Animal Crossing New Horizons features a total of 80 bugs that can be caught. Bugs can be caught with any type of net. Most bugs will be scared off if you run near them or miss them with your net, so you'll want to slowly sneak up and aim accurately.
The variety of bugs available on your island depends on a number of factors. They include location, month, time of day, and weather. Some bugs are, of course, rarer than others as well. The rarity of the bug species is usually reflected in their sell price. Note that prices listed are for Nook's shop, and they can be sold at 1.5x this value to Flick.
Bugs can be found in a few different areas and methods around the island. Many spawn on the ground or fly through the air. Some only spawn around flowers or on trees. Some are hidden underground or in treetops. Some only spawn near particular items like trash or rotting fruit. Others only appear in the rain (and many don't appear in the rain). Time of day and time of year also change which bugs will be available on your island.
Want to narrow down this list to the bugs you can catch in the current month?
List of bugs in Animal Crossing New Horizons
Agrias butterfly
Price: 3,000
Location: Flying
Months (Northern): Apr-Sep
Months (Southern): Oct-Mar
Time: 8am-5pm
Ant
Price: 80
Location: Rotten Food
Months (Northern): All
Months (Southern): All
Time: Any
Atlas moth
Price: 3,000
Location: On Trees
Months (Northern): Apr-Sep
Months (Southern): Oct-Mar
Time: 7pm-4am
Bagworm
Price: 600
Location: Shaking Trees
Months (Northern): All
Months (Southern): All
Time: Any
Banded dragonfly
Price: 4,500
Location: Flying
Months (Northern): May-Oct
Months (Southern): Nov-Apr
Time: 8am-5pm
Bell cricket
Price: 430
Location: Ground
Months (Northern): Sep-Oct
Months (Southern): Mar-Apr
Time: 5pm-8am
Blue weevil beetle
Price: 800
Location: On Trees
Months (Northern): Jul-Aug
Months (Southern): Jan-Feb
Time: Any
Brown cicada
Price: 250
Location: On Trees
Months (Northern): Jul-Aug
Months (Southern): Jan-Feb
Time: 8am-5pm
Centipede
Price: 300
Location: Hitting Rocks
Months (Northern): Sep-Jun
Months (Southern): Mar-Dec
Time: 4pm-11pm
Cicada shell
Price: 10
Location: On Trees
Months (Northern): Jul-Aug
Months (Southern): Jan-Feb
Time: Any
Citrus long-horned beetle
Price: 350
Location: Stumps
Months (Northern): All
Months (Southern): All
Time: Any
Common bluebottle
Price: 300
Location: Flying
Months (Northern): Apr-Aug
Months (Southern): Nov-Feb
Time: 4am-7pm
Common butterfly
Price: 160
Location: Flying
Months (Northern): Sep-Jun
Months (Southern): Mar-Dec
Time: 4am-7pm
Cricket
Price: 130
Location: Ground
Months (Northern): Sep-Nov
Months (Southern): Mar-May
Time: 5pm-8am
Cyclommatus stag
Price: 8,000
Location: Coconut Trees
Months (Northern): Jul-Aug
Months (Southern): Jan-Feb
Time: 5pm-8am
Damselfly
Price: 500
Location: Flying
Months (Northern): Nov-Feb
Months (Southern): Mar-Aug
Time: Any
Darner dragonfly
Price: 230
Location: Flying
Months (Northern): Apr-Oct
Months (Southern): Oct-Apr
Time: 8am-5pm
Diving beetle
Price: 800
Location: Water
Months (Northern): May-Sep
Months (Southern): Nov-Feb
Time: 8am-7pm
Drone beetle
Price: 200
Location: Trees
Months (Northern): Jun-Aug
Months (Southern): Dec-Feb
Time: Any
Dung beetle
Price: 3,000
Location: Ground (snowballs)
Months (Northern): Dec-Feb
Months (Southern): Jun-Aug
Time: Any
Earth-boring dung beetle
Price: 300
Location: Ground
Months (Northern): Jul-Sep
Months (Southern): Jan-Mar
Time: Any
Emperor butterfly
Price: 4,000
Location: Flying
Months (Northern): Jun-Sep, Dec-Mar
Months (Southern): Dec-Mar, Jun-Sep
Time: 5pm-8am
Evening cicada
Price: 550
Location: Trees
Months (Northern): Jul-Aug
Months (Southern): Jan-Feb
Time: 4am-8am, 4pm-7pm
Firefly
Price: 300
Location: Flying
Months (Northern): Jun
Months (Southern): Dec
Time: 7pm-4am
Flea
Price: 70
Location: Villagers
Months (Northern): Apr-Nov
Months (Southern): Oct-May
Time: Any
Fly
Price: 60
Location: Trash
Months (Northern): All
Months (Southern): All
Time: Any
Giant cicada
Price: 500
Location: Trees
Months (Northern): Jul-Aug
Months (Southern): Jan-Feb
Time: 8am-5pm
Giant stag
Price: 10,000
Location: Trees
Months (Northern): Jul-Aug
Months (Southern): Jan-Feb
Time: 11pm-8am
Giant water bug
Price: 2,000
Location: Water
Months (Northern): Apr-Sep
Months (Southern): Oct-Mar
Time: 7pm-8am
Giraffe stag
Price: 12,000
Location: Coconut Trees
Months (Northern): Jul-Aug
Months (Southern): Jan-Feb
Time: 5pm-8am
Golden stag
Price: 12,000
Location: Coconut Trees
Months (Northern): Jul-Aug
Months (Southern): Jan-Feb
Time: 5pm-8am
Goliath beetle
Price: 8,000
Location: Coconut Trees
Months (Northern): Jun-Sep
Months (Southern): Dec-Mar
Time: 5pm-8am
Grasshopper
Price: 160
Location: Ground
Months (Northern): Jul-Sep
Months (Southern): Jan-Mar
Time: 8am-5pm
Great purple emperor
Price: 3,000
Location: Flying
Months (Northern): May-Aug
Months (Southern): Nov-Feb
Time: 4am-7pm
Hermit crab
Price: 1,000
Location: Beach
Months (Northern): All
Months (Southern): All
Time: 7pm-8am
Honeybee
Price: 200
Location: Flying
Months (Northern): Mar-Jul
Months (Southern): Sep-Jan
Time: 8am-5pm
Horned atlas
Price: 8,000
Location: Coconut Trees
Months (Northern): Jul-Aug
Months (Southern): Jan-Feb
Time: 5pm-8am
Horned dynastid
Price: 1,350
Location: Trees
Months (Northern): Jul-Aug
Months (Southern): Jan-Feb
Time: 5pm-8am
Horned elephant
Price: 8,000
Location: Coconut Trees
Months (Northern): Jul-Aug
Months (Southern): Jan-Feb
Time: 5pm-8am
Horned hercules
Price: 12,000
Location: Coconut Trees
Months (Northern): Jul-Aug
Months (Southern): Jan-Feb
Time: 5pm-8am
Jewel beetle
Price: 2,400
Location: Stumps
Months (Northern): Apr-Aug
Months (Southern): Oct-Feb
Time: Any
Ladybug
Price: 200
Location: Flowers
Months (Northern): Mar-Jun, Oct
Months (Southern): Apr, Sep-Dec
Time: 8am-5pm
Long locust
Price: 200
Location: Ground
Months (Northern): Apr-Nov
Months (Southern): Oct-May
Time: 8am-7pm
Madagascan sunset moth
Price: 2,500
Location: Flying
Months (Northern): Apr-Sep
Months (Southern): Oct-Mar
Time: 8am-4pm
Man-faced stink bug
Price: 1,000
Location: Flowers
Months (Northern): Mar-Oct
Months (Southern): Sep-Apr
Time: 7pm-8am
Mantis
Price: 430
Location: Flowers
Months (Northern): Mar-Nov
Months (Southern): Nov-Aug
Time: 8am-5pm
Migratory locust
Price: 600
Location: Ground
Months (Northern): Aug-Nov
Months (Southern): Feb-May
Time: 8am-7pm
Miyama stag
Price: 1,000
Location: Trees
Months (Northern): Jul-Aug
Months (Southern): Jan-Feb
Time: Any
Mole cricket
Price: 500
Location: Underground
Months (Northern): Nov-May
Months (Southern): May-Nov
Time: Any
Monarch butterfly
Price: 140
Location: Flying
Months (Northern): Sep-Nov
Months (Southern): Mar-May
Time: 4am-5pm
Mosquito
Price: 120
Location: Flying
Months (Northern): Jun-Sep
Months (Southern): Dec-Mar
Time: 5pm-4am
Moth
Price: 130
Location: Flying (light)
Months (Northern): All
Months (Southern): All
Time: 7pm-4am
Orchid mantis
Price: 2,400
Location: Flowers (white)
Months (Northern): Mar-Nov
Months (Southern): Sep-May
Time: 8am-5pm
Paper kite butterfly
Price: 1,000
Location: Flying
Months (Northern): All
Months (Southern): All
Time: 8am-7pm
Peacock butterfly
Price: 2,500
Location: Flowers (hybrid)
Months (Northern): Mar-Jun
Months (Southern): Sep-Dec
Time: 4am-7pm
Pill bug
Price: 250
Location: Hitting Rocks
Months (Northern): Sep-Jun
Months (Southern): Mar-Dec
Time: 11pm-4pm
Pondskater
Price: 130
Location: Water
Months (Northern): May-Sep
Months (Southern): Nov-Mar
Time: 8am-7pm
Queen Alexandria's birdwing
Price: 4,000
Location: Flying
Months (Northern): May-Sep
Months (Southern): Nov-Mar
Time: 8am-4pm
Rainbow stag
Price: 6,000
Location: Trees
Months (Northern): Jun-Sep
Months (Southern): Dec-Mar
Time: 7pm-8am
Rajah Brooke's birdwing
Price: 2,500
Location: Flowers (hybrid)
Months (Northern): Apr-Sep, Dec-Feb
Months (Southern): Oct-Mar, Jun-Aug
Time: 8am-5pm
Red dragonfly
Price: 180
Location: Flying
Months (Northern): Sep-Oct
Months (Southern): Mar-Apr
Time: 8am-7pm
Rice grasshopper
Price: 160
Location: Ground
Months (Northern): Aug-Nov
Months (Southern): Feb-May
Time: 8am-7pm
Robust cicada
Price: 300
Location: Trees
Months (Northern): Jul-Aug
Months (Southern): Jan-Feb
Time: 8am-5pm
Rosalia batesi beetle
Price: 3,000
Location: Stumps
Months (Northern): May-Sep
Months (Southern): Nov-Mar
Time: Any
Saw stag
Price: 2,000
Location: Trees
Months (Northern): Jul-Aug
Months (Southern): Jan-Feb
Time: Any
Scarab beetle
Price: 10,000
Location: Trees
Months (Northern): Jul-Aug
Months (Southern): Jan-Feb
Time: 11pm-8am
Scorpion
Price: 8,000
Location: Ground
Months (Northern): May-Oct
Months (Southern): Nov-Apr
Time: 7pm-4am
Snail
Price: 250
Location: Rocks, Bushes (rain)
Months (Northern): All
Months (Southern): All
Time: Any
Spider
Price: 600
Location: Shaking Trees
Months (Northern): All
Months (Southern): All
Time: 7pm-8am
Stinkbug
Price: 120
Location: Flowers
Months (Northern): Mar-Oct
Months (Southern): Sep-Apr
Time: Any
Tarantula
Price: 8,000
Location: Ground
Months (Northern): Nov-Apr
Months (Southern): May-Oct
Time: 7pm-4am
Tiger beetle
Price: 1,500
Location: Ground
Months (Northern): Feb-Oct
Months (Southern): Aug-Apr
Time: Any
Tiger butterfly
Price: 240
Location: Flying
Months (Northern): Mar-Sep
Months (Southern): Sep-Mar
Time: 4am-7pm
Violin beetle
Price: 450
Location: Stumps
Months (Northern): May-Jun, Sep-Nov
Months (Southern): Mar-May, Nov-Dec
Time: Any
Walker cicada
Price: 400
Location: Trees
Months (Northern): Aug-Sep
Months (Southern): Feb-Mar
Time: 8am-5pm
Walking leaf
Price: 600
Location: Trees
Months (Northern): Jul-Sep
Months (Southern): Jan-Mar
Time: Any
Walking stick
Price: 600
Location: Trees
Months (Northern): Jul-Nov
Months (Southern): Jan-May
Time: 4am-8am, 5pm-7pm
Wasp
Price: 2,500
Location: Shaking Trees
Months (Northern): All
Months (Southern): All
Time: Any
Wharf roach
Price: 200
Location: Beach Rocks
Months (Northern): All
Months (Southern): All
Time: Any
Yellow butterfly
Price: 160
Location: Flying
Months (Northern): Mar-Jun, Sep-Oct
Months (Southern): Mar-Apr, Sep-Dec
Time: 4am-7pm
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