	325 	70% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Spotted Beetle 	Rare 	400 	80% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Zebra Butterfly 	Rare 	650 	85% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Trilobite Beetle 	Rare 	750 	90% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Rainbow Butterfly 	Extraordinarily Unusual	1,080	90% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Rainbow Beetle 	Extraordinarily Unusual	1,400	70% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Bamboo Straight Swift Butterfly 	Common 	20 	90% 	China 	
 	Crypt Moth 	Uncommon 	65 	90% 	Egypt 	
 	Cerambyx Beetle 	Common 	70 	90% 	France 	
 	Two-Tailed Pasha Butterfly 	Uncommon 	110 	90% 	France 	
 	Scarab 	Uncommon 	180 	50% 	Egypt 	
 	Yellow Band Dart Butterfly 	Rare 	430 	90% 	China 	
 	Red Assassin Bug 	Rare 	800 	65% 	China 	
 	Cleopatra Butterfly 	Extraordinarily Unusual	1,200	90% 	Egypt 	
 	Glowy Fly 	Extraordinarily Unusual	1,500	90% 	France 	
 	Termite 	Common 	5 	80% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Spider 	Common 	15 	70% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Green Will-O'-The-WispWisps have a 50% chance to spawn and it is a 71.4% chance to be a Green Will-O'-The-Wisp. So there is a 35.7% chance for this to spawn.	Uncommon 	80 	90% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Blue Will-O'-The-WispWisps have a 50% chance to spawn and it is a 21.42% chance to be a Blue Will-O'-The-Wisp. So there is a 10.71% chance to spawn. 	Rare 	250 	90% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Pink Will-O'-The-WispWisps have a 50% chance to spawn and it is a 7.14% chance Pink Will-O'-The-Wisp. So there is 3.26% chance for this to spawn. 	Extraordinarily Unusual	820 	90% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Firefly Albus 	Common 	10 	90% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Firefly Fulvus 	Common 	10 	90% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Firefly Pratinus 	Common 	15 	90% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Firefly Luteus 	Common 	20 	90% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Firefly Caeruleus 	Uncommon 	80 	90% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Firefly Ruber 	Uncommon 	120 	90% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Firefly Roseus 	Rare 	300 	90% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Firefly Purpureus 	Rare 	450 	90% 	Base Neighborhood 	
 	Plasma Bug 	Extraordinarily Unusual	3,400	70% 	Science research station, radiation experiment	
 	Pill Bug 	Common 	5 	80% 	Oasis Landing, Dystopian 	
 	Honeypot Ant 	Uncommon 	50 	70% 	Oasis Landing, Dystopian 	
==Uses==
The Sims 3: Supernatural uses various insects for Alchemy recipes, along with other collectible ingredients. In The Sims 3: Into the Future after visiting the Dystopian version of Oasis Landing, Sims become able to eat collectible butterflies and beetles, which can give either Rare Delicacy, Satisfying and Slimy, Bad Aftertaste, or Nauseous moodlets. Different specimen of the same insect species can give different results. 
==Gallery==
File:Cleo_redadmiral_butterfly_collecting.jpg|A Sim with the red admiral butterfly.
File:Sims3Butterflies.jpg|Ten types of butterflies in terrariums.
==Notes==
*Since Patch 31, butterflies will no longer spawn at night, and they will be replaced with fireflies.
*There is a glitch with the firefly collector challenge, in which the challenge could not be completed even if a Sim has caught all 8 types of fireflies. This is due to the fact that the firefly collector challenge is a duplicate of the butterfly collector challenge, which requires 10 types of butterflies to complete.
*It seems that the glitch of the fireflies can be fixed if the Sims move to a place like the University. Opening the list of trapped insects may show fireflies that have already been trapped as unregistered. Capture them again while you are inside the university compound and voila. (Bringing the collections assistant will help to locate the fireflies more easily)
*Glowflies are mentioned as a collectable in the manual of The Sims 3: World Adventures.
* Plasma Bugs are a reference to the giant, plasma-shooting alien insects of the Starship Troopers movie.
*In real life, Cockroaches and Termites are not beetles but insects in the order Blattodea.Blattodea
*Assassin Bugs are in the order Hemiptera, or 'True Bugs', and are also not beetles.Reduviidae
*Spiders are also not beetles, and are not insects at all, but rather Arachnids, a group that includes scorpions and mites.Arachnid
*Pill Bugs are a type of Woodlouse, and are land dwelling crustaceans, not insects.Armadillidiidae
*Honeypot Ants are, you guessed it, not beetles, but insects in the Formicidae family.
==References==
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