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'''Bug Catching''' was first introduced in ''[[The Sims 2: Seasons]]'', allowing [[Sim]]s to catch butterflies and fireflies. ''[[The Sims 2: FreeTime]]'' allows the catching of bugs and adding them to a collection. ''[[The Sims Castaway Stories]]'' and the [[The Sims 2 Castaway (Nintendo DS)|DS version]] allow the player to gather bugs, to either eat, trade and keep and collect. ''[[The Sims 3]]'' also features [[collecting]] butterflies and beetles. ''[[The Sims 3: Into the Future]]'' features robotic bugs called nanites.

Butterflies may appear during the day and fireflies may appear in the evening. A Sim can try to catch a butterfly or firefly in a jar by clicking on the tile where they appear. It may take several tries before they catch one. Once one is caught, Sims can view them inside the jar or release them. If they are left in the jar they will eventually die.

A Sim may have [[Wants and Fears|wants]] to hunt butterflies or fireflies, but the want will not be fulfilled until the Sim actually catches one.

With ''[[The Sims 2: FreeTime|FreeTime]]'', trying to catch butterflies or fireflies will build [[Nature]] [[enthusiasm]], as will viewing captured ones. Also, Sims who catch butterflies might occasionally put them in their bug collection.

There are three types of bugs a Sim can catch: '''Beetles''', '''Butterflies''' and '''Spiders'''. To catch bugs, click on an area outside and select "Hunt Bugs". Sims will continue this action indefinitely but will not always catch anything. Once a Sim catches a bug it will be placed in their collection box, which can be found in their inventory. Players can view the collection by placing it on the lot and selecting "View". When Sims go [[Hiking and jogging|hiking]], they might catch a bug. If they already have that bug in the collection, they'll release it. A Sim must have at least level 8 [[enthusiasm]] in the [[Nature]] [[hobby]] to be able to collect all of the bugs.

Nanites are robotic bugs featured in ''[[The Sims 3: Into the Future]]''. They can be found in [[Oasis Landing]]. Unlike butterflies and beetles, Sims can design and create them; doing this requires [[Reventlov's Bot Workshop]]. Designing and creating a nanite increases the [[Bot Building]] skill. Nanites can also be reverse engineered.Reverse engineering a nanite lets a Sim learn how to design it, and may yield empty processors.