Animal Crossing New Horizons Bugs Guide

Bugs are collectible creatures in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. There are various types of bugs that are available at different times of the year and at different locations and in this Animal Crossing guide, we have listed all the bugs.

Read this guide to know all the types of bugs that you can catch in Animal Cross: New Horizons, alongside their selling prices, locations and the time of the year that they’re found at.

Animal Crossing New Horizons Bugs

Bugs can also be sold for Bells thus players can collect money by catching bugs and then selling them off. For the first time you catch a bug, you can donate it to the museum on your island to get Nook Miles.

Name	Selling Price	Hemisphere	Months	Time of the Day	Location
Common butterfly	160	Southern	March to December	Afternoon and Evening	On the mainland
Yellow butterfly	160	Southern	March to April, September to December	Morning and Afternoon	On the mainland
Tiger butterfly	240	Southern	January to March, September to December	Morning, Afternoon and Evening	On the mainland
Common bluebottle	–	Northern	April to August	Morning, Afternoon and Evening	–
Paper kite butterfly	1000	Southern	All Year	Afternoon and Evening	On the mainland
Monarch butterfly	–	Southern	March to May	Morning and Afternoon	On the mainland
Emperor butterfly	4000	Southern	January to March, June to September, and December	Evening, Night and Morning	On the mainland
Rajah brooke’s birdwing	–	Southern	January to March, June to August, and October to December	Afternoon	–
Moth	130	Southern	All Year	Night	Near the outside lights
Atlas moth	3000	Southern	January to March, and October to December	Night	–
Madagascan sunset moth	–	Southern	January to March, and October to December	Afternoon	–
Long locust	200	Southern	January to May, and October to December	Afternoon	On the mainland
Rice grasshopper	400	Southern	February to May	Afternoon and Evening	–
Grasshopper	–	Southern	January to March	Afternoon	On the mainland
Cricket	130	Southern	March to May	Morning and Night	On the mainland
Bell cricket	430	Southern	March to April	Morning and Night	On the mainland
Orchid mantis	–	Northern	March to November	Morning and Afternoon	On the flowers
Honeybee	–	Northern	March to July	Morning and Afternoon	On the flowers
Wasp (Bee)	–	Northern	All Year	All day	On the trees, you will have to shake them
Walker cicada	–	Southern	February to March	Afternoon	–
Brown Cicada	–	Northern	July to August	–	On the trees
Giant Cicada	–	Northern	July to August	–	On the trees
Red dragonfly	180	Southern	March to April	Afternoon and Evening	On the mainland
Darner dragonfly	–	Southern	January to April, and October to December	Afternoon	On the mainland
Banded dragonfly	–	–	–	–	–
Damselfly	500	Southern	May to August	All day	–
Pondskater	130	Southern	January to March, and November to December	Afternoon	Water’s Surface
Diving beetle	800	Southern	January to March, and November to December	Afternoon and Evening	Water’s Surface
Giant water bug	2000	Southern	January to March, and October to December	Morning and Night	Water’s Surface
Stinkbug	–	Southern	January to April, and September to December	All day	On the flowers
Man-Faced Stink Bug	–	Northern	March to October	Evening and Night	On the flowers
Ladybug	–	Northern	March to June, and October	Morning and Afternoon	On the flowers
Tiger beetle	1500	Southern	January to April, and August to December	All day	On the mainland
Jewel beetle	–	Northern	April to August	–	On the trees
Violin beetle	–	Southern	March to May, and November to December	All day	–
Citrus long-horned beetle	–	Northern	All Year	Any time	On the trees
Dung beetle	3000	Southern	June to August	All day	Near snowballs
Earth-boring dung beetle	300	Southern	January to March	All day	–
Drone beetle	–	Northern	June to August	–	On the trees
Miyama Stag	–	Northern	July to August	–	On the trees
Rainbow stag	6000	Southern	January to March, and December	Morning and Night	On the trees
Horned Dynastid	–	Northern	July to August	–	On the trees
Walking leaf	600	Southern	January to March	All day	Camouflaged among fallen leaves near the trees, you will have to shake them
Bagworm	–	Southern	All Year	All day	On the trees, you will have to shake them
Ant	–	Northern	All Year	All day	On the turnips
Hermit crab	1000	Northern	All Year	Morning and Night	On the beach
Wharf roach	200	Northern	–	–	On the beach
Mosquito	130	Southern	January to March	Night	On the mainland
Flea	–	Northern	April to November	–	On the villagers
Pill bug	–	Southern	March to December	Morning and Afternoon	On the rocks, you will have to hit them with a shovel
Centipede	–	Northern	January to June, and September to December	Evening	On the rocks, you will have to hit them with a shovel
Spider	–	Northern	All year	Evening and Night	On the trees, you will have to shake them
Tarantula	8000	Northern	January to April, and November to December	Night	On the mainland
Scorpion	–	Northern	May to October	–	On the mainland