History Main / BugCatching

* The ''VideoGame/BokuNoNatsuyasumi'' series, although primarily 1970s summer vacation simulators, features bug catching as one of its main characteristics: a few of them, mostly beetles, can be pitted in sumo matches on a makeshift ''dohyō'' ring (usually a tambourine).

* Employed in ''VideoGame/BokuNoNatsuyasumi'' as one of the game's optional side activities. It is one of the areas where the developers have really ShownTheirWork, as the game progresses over the month of August, the summer bugs that Boku can catch gradually die out and give way to autumn bugs in accordance with how it would roughly happen in real life.

* In ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'', Sig is absolutely fascinated by bugs to the point of considering them SeriousBusiness, and he is often seen wanting to catch some. His scenario in ''''[[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo20thAnniversary 20th Anniversary]]'' is about Amitie trying to help him find a solution when he realizes he can't catch bugs with his [[RedRightHand demon claw]].

* In ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'', Sig is absolutely fascinated by bugs to the point of considering them SeriousBusiness, and he is often seen wanting to catch some. His scenario in ''20th Anniversary'' is about Amitie trying to help him find a solution when he realizes he can't catch bugs with his [[RedRightHand demon claw]].

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In the fourth episode, the young fledgling Claudia catches a firefly in a jar during a rowboat ride with Louis and seals the lid. She admires the glowing insect for a few minutes before letting it go.

A pastime for kids (ages 5-10) to do during the summer. It's kind of like fishing to see who catches the most and release at the end of the day. If the kid doesn't release the bug, it may lead to AndCallHimGeorge Bug-catching nets are a must.

* Employed in ''VideoGame/BokuNoNatsuyasumi'' as one of the game's optional side activities. It is one of the areas where the developers have really ShownTheirWork, as the game progresses over the month of August, the summer bugs that Boku can catch gradually die out and give way to the autumn bugs in accordance with how it would roughly happen in real life.

* In ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', competitive cicada catching is one of the Endless Eight activities. Though, as Kyon [[LampshadeHanging points out]], this is a weird activity for kids their age (high school).

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' there were 24 golden bugs that could be caught and given to a little girl named Agitha in exchange for rupees and a wallet upgrade.

Its mostly a boys' and {{Tomboy}} thing since BoysLikeCreepyCritters, although there are a few surprises. Extremely popular in Japan.

See also BeetleManiac.

* Bug Catchers in ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' are explicitly based off this. The creator, Satoshi Tajiri, was even an avid Bug Catcher himself when he was a kid, and this pastime is actually what he based Pokemon off of.

* ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret'' had a chapter where [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Youko]], [[KidFromTheFuture Rin]], and [[FallenAngel Karen]] decide to go out and catch rhinoceros beetles, but unfortunately they're all [[TheDitz ditzes]] and end up falling asleep too early two nights in a row while [[OnlySaneMan Asahi]] stays awake the entire time. From there it goes off completely into the series' usual off-the-wall comedy and ended with an exhausted Asahi falling asleep in a [[StockShoutOuts Stock Shout-Out]] to ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe''.

* The ''Videogame/BokuNoNatsuyasumi'' series, although primarily 1970s summer vacation simulators, features bug catching as one of its main characteristics: a few of them, mostly beetles, can be pitted in sumo matches on a makeshift ''dohyō'' ring (usually a tambourine).

* Playstation's ''Battle Konchuuden'' and Nintendo DS game ''Drone Tactics'' (''Konchuu Wars'') mixed this trope's theme with VideoGame/SuperRobotWars-styled TurnBasedStrategy games - especially the latter with AnimalMecha.

* Sig's hobby from ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo''.

* In ''Lucas'' starring Corey Haim, the title boy spends his summers out in the woods, catching bugs, tadpoles, frogs, crawfish, and other creepy crawlies, just for the fun of it.