Today's PWP suggestion: outdoor chair. Ugh
1 scorpion and 3 tarantulas later and I'm on the verge on giving up on ever catching them. HOW do you do it?! Whenever I get my net out they come charging at me before Si can even swing it! And if I wait they disappear or commit suicide.
Fuck this shit
I easily saw a dozen tarantulas and scorpions each before finally capturing either one.
The tarantula was a stroke of luck. It spawned north of my house as I was leaving it and glancing east while I was coming at it from its blind side to the south. I pulled out my net, ran up to it and swung my net before it could have a chance to react.
I ran into the scorpion on Sunday night while making a run to open my gates for my final fossil swap. What I did there was I closed the gap between myself and the scorpion until I was virtually on top of it BEFORE pulling out my net. I swapped to my net and swung before it had a chance to realize I was a threat.
Trying to sneak up on them just leads to misery.
Pulling out your net when you're a fair distance away and they've clearly seen you also leads to ruin.
Have your net primed with the directional buttons but if you can't run up to it and nab it before it even sees you (like I did with the tarantula) then your best bet is to close the distance before pulling the net out and then it's simply a matter of reflexes.
Try not to be discouraged. You've still got 33 days to bag a tarantula and even longer to nab a scorpion. Should afford you plenty of good opportunities. ramyeon's method might work as well but I wouldn't want to judge the timing of holding still while sneaking in hopes that they don't just vanish under a tree. Replicating "I did this on my first try" methods have seldom worked for me with any game.