20 Mar GameNews Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bug Guide March 20, 2020 Posted by GataGames Leave a comment Deserted islands are usually rife with insects, and your new island adventure in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is no exception. Bugs can be found and caught all over the island at any point during the year. Bugs can be sold for money, given as gifts, donated to the museum, or displayed as furniture. What you do with them is up to you. To catch a bug, approach it with your net equipped, taking care to hold down A to sneak up slowly. Once you’re within reach, release the A button and your net will spring forward to grab the critter. If you miss, you might be able to nab the bug by mashing the A button, but sometimes bugs will flee. It takes practice, so don’t be discouraged if you find that you’re scaring away more bugs than you’re catching at first. Animal Crossing: New Horizons has a total of 80 insects, which is eight more than in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Below, we go over everything that can affect how and when bugs spawn. You’ll also find a table listing all the bugs we’ve caught so far in both the northern and southern hemispheres, their spawn locations and dates/times, and the number of Bells you get for selling them. Equipment In order to catch bugs, you will need a net of some kind. The first net you get in the game is the flimsy net, which can be upgraded to the net at a DIY bench. There are no special limits to what any net can catch in the game–the type of net just determines how many times the tool can be used before breaking. Once your net breaks, just craft a new one at a DIY bench with resources found around the island or purchase a new one at Nook’s Cranny. Location Bugs will spawn in different locations and environments. Trees, rivers, flowers, rocks, and light sources all play a role in where bugs will spawn on the island. Many bugs require a specific environmental feature to spawn, so keep that in mind when terraforming and decorating your island–you’ll want at least one tree stump to get some bugs, for example. Also, if you don’t have any trees or flowers, you may find the bug population seriously lacking. Weather Weather is the second biggest condition that impacts which bugs appear. In Spring, butterflies won’t appear when it’s raining; instead, bugs like grasshoppers and earth-boring dung beetles will be out in bigger numbers. Rain, snow, and sunny days will all attract different bugs to the island, so taking note of which bugs like certain weather will be the key to completing your collection. Time And Date As time in Animal Crossing is synced up with the real world, or whichever date and time you have entered into your Nintendo Switch, the time you play your game matters. New Horizons goes through all the stages of a 24-hour period in real-time, with different bugs appearing at different times. Bugs also vary depending on what month it is, which the game refers to as seasonality. If you want to collect every kind of bug, you will need to play the game at all different hours and throughout the year. The seasonality of bugs changes depending on which hemisphere you chose, too. For reference, you can always check what time and months the bugs that you have caught will spawn in your Critterpedia. All The Bugs We’ve Caught So Far The list below contains the time of year and day, locations, and price for every bug we have found so far in both: Northern Hemisphere Bug Seasonality Location Time Sell Price Agris Butterfly Apr – Sept Flying 8 AM – 5 PM 3,000 Ant All year On rotten fruit and turnips All day 80 Bagworm All year Shake tree All day 600 Centipede Sept – June Hit rocks 5 PM – 11 PM 430 Citrus Long-Horned Beetle All year Tree stump All day 350 Common Butterfly Sept – June Flying 4 AM – 7PM 160 Cricket Sept – Nov Ground 5 PM – 8 AM 130 Damselfly Nov – Feb Flying All day 500 Darner Dragonfly Apr – Oct Flying 8 AM – 5 PM 230 Diving Beetle May – Sept River 8 AM – 7 PM 800 Earth-Boring Dung Beetle July – Sept Ground All day 300 Emperor Butterfly Dec – Mar, June – Sept Flying 5 PM – 8 AM 4,000 Flea Apr – Nov On a flea-infested villager All day 70 Fly All year On rotten fruit or garbage All day Grasshopper July – Sept Ground 8 AM – 5 PM 160 Hermit Crab All year Beach 7 PM – 8 AM 1,000 Honeybee Mar – July Near flowers 8 AM – 5 PM 200 Ladybug Mar – June, Oct Flowers 8AM – 5PM 200 Long Locust Apr – Nov Ground 8 AM – 7 PM 200 Madagascan Sunset Moth Apr – Sept Flying 8 AM – 4 PM 2,500 Man-Faced Stink Bug Mar – Oct Flowers 7 PM – 8 AM 1,000 Mantis Mar – Nov Flowers 8 AM – 5 PM 430 Migratory Locust Feb – May Ground 8 AM – 7 PM 200 Mole Cricket Nov – May Underground All day Monarch Butterfly Sept – Nov Flying 4 AM – 5 PM 140 Mosquito June – Sept Flying 5 PM – 4 AM 130 Moth All year Lit windows 7 PM – 4 AM 130 Orchid Mantis Mar – Nov Flowers 8 AM – 5 PM 2,400 Paper Kite Butterfly All year Flying 8 AM – 7 PM 1,000 Peacock Butterfly Mar – June Near black, blue, or purple flowers 4 AM – 7 PM 2,500 Pill Bug Sept – June Hit rocks 11 PM – 4 PM 250 Pondskater May – Sept River 8 AM – 7 PM 130 Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing May – Sept Flying 8 AM – 4 PM 4,000 Rainbow Stag June – Sept Tree 7 PM – 8 AM 6,000 Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing Dec – Feb, Apr – Sept Near black, blue, or purple flowers 8 AM – 5 PM 2,500 Red Dragonfly Sept – Oct Flying 8 AM – 7 PM 180 Rosalia Batsei Beetle May – June Tree stump All day 3,000 Scorpion TBD Ground Night Snail All year Rock (rain) All day 250 Spider All year Shake tree 7 PM – 8 AM 600 Stinkbug Mar – Oct Flowers All day 120 Tarantula Nov – Apr Ground 7 PM – 4 AM 8,000 Tiger Beetle Feb – Oct Ground All day 1,500 Tiger Butterfly Mar – Sept Flying 4 AM – 7 PM 240 Violin Beetle May – June, Sept – Nov Tree stump All day 450 Walker Cicada Aug – Sept Tree 8 AM – 4 PM 400 Walking Leaf July – Sept Ground All day 600 Wasp All year Shake tree All day 2,500 Wharf Roach All year Beach (rocks) All day 200 Yellow Butterfly Mar – June, Sept – Oct Flying 4 AM – 7 PM 160 Southern Hemisphere Bug Seasonality Location Time Sell Price Agris Butterfly Oct – Mar Flying 8 AM – 5 PM 3,000 Ant All year Rotten fruit or turnips All day 80 Bagworm All year Shake tree All day 600 Centipede Mar – Dec Hit rocks All day 430 Citrus Long-Horned Beetle All year Tree stump All day 350 Common Butterfly Mar – Dec Flying 4 AM – 7PM 160 Cricket Mar – May Ground 5 PM – 8 AM 130 Damselfly May – Aug Flying All day 500 Darner Dragonfly Oct – Apr Flying 8 AM – 5 PM 230 Diving Beetle Nov – Mar River 8 AM – 7 PM 800 Earth-Boring Dung Beetle Jan – Mar Ground All day 300 Emperor Butterfly Dec – Mar, June – Sept Flying 5 PM – 8 AM 4,000 Flea Oct – May On a flea-infested Villager All day 70 Fly All year On rotten fruit or garbage All day Grasshopper Jan – Mar Ground 8 AM – 5 PM 160 Hermit Crab All year Beach 7 PM – 8 AM 1,000 Honeybee Sept – Jan Near flowers 8 AM – 5 PM 200 Ladybug Apr, Sept – Dec Flowers 8 AM – 5 PM 200 Long Locust Oct – May Ground 8 AM – 7 PM 200 Madagascan Sunset Moth Oct – Mar Flying 8 AM – 4 PM 2,500 Man-Faced Stink Bug Sept – Apr Flowers 7 PM – 8 AM 1,000 Mantis Sept – Apr Flowers 8 AM – 5 PM 430 Migratory Locust Feb – May Ground 8 AM – 7 PM 200 Mole Cricket May – Nov Underground All day Monarch Butterfly Mar – May Flying 4 AM – 5 PM 140 Mosquito Dec – Mar Flying 5 PM – 4 AM 130 Moth All year Lit windows 7 PM – 4 AM 130 Orchid Mantis Sept – May Flowers 8 AM – 5 PM 2,400 Paper Kite Butterfly All year Flying 8 AM – 7 PM 1,000 Peacock Butterfly Sept – Dec Near black, blue, or purple flowers 4 AM – 7 PM 2,500 Pill Bug Mar – Dec Hit rocks 11 PM – 4 PM 250 Pondskater Nov – Mar River 8 AM – 7 PM 130 Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing Nov – Mar Flying 8 AM – 4 PM 4,000 Rainbow Stag Dec – Mar Tree 7 PM – 8 AM 6,000 Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing June – Aug, Oct – Mar Near black, blue, or purple flowers 8 AM – 5 PM 2,500 Red Dragonfly Mar – Apr Flying 8 AM – 7 PM 180 Rosalia Batsei Beetle Nov – Dec Tree stump All day 3,000 Scorpion TBD Ground Night Snail All year Rock (rain) All day 250 Spider All year Shake tree 7 PM – 8 AM 600 Stinkbug Sept – Apr Flowers All day 120 Tarantula May – Oct Ground 7 PM – 4 AM 8,000 Tiger Beetle Aug – Apr Ground All day 1,500 Tiger Butterfly Sept – Mar Flying 4 AM – 7 PM 240 Violin Beetle Mar – May, Nov – Dec Tree stump All day 450 Walker Cicada Feb – Mar Tree 8 AM – 4 PM 400 Walking Leaf Jan – Mar Ground All day 600 Wasp All year Shake Tree All day 2,500 Wharf Roach All year Beach (rocks) All day 200 Yellow Butterfly Mar – Apr, Sept – Dec Flying 4 AM – 7 PM 160 GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. 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