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Animal Crossing New Horizons May Bug Catching Guide
Like all previous Animal Crossing games, the variety of bugs available to catch in Animal Crossing: New Horizons rotates out throughout the year. This guide presents information on which bugs are available with the most important information first: which bugs won't be available after the end of the month and which bugs are now available starting with this month. Looking for a complete list of bugs available in the game? Look no further than our Animal Crossing New Horizons bugs guide.
Northern Hemisphere
Bugs Leaving at the end of May
Name |
Location |
Time |
Price (Bells) |
Mole cricket |
Underground |
Any |
500 |
New Bugs Available in May
Name |
Location |
Time |
Price (Bells) |
Banded dragonfly |
Flying |
8am-5pm |
4,500 |
Great purple emperor |
Flying |
4am-7pm |
3,000 |
Queen Alexandra's birdwing |
Flying |
8am-4pm |
4,000 |
Pondskater |
Water |
8am-7pm |
130 |
Diving beetle |
Water |
8am-7pm |
800 |
Scorpion |
Ground |
7pm-4am |
8,000 |
Violin beetle |
Stumps |
Any |
450 |
Rosalia batesi beetle |
Stumps |
Any |
3,000 |
All Bugs Available in May
Name |
Location |
Time |
Price (Bells) |
Hermit crab |
Beach |
7pm-8am |
1,000 |
Honeybee |
Flying |
8am-5pm |
200 |
Madagascan sunset moth |
Flying |
8am-4pm |
2,500 |
Common bluebottle |
Flying |
4am-7pm |
300 |
Common butterfly |
Flying |
4am-7pm |
300 |
Darner dragonfly |
Flying |
8am-5pm |
230 |
Agrias butterfly |
Flying |
8am-5pm |
3,000 |
Paper kite butterfly |
Flying |
8am-7pm |
1,000 |
Rajah Brooke's birdwing |
Flying |
8am-5pm |
2,500 |
Tiger butterfly |
Flying |
4am-7pm |
240 |
Yellow butterfly |
Flying |
4am-7pm |
160 |
Banded dragonfly |
Flying |
8am-5pm |
4,500 |
Great purple emperor |
Flying |
4am-7pm |
3,000 |
Queen Alexandra's birdwing |
Flying |
8am-4pm |
4,000 |
Moth |
Flying (light) |
7pm-4am |
130 |
Peacock butterfly |
Flowers (hybrid) |
4am-7pm |
2,500 |
Pill bug |
Hitting Rocks |
11pm-4pm |
250 |
Centipede |
Hitting Rocks |
4pm-11pm |
300 |
Ladybug |
Flowers |
8am-5pm |
200 |
Man-faced stink bug |
Flowers |
8am-5pm |
1,000 |
Mantis |
Flowers |
8am-5pm |
430 |
Stinkbug |
Flowers |
Any |
120 |
Giant water bug |
Water |
7pm-8am |
2,000 |
Pondskater |
Water |
8am-7pm |
130 |
Diving beetle |
Water |
8am-7pm |
800 |
Snail |
Rocks, Bushes (rain) |
Any |
250 |
Wharf roach |
Rocks, Bushes (rain) |
Any |
200 |
Ant |
Rotten Fruit |
Any |
80 |
Long locust |
Ground |
8am-7pm |
200 |
Tiger beetle |
Ground |
Any |
1,500 |
Scorpion |
Ground |
7pm-4am |
8,000 |
Fly |
Trash |
Any |
60 |
Jewel beetle |
Stumps |
Any |
2,400 |
Citrus long-horned beetle |
Stumps |
Any |
350 |
Violin beetle |
Stumps |
Any |
450 |
Rosalia batesi beetle |
Stumps |
Any |
3,000 |
Atlas moth |
Trees |
7pm-4am |
3,000 |
Flea |
Villagers |
Any |
70 |
Orchid mantis |
Flowers (white) |
8am-5pm |
2,400 |
Wasp |
Shaking Trees |
Any |
2,500 |
Spider |
Shaking Trees |
7pm-8am |
480 |
Bagworm |
Shaking Trees |
Any |
600 |
Mole cricket |
Underground |
Any |
500 |
Southern Hemisphere
Bugs Leaving at the end of May
Name |
Location |
Time |
Price (Bells) |
Monarch butterfly |
Flying |
4am-5pm |
140 |
Mantis |
Flowers |
8am-5pm |
430 |
Orchid mantis |
Flowers (white) |
4am-8am, 5pm-7pm |
2,400 |
Cricket |
Ground |
5pm-8am |
130 |
Migratory locust |
Ground |
8am-7pm |
600 |
Rice grasshopper |
Ground |
8am-7pm |
160 |
Long locust |
Ground |
8am-7pm |
200 |
Violin beetle |
Stumps |
Any |
450 |
Walking stick |
Trees |
4am-8am, 5pm-7pm |
600 |
Flea |
Trees |
4am-8am, 5pm-7pm |
70 |
New Bugs Available in May
Name |
Location |
Time |
Price (Bells) |
Damselfly |
Flying |
Any |
500 |
Tarantula |
Ground |
7pm-4am |
8,000 |
Mole cricket |
Underground |
Any |
500 |
All Bugs Available in May
Name |
Location |
Time |
Price (Bells) |
Hermit crab |
Beach |
7pm-8am |
1,000 |
Paper kit butterfly |
Flying |
8am-7pm |
1,000 |
Monarch butterfly |
Flying |
4am-5pm |
140 |
Common butterfly |
Flying |
4am-7pm |
160 |
Damselfly |
Flying |
Any |
500 |
Moth |
Flying (light) |
7pm-4am |
130 |
Centipede |
Hitting Rocks |
4pm-11pm |
300 |
Pill bug |
Hitting Rocks |
11pm-4pm |
250 |
Mantis |
Flowers |
8am-5pm |
430 |
Snail |
Rocks, Bushes (rain) |
Any |
250 |
Wharf roach |
Beach Rocks |
Any |
200 |
Ant |
Rotten Food |
Any |
80 |
Cricket |
Ground |
5pm-8am |
130 |
Migratory locust |
Ground |
8am-7pm |
600 |
Long locust |
Ground |
8am-7pm |
200 |
Rice grasshopper |
Ground |
8am-7pm |
160 |
Tarantula |
Ground |
7pm-4am |
8,000 |
Fly |
Trash |
Any |
60 |
Violin beetle |
Stumps |
Any |
450 |
Citrus long-horned beetle |
Stumps |
Any |
350 |
Walking stick |
Trees |
4am-8am, 5pm-7pm |
600 |
Flea |
Villagers |
Any |
70 |
Orchid mantis |
Flowers (white) |
8am-5pm |
2,400 |
Spider |
Shaking Trees |
7pm-8am |
480 |
Wasp |
Shaking Trees |
Any |
2,500 |
Bagworm |
Shaking Trees |
Any |
600 |
Mole cricket |
Underground |
Any |
500 |
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