Insects, mini-beasts, creepy-crawlies. Whatever you name them, gathering arachnids and bugs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons makes up an vital a part of your island expertise.
Whether you’re snagging bugs to promote at Nook’s Cranny or to present to Blathers on the museum, it’s not all the time about the place you look, however when.
Many of the bugs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons are solely accessible at sure occasions of day, and even particular months of the yr – which is brutal if you happen to can solely play at evening time while you end work.
There are a number of kinds of insectoid critter to search out. They can buzz and fly round within the air, crawl alongside the ground, seem on flowers, beneath rocks, on the aspect of bushes, fall out of bushes while you shake them, on tree stumps while you reduce them, and even – within the case of the flea – be seen leaping round on villager’s heads.
To help in your quest in changing into the last word entomologist, we’ve collected a desk of when and during which month you’ll find each single bug in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
This is a work-in-progress which might be continuously up to date with new data – together with the place every of those 80 bugs spawn and the way a lot they promote for – after we discover them.
For a visible illustration, this information comes from the next video by YouTuber BeardBear courtesy of some hard-core time journey, we’re certain.
Give the video a watch and their channel a click on. It additionally consists of each fish, so to keep away from spoilers, begin at 2:02 and go till 6:41.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bug List
Below is a full checklist of the months and occasions of day that you’ll find all 80 bugs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Animal Crossing New Horizons Bugs List: | ||
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Bug title: | Months Available: | Active Hours: |
Common Butterfly | All besides Jul & Aug | 4AM-7PM |
Yellow Butterfly | March, April, May, June, September, October | 4AM-7PM |
Tiger Butterfly | March, April, May, June, July, August, September | 4AM-7PM |
Peacock Butterfly | March, April, May, June | 4AM-7PM |
Common Bluebottle | April, May, June, July, Aug | 4AM-7PM |
Paper Kite Butterfly | All | 8AM-7PM |
Great Purple Emperor | May, June, July, Aug | 4AM-7PM |
Monarch Butterfly | September, October, November | N/A |
Emperor Butterfly | January, February, March, June, July, August, September, December | 5PM-8AM |
Agrias Butterfly | April, May, June, July, August, September | 8AM-5PM |
Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing | All besides March, October, November | 8AM-5PM |
Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing | May, June, July, August, September | 8AM-4PM |
Moth | All | 7PM-4PM |
Atlas Moth | April, May, June, July, August, September | 7PM-4PM |
Madagascan Sunset Moth | April, May, June, July, August, September | 8AM-4PM |
Long Locust | April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November | 8AM-7PM |
Migratory Locust | August, September, October, November | 8AM-7PM |
Rice Grasshopper | August, September, October, November | 8AM-7PM |
Grasshopper | July, August, September | 8AM-5PM |
Cricket | September, October, November | 5PM-8AM |
Bell Cricket | September, October | 5PM-8AM |
Mantis | All besides January, February, December | 8AM-5PM |
Orchid Mantis | All besides January, February, December | 8AM-5PM |
Honeybee | March, April, May, June, July | 8AM-5PM |
Wasp | All | All |
Brown Cicada | July, August | 8AM-5PM |
Robust Cicada | July, August | 8AM-5PM |
Giant Cicada | July, August | 8AM-5PM |
Walker Cicada | August, September | 8AM-5PM |
Evening Cicada | July, August | 4AM-8AM, 4PM-7PM |
Cicada Shell | July, August | All |
Red Dragonfly | September, October | 8AM-7PM |
Darner Dragonfly | April, May, June, July, August, September, October | 8AM-5PM |
Banded Dragonfly | May, June, July, August, September, October | 8AM-5PM |
Damselfly | January, February, November, December | All |
Firefly | June | 7PM-4AM |
Mole Cricket | January, February, March, April, May, November, December | All |
Pondskater | May, June, July, August, September | 8AM-7PM |
Diving Beetle | May, June, July, August, September | 8AM-7PM |
Giant Water Bug | April, May, June, July, August, September | 7PM-8AM |
Stinkbug | All besides January, February, November, December | All |
Man-faced Stink Bug | All besides January, February, November, December | 7PM-8AM |
Ladybug | March, April, May, June, October | 8AM-5PM |
Tiger Beetle | All besides January, November, Decemeber | All |
Jewel Bettle | April, May, June, July, August | All |
Violin Beetle | May, June, September, October, November | All |
Citrus Long-horned Beetle | All | All |
Rosalia Batesi Beetle | May, June, July, August, September | All |
Blue Weevil Beetle | July, August | All |
Earth-boring Dung Beetle | July, August, September | All |
Dung Beetle | January, February, December | All |
Scarab Beetle | July, August | 11PM-8AM |
Drone Beetle | June, July, August | All |
Goliath Beetle | June, July, August, September | 5PM-8AM |
Saw Stag | July, August | All |
Miyama Stag | July, August | All |
Giant Stag | July, August | 11PM-8AM |
Rainbow Stag | June, July, August, September | 7PM-8AM |
Cyclommatus Stag | July, August | 5PM-8AM |
Golden Stag | July, August | 5PM-8AM |
Giraffe Stag | July, August | 5PM-8AM |
Horned Dynastid | July, August | 5PM-8AM |
Horned Atlas | July, August | 5PM-8AM |
Horned Elephant | July, August | 5PM-8AM |
Horned Hercules | July, August | 5PM-8AM |
Walking Stick | July, August, September, October, November | 4AM-8AM, 5PM-7PM |
Walking Leaf | July, August, September | All |
Bagworm | All | All |
Ant | All | All |
Hermit Crab | All | 7PM-8AM |
Wharf Roach | All | All |
Fly | All | All |
Mosquito | June, July, August, September | 5PM-4AM |
Flea | All besides January, February, March, December | All |
Snail | All | All |
Pill Bug | All besides July, August | 11PM-4PM |
Centipede | All besides July, August | 4PM-11PM |
Spider | All | 7PM-8AM |
Tarantula | January, February, March, April, November, December | 7PM-4AM |
Scorpion | May, June, July, August, September, October, | 7PM-4AM |
When you’re done, you can see which fish and bugs are leaving islands at the end of March, here.
For extra on Animal Crossing: New Horizons, check out our full guide.