Animal Crossing: New Horizons - How to Make Your Own Spider Island (Tarantula Farming Tips)

Turn your Mystery Islands into a tarantula farm in Animal Crossing: New Horizons using these tips and tricks. It may take a few tries to find the right island - just make sure the island supports bug life, and you'll be raking in spiders in no time!

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[crys_short]

Nobody:

Timmy and Tommy seeing me come to the store with 500 tarantulas:
👁👄👁 👁👄👁

[samhicks]

If you get a multi layered island, dig holes in every spot on the cliffs. This will prevent tarantula spawning on the cliffs which means that they will only spawn on ground level.

[stevenyang]

you can imagine how this looks and sounds to someone who has never played this type of game

[megantaylor]

WARNING: the diamond is NOT spider proof. With the right path, THE SPIDERS CAN GET THROUGH

Source: my husband screaming from the bedroom

[beesechurger]

Don't be rude IGN, the correct term is Australia.

[agorasnep]

Tom nook: *goes home to find 5000 tarantulas in his house*
Tom nook:

[pigglywiggly]

Tarantula tip: you can walk up to them and they won't bat an eye AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT HOLDING A NET. The moment the net comes out they go on the defense. I like to walk up to them until I'm like one space away from them and then pull out the net. The tarantula barely gets a chance to react and it's already in my pocket

[TurboPikachu]

You don't need to make the spider jump while you sneak up, as that is a very dangerous timing game. It's much safer to play red-light-green-light with the spider as they make their intimidating stance. After staying still for a bit they back down, then you inch further with your readied net, and repeat the process until you are at catching distance. This is the way to avoid making them charge towards you.
And then of course there's the chase game. I love running into my U-shaped hole fort and them getting caught on the outside

[corvusastrum]

This made me realise how deeply I hate mole crickets

[davidmarshall]

Seeing this whole process for only 8000 bells a bug makes me miss tortimer island even more

[megaman]

Nothing spawns but Tiger Beetles, Wharf Roaches, and of course Tarantulas.
Mole Cricket: Allow me to introduce myself...

[jackiw]

If you hear cricket sounds, it means a mole cricket has spawned underground. You need to dig holes to uncover it in order to scare it away.

[theBeastcub]

soooo I learned the hard way you have to arrive AFTER dark, I went to an island in the daytime and it panning out to be a boring island led me to try this, but all that spawned for me was /daytime/ butterflies, so apparently the bugs that spawn are set on your arrival time and won't change :/

[Cj-evsi]

An easier way to catch Tarantulas is sneaking up on them, waiting for them to stop being in the defence and then move closer.

[Aurea]

tip: the weeds prevent mole-crickets from spawning, so keep them as much as possible

[medplug]

Thanks for the mole cricket farm tutorial

[thesmilingknight]

DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE MOLE CRICKETS
as they said only a few bugs can spawn at the same time and the maximum amount of mole crickets that can spawn ( at least from what I've seen) is two. So you can ignore them, preventing hours of frustration. I have learned from personal experience

[bradbyrd]

You guys...I’m on a random Nook Miles island right now with INFINITE SPAWNING TARANTULAS. Amazing and also my nightmare scenario 😱

[DeadKaat]

You guys CAN in fact do this if you have a villager on the island, they do not effect the spawn of the tarantulas

[Kiwikick]

I did this on a bamboo island like in the video but there were soooo many mole crickets I just left it got annoying lol