Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bug Guide – spawns and prices

How to find every bug in New Horizons. Even the bees.

Jen Diaz

Published: Mar 26, 2020 04:00 am

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons has a bug for every reason in every season; beautiful butterflies, obnoxious wasps, and expensive tarantulas. The bugs available to you depend on the time of day and month, and which hemisphere you’re in.

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Some of these bugs are easier to catch than others. You can race up to a Common Butterfly and press the A button wildly to catch one, but you’ll want to press and hold A to sneak up on a pillbug, for example.

We’ve listed where to find each of these bugs, their selling price, and what time of year you can catch them in each hemisphere. To make it easy to cross-reference with your game, they’re listed in the same order below as they are in Critterpedia. This isn’t a complete list, but we will update it as more information becomes available.

Bug Name	Selling Price	Location	Time	Northern Hemisphere	Southern Hemisphere
Common Butterfly	160	Above Flowers	4am – 7pm	Sept – June	March – Dec
Yellow Butterfly	160	Flying	4am – 7pm	March – June, Sept – Oct	March – April, Sept – Dec
Tiger Butterfly	240	Flying	4am – 7pm	March – Sept	Sept – March
Peacock Butterfly	2,500	Above Purple, Black, and Blue Flowers	4am – 7pm	March – June	Sept – Dec
Common Bluebottle	300	Flying	4am – 7pm	April – Aug	Oct – Feb
Paper Kite Butterfly	1,000	Flying	8am – 7pm	All Months	All Months
Great Purple Emperor	3,000	Flying	4am – 7am	May – Aug	Nov – Feb
Monarch Butterfly	140	Flying	4am – 5pm	Sept – Nov	March – May
Emperor Butterfly	4,000	Flying	5pm – 8am	Dec – March, June – Sept	Dec – March, June – Sept

Agrias Butterfly	3,000	Flying	8am – 5pm	April – Sept	Oct – March
Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing	2,500	Above Purple, Black, and Blue Flowers	8am – 5pm	Dec – Feb, April – Sept	June – Aug, Oct – March
Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing	4,000	Flying	8am – 4pm	May – Sept	Nov – April
Moth	130	Around Light	7pm – 4am	All Months	All Months
Atlas Moth	3,000	On Trees	7pm – 4am	April – Sept	Oct – March
Madagascan Sunset Moth	2,500	Flying	8am – 4pm	April – Sept	Oct – March
Long Locust	200	In Grass	8am – 7pm	April – Nov	Oct – May
Migratory Locust	600	In Grass	8am – 7pm	Aug – Nov	Feb – May
Rice Grasshopper	160	In Grass	8am – 7pm	Aug – Nov	Feb – May
Grasshopper	160	In Grass	8am – 5pm	July – Sept	Jan – March

Cricket	130	In Grass	5pm – 8am	Sept – Nov	March – May
Bell Cricket	430	In Grass	5pm – 8am	Sept – Oct	March – April
Mantis	430	On Flowers	8am – 5pm	March – Nov	Sept – April
Orchid Mantis	2,400	On Flowers	8am – 5pm	March – Nov	Sept – May
Honeybee	200	Above Flowers	8am – 5pm	March – July	Sept – Jan
Wasp	2,500	Shaking Trees	All Day	All Months	All Months
Brown Cicada	250	On Trees	8am – 5pm	July – Aug	Jan – Feb
Robust Cicada	300	On Trees	8am – 5pm	July – Aug	Jan – Feb
Giant Cicada	500	On Trees	8am – 5pm	July – Aug	Jan – Feb
Walker Cicada	400	On Trees	8am – 4pm	Aug – Sept	Feb – March

Evening Cicada	550	On Trees	4am – 8am, 4pm – 7pm	July – Aug	Jan – Feb
Cicada Shell	100	On Trees	All Day	July – Aug	Jan – Feb
Red Dragonfly	180	Flying	8am – 7pm	Sept – Oct	March – April
Darner Dragonfly	230	Flying	8am – 5pm	April – Oct	Oct – April
Banded Dragonfly	4,500	Flying	8am – 5pm	May – Oct	Nov – April
Damselfly	500	Flying	All Day	Nov – Feb	May – Aug
Firefly	300	Above Freshwater	7pm – 4pm	June	Dec
Mole Cricket	500	Underground	All Day	Nov – May	May – Nov
Pondskater	130	In Rivers	8am – 7pm	May – Sept	Nov – March
Diving Beetle	800	In Rivers	8am – 7pm	May – Sept	Nov – March

Giant Water Beetle	2,000	On Ponds and Rivers	7pm – 8am	April – Sept	Oct – March
Stinkbug	120	On Trees	All Day	March – Oct	Sept – April
Man-faced Stinkbug	1,000	On Flowers	7pm – 8am	March – Oct	Sept – April
Ladybug	200	On Flowers	8am – 5pm	March – June, Oct	April, Sept – Dec
Tiger Beetle	1,500	Flying	All Day	Feb – Oct	Sept – March
Jewel Beetle	2,400	On Trees	All Day	April – Aug	Oct – Feb
Citrus Long-horned Beetle	350	On Tree Stumps	All Day	All Months	All Months
Rosalia Batesi Beetle	3,000	On Tree Stumps	All Day	May – Sept	Nov – March
Blue Weevil Beetle	800	On Trees	All Day	July – Aug	Jan – Feb
Violin Beetle	450	On Trees	All Day	May – Nov	March – Dec

Dung Beetle	3,000	On Ground	All Day	Dec – Feb	June – Aug
Earth-boring Dung Beetle	300	On Ground	All Day	July – Sept	Jan – March
Scarab Beetle	10,000	On Trees	11pm – 8am	July – Aug	Jan – Feb
Drone Beetle	200	On Trees	All Day	June – Aug	Dec – Feb
Goliath Beetle	8,000	On Trees	5pm – 8am	June – Sept	Dec – April
Saw Stag	2,000	On Trees	All Day	July – Aug	Jan – Feb
Miyama Stag	1,000	On Trees	All Day	July – Aug	Jan – Feb
Giant Stag	10,000	On Trees	11pm – 8am	July – Aug	Jan – Feb
Rainbow Stag	6,000	On Trees	7pm – 8am	June – Sept	Dec – March
Cyclommatus Stag	8,000	On Palm Trees	5pm – 8am	July – Aug	Jan – Feb

Golden Stag	12,000	On Palm Trees	5pm – 8am	July – Aug	Jan – Feb
Giraffe Stag	12,000	On Palm Trees	5pm – 8am	July – Aug	Jan – Feb
Horned Dynastid	1,350	On Trees	5pm – 8am	July – Aug	Jan – Feb
Horned Atlas	8,000	On Palm Trees	5pm – 8am	July – Aug	Jan – Feb
Horned Elephant	8,000	On Palm Trees	5pm – 8am	July – Aug	Jan – Feb
Horned Hercules	12,000	On Palm Trees	5pm – 8am	July – Aug	Jan – Feb
Walking Stick	600	On Trees	4am – 8am, 5pm – 7pm	July – Nov	Jan – May
Walking Leaf	600	Under Trees	All Day	July – Sept	Jan – March
Bagworm	600	On Trees	All Day	All Months	All Months
Ant	80	On Rotten Turnips	All Day	All Months	All Months

Hermit Crab	1,000	On Beach	7pm – 8am	All Months	All Months
Wharf Roach	200	On Beach (Rocks)	All Day	All Months	All Months
Fly	60	On Rotten Turnips and Trash	All Day	All Months	All Months
Mosquito	130	Flying	5pm – 4am	June – Sept	Dec – March
Flea	70	On Infested Villagers	All Day	April – Nov	Oct – May
Snail	250	Under Rocks	All Day	All Months	All Months
Pill Bug	250	Under Rocks	11pm – 4pm	Sept – June	March – Dec
Centipede	300	Under Rocks	5pm – 11pm	Sept – June	March – Dec
Spider	480	Shaking Trees	7pm – 8am	All Months	All Months
Tarantula	8,000	On Ground	7pm – 4am	Nov – April	May – Oct
Scorpion	8,000	On Ground	7pm – 4am	May – Oct	Nov – April

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Jen Diaz