Bug catching is an extremely important part of Animal Crossing: New Horizons; it has been in the franchise since its inception and it is one of the best activities to do.
But it can be a challenge to raise money or fill out the museum if you're not sure what fish you can catch when they're available and where; you also won't want to waste your time catching bugs that fetch for nothing either.
Here is our complete bug guide for Animal Crossing New Horizons!
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Guide
- Frequent Butterfly (160 Bells)
- 4am-7pm
- January-June
- September-December
- Yellow Butterfly (160 Bells)
- 4 am-7 pm
- March-June
- September-October
- Tiger Butterfly (40 Bells)
- 4 am-7 pm
- March-September
- Peacock Butterfly (2500 Bells)
- 4 am-7 pm
- March-June
- Paper Kite Butterfly (1000 Bells)
- 8am-5pm
- January-December
- Monarch Butterfly (140 Bells)
- 4am-5pm
- March-May
- Emperor Butterfly (4000 Bells)
- 5pm-8am
- January-March
- June-September
- December
- Moth (130 Bells)
- 7pm-4am
- Flies close to gentle
- Mantis (430 Bells)
- 8am to 5pm
- January-May
- September-December
- On flowers
- Orchid Mantis (2,400 Bells)
- 8am-5pm
- March-November
- On flowers
- Honeybee (200 Bells)
- 8am-5pm
- March-July
- Wasp (2500 Bells)
- All-day, year-round
- Shake bushes
- Crimson Dragonfly (180 Bells)
- 8am to 7pm
- March-April
- Mole Cricket (500 Bells)
- All-day
- January-May
- November-December
- Discovered Underground
- Diving Beetle (800 Bells)
- 8am-7pm
- January-March
- November-December
- Close to ponds and rivers
- Stinkbug (120 Bells)
- All-day
- March-October
- On flowers
- Man-Confronted Stink Bug (1000 Bells)
- 7pm-8am
- March-October
- On flowers
- Ladybug (200 Bells)
- 8am to 5pm
- March-June
- October
- On flowers
- Tiger Beetle (1500 Bells)
- All-day
- March-June
- October
- On the bottom
- Citrus Lengthy-Horned Beetle (350 Bells)
- All Day, all year
- On tree stumps
- Bagworm (600 Bells)
- All-day, all year
- In bushes
- Hermit Crab (1000 Bells)
- 7pm-8am
- All year
- On the seashore
- Wharf Roach (200 Bells)
- All-day, all year
- On seashore rocks
- Snail (250 Bells)
- All-day, all year
- On rocks on wet days
- Tablet Bug (250 Bells)
- 11pm-4pm
- January-June
- September-December
- Hit rocks to get these
- Centipede (300 Bells)
- 4pm-11pm
- January-June
- September-December
- Hit rocks to get these
- Tarantula (8,000 Bells)
- 7pm-4am
- January-April
- November-December
- On the bottom
- Long Locust
- 8am-7pm
- January-May
- October-December
- Rice Grasshopper
- 8am-7pm
- February to May
- Grasshopper
- 8am-5pm
- January-March]
- Cricket
- 5pm-8am
- March-May
- Bell Cricket
- 5pm-8am
- March-April
- Pondstalker
- 8am-7pm
- January-March
- November-December
- On ponds
- Violin Beetle
- All-day
- March-May
- November-December
- On trees
- Walking Leaf
- All-day
- January-March
- On trees
- These look like leaves.
- Mosquito
- 5pm-4am
- January-March
- December
- Flea
- All-day
- January-May
- October-December
- Spider
- 7pm-8am
- All year
- Shake Trees to get these
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