The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)

Submitted by: Terrel

Topic: Golden Bug Guide

Submitted: August 14, 2007

In order to get the most rupees in the game, you will need to find all the glowing bugs. After finding the first bug and bringing it to Agitha in Castle Town, she will give you the first wallet that will allow you to hold 600 Rupees. When you give her all 24, she will give you the largest one allowing you to hold 1000 Rupees. For each bug you bring her, she gives 50 rupees, but if you complete a pair, you will get 100 rupees. I have listed the bugs in the order that you will be able to find them as the game progresses. You will notice that each pair is in the same area.

Note: that if you are playing the Game Cube version, everything is flipped, so if you read west, go east.

1) Beetle (Male)
Location: Hyrule Field (Faron Province)
How to find it: In the center of this section you will find a small bridge over shallow water. On the southeast corner of the water, you will find 2 trees, the bug in on the southern tree.

2) Beetle (Female)
Location: Hyrule Field (Faron Province)
How to find it: At the West side of the area, you will find a ledge with trees on it. On the side of one of the trees on the northwest corner, you will see the bug. Use the Gale Boomerang to pull it closer so you can catch it.

3) Pill Bug (Male)
Location: Hyrule Field (Eldin Province) – Kakariko Gorge
How to find it: Just to the South of the bridge, you will find it on the ground on the east side.

4) Pill Bug (Female)
Location: Hyrule Field (Eldin Province) – Kakariko Gorge
How to find it: southwest of the entrance of Kakariko, there is a flower patch near the trees. You will find the bug on the ground in the flowers.

5) Ant (Male)
Location: Kakariko Graveyard
How to find it: In the northwestern corner, you will find it at the base of the tree.

6) Ant (Female)
Location: Kakariko
How to find it: It is on the floor of the house on the west side of town beside the bomb shop.

7) Grasshopper (Male)
Location: Hyrule Field (Eldin Province)
How to find it: You will find the bug in the south side of the field nearby the Northern entrance to Kakariko.

8) Grasshopper (Female)
Location: Hyrule Field (Eldin Province)
How to find it: In the northeast corner of the field (north of the bridge to Castle Town) you will find this little gal hopping around.

9) Phasmid (Male)
Location: Hyrule Field (Eldin Province) – Bridge of Eldin
How to find it: One the south entrance of the bridge, you will find it on the wall. Use a boomerang to bring it to you.

10) Phasmid (Female)
Location: Hyrule Field (Eldin Province) – Bridge of Eldin
How to find it: North of the bridge, one the west rock face, you will see it high up on the wall. Use the boomerang to bring it closer.

11) Mantis (Male)
Location: Lake Hylia Bridge
How to find it: On the north pillars of the bridge, you will find this guy flying around or on the pillars. Use a boomerang to bring it closer

12) Mantis (Female)
Location Lake Hylia Bridge
How to: find it: South of the bridge, you will find a rocky passage with something that looks like a giant tree stump overhead. On the south side of the page, just before the cliffs start, you will find it way up high on the rocks. Use the boomerang to bring it to you.

13) Ladybug (Male)
Location: Hyrule Field (Lanaryu Province) – Castle Town Courtyard
How to find it: There is a tall rock in the west of the fountain area. You will find the ladybug flying around the rock or on the ground by the flowers.

14) Ladybug (Female)
Location: Hyrule Field (Lanaryu Province) – Castle Town Courtyard
How to find it: In the courtyard south of Castle Town, you will find 3 trees on the east side of the fountain. The lady bug will by flying around in this area.

15) Dragonfly (Female)
Location: Zora’s River
How to find it: You will find it near the house where you can play the boat ride mini-game. You will likely need the boomerang to bring it closer.

16) Dragonfly (Male)
Location: Zora’s Domain
How to find it: On the west side of the lower area, follow the hill up and you will find it flying around the boxes.

17) Butterfly (Male)
Location: Hyrule Field (Lanaryu Province)
How to find it: Travel south of the town gate. It will be flying around the flowers near the old arena area.

18) Butterfly (Female)
Location: Hyrule Field (Lanaryu Province)
How to find it: Travel east of the town gate. You will find a ledge with some vines on it. Use the Clawshot to climb up; it will be in the flowers.

19) Stag Beetle (Male)
Location: Hyrule Field (Lanaryu Province) – Northern area
How to find it: On the east side, you will find it climbing on the tree close to the rock. Use the boomerang to bring it to you.

20) Stag Beetle (Female)
Location: Hyrule Field (Lanaryu Province) – Northern area
How to find it: On the northern area, there are 2 paths, take the south path. You will find a bolder on the rock face. Just above it the beetle will be climbing. Use the boomerang to get it.

21) Dayfly (Male)
Location: Gerudo Desert
How to find it: It is flying around the central-south area. It is just south of the southern most chasm.

22) Dayfly (Female)
Location: Gerudo Desert
How to find it: There are 2 shallow chasms between the rock where the portal opens and the pillars with the statue. The dayfly is in the northern of the 2 chasms.

23) Snail (Male)
Location: Sacred Grove
How to find it: You will find it just the west of the entrance to the Temple of Time climbing on the wall.

24) Snail (Female)
Location: Sacred Grove / Temple of Time
How to find it: Once you go back to when the temple is whole, you will find the snail crawling up the west staircase.