List with all the bugs from Animal Crossing: New Horizons with their spawn area, times and months in which they will be available.
Bugs are one of the large groups of animals that we can catch in Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch , although it is true that within this category we find other types of species such as crustaceans. In general, this collectible category of critters includes all insects, arachnids and small animals that the player can catch with his net.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Guide with Tips and Tricks .
There are currently about 79 bugs in Animal Crossing for Switch , which as usual, we can catch in different places and using various tricks. We must remember that not everything will be available throughout the year and, on occasion, it will be necessary to do different things to discover them.
Where bugs can appear in Animal Crossing for Switch
Like fish, the places of appearance of the bugs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Switch can vary a lot, some of them being difficult to discover for players less used to the Nintendo license. And it is that while some appear flying through the town and we will only have to chase them without making noise and catch them with our net, on other occasions we will have to perform some special trick.
Flying : in any area of the town animals can appear flying freely.
In the flowers : you will find many insects perched on a flower.
In trees : other insects will be perched on tree trunks.
Shaking Trees – Shake trees with your hands to make hidden critters appear.
In stumps : leaves the trunk of a cut tree; the stump can attract specific insects.
In the lights : some insects are attracted to the lights of the village.
In the grass : on the grass we can find other types of bugs.
On the ground : keep an eye on the ground you walk on, there may be insects.
On the beach : also on the beach we will find specific sand animals.
On the rocks : some critters have a predilection for rocks.
Breaking rocks : others are hiding under them, so you will have to hit them.
Buried – Some critters like the protection of the earth, so you will have to use the shovel if you hear them.
In garbage or rotten food : Other insects are attracted to garbage or rotten fruit (such as turnips).
In ponds and rivers : some insects are attracted to water, rivers and ponds mainly.
List of critters in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and their spawn zones
Image Gallery – Bugs from Animal Crossing New Horizons
Here you can find a complete list with all the Animal Crossing Switch bugs and their places of appearance . Remember to also check the time of appearance and the months in which they are available. It will be of great help to complete the Socrates museum , specifically all the insects part. As we have seen, the variety of appearance of insects, tarantulas and other critters is very high, so it will not always be easy to get hold of them.
For example, some require prior preparation , such as those that go to the trash or rest on cut logs. Other bugs are attracted by a specific flower color, so if you fill the town with them, their presence will be much more common, being able to capture more to sell.
| Bug species | Zone | Months | Schedule |
| Honey bee | March to July | 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. | flowers |
| Spider | All year | 19:00 to 8:00 | Shaking trees |
| Wasp | All year | All day | Shaking trees |
| Hermit crab | All year | 19:00 to 8:00 | Beach |
| snail | All year | All day | On the rocks (rain) |
| Bug | March to Oct. | All day | Red flowers) |
| Giant water bug | April to Sept. | 19:00 to 8:00 | In ponds and rivers |
| Bed bug with human face | March to Oct. | 19:00 to 8:00 | flowers |
| Centipede | All year except July and August | 17:00 to 23:00 | Breaking rocks |
| Brown cicada | July and August | 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. | Perched in trees |
| Common cicada | August and Sept. | 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Perched in trees |
| Giant cicada | July and August | 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. | Perched in trees |
| Oriental cicada | July and August | 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. | Perched in trees |
| Cigarette | July and August | 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. | Perched in trees |
| Woodlouse | All year except July and August | 23:00 to 16:00 | Breaking rocks |
| Sand mealybug | All year | All day | Beach rocks |
| Esc. Deer cyclommatus | July and August | 17:00 to 8:00 | Perched in trees |
| Atlas horned beetle | July and August | 17:00 to 8:00 | Perched in trees |
| Elephant horned beetle | July and August | 17:00 to 8:00 | Perched in trees |
| Hercules horned beetle | July and August | 17:00 to 8:00 | Perched in trees |
| Japanese horned beetle | July and August | 17:00 to 8:00 | Perched in trees |
| Rainbow stag beetle | June to Sept. | 19:00 to 8:00 | Perched in trees |
| Giant stag beetle | July and August | 23:00 to 8:00 | Perched in trees |
| Giraffe stag beetle | July and August | 17:00 to 8:00 | Perched in trees |
| Miyama stag beetle | July and August | All day | Perched in trees |
| Sierra stag beetle | July and August | All day | Perched in trees |
| Litmus stag beetle | July and August | 17:00 to 8:00 | Perched in trees |
| Geotropid beetle | July to Sept. | All day | I usually |
| Jewel beetle | April to August | All day | Perched in trees |
| Swimming beetle | May to Sept. | 8:00 to 19:00 | In ponds and rivers |
| Gold beetle | July and August | 23:00 to 8:00 | Perched in trees |
| Dung beetle | Dec to February | All day | Ground (making snowballs) |
| Rosalia batesi beetle | May to Sept. | All day | On stumps |
| Tiger beetle | February to Oct. | All day | Flying |
| Japanese green beetle | June to August | All day | Perched in trees |
| Violin beetle | May to June and Sept. to Nov. | All day | On stumps |
| Scorpion | May to Oct. | 19:00 to 4:00 | I usually |
| Goliath | June to Sept. | 17:00 to 8:00 | Perched on trees (palm trees) |
| Blue weevil | July and August | All day | Perched in trees |
| Bell cricket | Sept. to Oct. | 17:00 to 8:00 | On the grass |
| Onion cricket | Nov. to May | All day | Buried |
| Common cricket | Sept. to Nov. | 17:00 to 8:00 | On the grass |
| Ant | All year | All day | Rotten turnips and fruit |
| Leaf insect | July to Sept. | All day | Under the trees (camouflaged) |
| Stick insect | July to Nov. | 4:00 to 8:00 and 17:00 to 19:00 | Shaking trees |
| Locust | August to Nov. | 8:00 to 19:00 | On the grass |
| Elongated lobster | April to Nov. | 8:00 to 19:00 | On the grass |
| Migratory locust | August to Nov. | 8:00 to 19:00 | On the grass |
| Damselfly dragonfly | April to Oct. | 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. | Flying |
| Damsel dragonfly | Nov. to February | All day | Flying |
| Red dragonfly | Sept. and Oct. | 8:00 to 19:00 | Flying |
| Tiger dragonfly | May to Oct. | 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. | Flying |
| Asian longicorn | All year | All day | On stumps |
| Firefly | June | 19:00 to 4:00 | In ponds and rivers |
| Orchid mantis | March to Nov. | 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. | White flowers) |
| Praying mantis | March to Nov. | 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. | flowers |
| Marip. Japanese emperor | May to August | 4:00 to 7:00 | Flying |
| Brooke’s Wings Butterfly | December to February and April to August | 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. | Flying |
| Butterfly bird wings | May to Sept. | 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Mutated flowers (black, blue and purple) |
| Bianor butterfly | March to June | 4:00 to 19:00 | Mutated flowers (black, blue and purple) |
| Celestial butterfly | January to March and June to Sept. | 17:00 to 8:00 | Flying |
| Colias butterfly | March to June and Sept. to Oct. | 4:00 to 19:00 | Flying |
| Paper kite butterfly | All year | 8:00 to 19:00 | Flying |
| Common butterfly | Sept. to June | 4:00 to 19:00 | flowers |
| Monarch butterfly | Sept. to Nov. | 4:00 to 17:00 | Flying |
| Daffodil butterfly | April to Sept. | 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. | Flying |
| Tiger butterfly | March to Sept. | 4:00 to 19:00 | Flying |
| Blue triangle butterfly | April to August | 4:00 to 19:00 | Flying |
| O | March to June and October | 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. | flowers |
| Fly | All year | All day | About garbage |
| Mosquito | June to Sept. | 17:00 to 4:00 | Flying |
| Cicada molt | July and August | All day | Perched in trees |
| Pocket caterpillar | All year | All day | Shaking trees |
| Moth | All year | 19:00 to 4:00. | In the lights |
| Atlas moth | April to Sept. | 19:00 to 4:00 | Perched in trees |
| Twilight moth | April to Sept. | 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Flying |
| flea | Oct. to May | All day | Infested Villager Heads |
| Grasshopper | July to Sept. | 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. | On the grass |
| Tarantula | Nov. to April | 19:00 to 4:00 | I usually |
| Shoemaker | May to Sept. | 8:00 to 19:00 | In ponds and rivers |
The most expensive critters in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Bugs from Animal Crossing New Horizons – Tarantula
In case you are looking for bugs not to make the complete collection, but to sell and get as many berries (game money) as possible in the Tendo and Nendo store, we can indicate which of them are the most expensive bugs in Animal Crossing Switch .
A good trick is, for example, to attract butterflies with flowers of the colors they like . This will allow you to catch them very easily and quickly to sell them. Another trick is to go for the spiders, on specific islands and doing the tarantula trick to favor their appearance.
Goliath Beetle – 8,000 berries
Tarantula – 8,000 berries
Scorpion – 8,000 berries
Rainbow stag beetle – 6,000 berries
Tiger dragonfly – 4,500 berries
Birdwing Butterfly – 4,000 berries
Celestial Butterfly – 4,000 berries
Daffodil butterfly – 3,000 berries
Rosalia batesi beetle – 3,000 berries
Japanese Emperor Butterfly – 3,000 berries
Atlas moth – 3,000 berries
