Animal Crossing: New Horizons Complete Bug List – Every insect in the Critterpedia

From butterflies to a Tarantula, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has almost every bug you can think of

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Complete Bug List – Every insect in the Critterpedia

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the fifth installment in the Animal Crossing series. Players take on the responsibility to develop a small town for villagers on an abandoned island. Nintendo released this game in 2020 and it managed to gather massive popularity. It is even the best-selling game of all time in Japan.

There are 80 different bugs to capture in Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Switch. You’ll need to catch every insect, which can appear in various places and at varied times, in order to perfect the art of bug capturing. Prior to appearing on your island, some of them also require specific locations and things, such as tree stumps or hybrid flowers. These specifications are listed in our table below. Your Critterpedia contains all of this knowledge, but only once you’ve discovered a bug.

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Here are the all bugs along with the season and time they will be present, and the price in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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All bugs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

All bugs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Bugs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (image via Nintendo)

These are the all bugs you will see in Critterpedia in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Critter #BugValueTime
1Common Butterfly1604 a.m. – 7 p.m.
2Yellow Butterfly1604 a.m. – 7 p.m.
3Tiger Butterfly2404 a.m. – 7 p.m.
4Peacock Butterfly2,5004 a.m. – 7 p.m.
5Common Bluebottle3004 a.m. – 7 p.m.
6Paper Kite Butterfly1,0008 a.m. – 7 p.m.
7Great Purple Emperor3,0004 a.m. – 7 p.m.
8Monarch Butterfly1404 a.m. – 5 p.m.
9Emperor Butterfly40005 p.m. – 8 a.m.
10Agrias Butterfly3,0008 a.m. – 5 p.m.
11Raja Brooke’s Birdwing2,5008 a.m. – 5 p.m.
12Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing4,0008 a.m. – 4 p.m.
13Moth1307 p.m. – 4 a.m.
14Atlas Moth3,0007 p.m. – 4 a.m.
15Madagascan Sunset Moth2,5008 a.m. – 4 p.m.
16Long Locust2008 a.m. – 7 p.m.
17Migratory Locust6008 a.m. – 7 p.m.
18Rice Grasshopper1608 a.m. – 7 p.m.
19Grasshopper1608 a.m. – 5 p.m.
20Cricket1305 p.m. – 8 a.m.
21Bell Cricket4305 p.m. – 8 a.m.
22Mantis4308 a.m. – 5 p.m.
23Orchid Mantis2,4008 a.m. – 5 p.m.
24Honeybee2008 a.m. – 5 p.m.
25Wasp2,500All day
26Brown Cicada2508 a.m. – 5 p.m.
27Robust Cicada3008 a.m. – 5 p.m.
28Giant Cicada6008 a.m. – 5 p.m.
29Walker Cicada4008 a.m. – 5 p.m.
30Evening Cicada6604 a.m. – 8 a.m., 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
31Cicada Shell10All day
32Red Dragonfly1808 a.m. – 7 p.m.
33Darner Dragonfly2308 a.m. – 5 p.m.
34Banded Dragonfly4,5008 a.m. – 5 p.m.
35Damselfly500All day
36Firefly3007 p.m. – 4 a.m.
37Mole Cricket500All day
38Pondskater1308 a.m. – 7 p.m.
39Diving Beetle8008 a.m. – 7 p.m.
40Giant Water Bug2,0007 p.m. – 8 a.m.
41Stinkbug120All day
42Man-faced Stink Bug1,0007 p.m. – 8 a.m.
43Ladybug2008 a.m. – 5 p.m.
44Tiger Beetle1,500All day
45Jewel Beetle2,400All day
46Violin Beetle450All day
47Citrus Long-horned Beetle350All day
48Rosalia Batesi Beetle3,000All day
49Blue Weevil Beetle800All day
50Dung Beetle3,000All day
51Earth-boring Dung Beetle300All day
52Scarab Beetle10,00011 p.m. – 8 a.m.
53Drone Beetle200All day
54Goliath Beetle8,0005 p.m. – 8 a.m.
55Saw Stag2,000All day
56Miyama Stag1,000All day
57Giant Stag10,00011 p.m. – 8 a.m.
58Rainbow Stag6,0007 p.m. – 8 a.m.
59Cyclommatus Stag8,0005 p.m. – 8 a.m.
60Horned Atlas8,0005 p.m. – 8 a.m.
61Golden Stag12,0005 p.m. – 8 a.m.
62Horned Dynastid1,3505 p.m. – 8 a.m.
63Walking Stick6004 a.m. – 8 a.m.
64Horned Elephant8,0005 p.m. – 8 a.m.
65Horned Hercules12,0005 p.m. – 8 a.m.
66Giraffe Stag12,0005 p.m. – 8 a.m.
67Walking Leaf600All day
68Bagworm600All day
69Ant80All day
70Hermit Crab1,0007 p.m. – 8 a.m.
71Wharf Roach200All day
72Fly60All day
73Mosquito1305 p.m. – 4 a.m.
74Flea70All day
75Snail250All day
76Pill Bug25011 p.m. – 4 p.m.
77Centipede3004 p.m. – 11 p.m.
78Spider4807 p.m. – 8 a.m.
79Tarantula8,0007 p.m. – 4 a.m.
80Scorpion8,0007 p.m. – 4 a.m.

Importance of Bugs in Animal Crossing: New Horizon

Many of the bugs that show up on your island, like fish and other game elements, are seasonal, which means that they will change according to the month. Catching bugs is a very important day-to-day activity in Animal Crossing: New Horizon. If you manage to capture some uncommon bugs, it’s also a terrific opportunity to earn some bells. It also helps you to complete the museum in the town. Moreover, if you capture every bug in New Horizons, you’ll be able to access the DIY recipe for the Golden Net.

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