Bugs (New Horizons)

In New Horizons, the total number of bugs is 80 up from 72 in New Leaf. New bugs include the Atlas moth, Paper kite butterfly, Great purple emperor, Madagascan sunset moth, Damselfly, Blue weevil beetle, Common bluebottle, Drone beetle, Earth-boring dung beetle, Man-faced stink bug, and Rosalia batesi beetle. Dropped bugs include the Fruit beetle, Petaltail dragonfly, House centipede, Oak silk moth, and the Lantern fly.

To view by month, go to Guide:Monthly critter lists (New Horizons).

Bugs

Name Image Price Location Time Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Common butterfly 160 Flying 4 AM - 7 PM ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Yellow butterfly 160 Flying 4 AM - 7 PM - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - ✓ ✓ - - Tiger butterfly 240 Flying 4 AM - 7 PM - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Peacock butterfly 2500 Flying by Hybrid Flowers 4 AM - 7 PM - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - Common bluebottle 300 Flying 4 AM - 7 PM - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - Paper kite butterfly 1000 Flying 8 AM - 7 PM ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Great purple emperor 3000 Flying 4 AM - 7 PM - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - Monarch butterfly 140 Flying 4 AM - 5 PM - - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - Emperor butterfly 4000 Flying 5 PM - 8 AM ✓ ✓ ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - ✓ Agrias butterfly 3000 Flying 8 AM - 5 PM - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Rajah Brooke's birdwing 2500 Flying 8 AM - 5 PM ✓ ✓ - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - ✓ Queen Alexandra's birdwing 4000 Flying 8 AM - 4 PM - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Moth 130 Flying by Light 7 PM - 4 AM ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Atlas moth 3000 On Trees 7 PM - 4 AM - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Madagascan sunset moth 2500 Flying 8 AM - 4 PM - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Long locust 200 On the Ground 8 AM - 7 PM - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - Migratory locust 600 On the Ground 8 AM - 7 PM - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - Rice grasshopper 160 On the Ground 8 AM - 7 PM - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - Grasshopper 160 On the Ground 8 AM - 5 PM - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Cricket 130 On the Ground 5 PM - 8 AM - - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - Bell cricket 430 On the Ground 5 PM - 8 AM - - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - Mantis 430 On Flowers 8 AM - 5 PM - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - Orchid mantis 2400 On Flowers (White) 8 AM - 5 PM - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - Honeybee 200 Flying 8 AM - 5 PM - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - Wasp 2500 Shaking Trees All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Brown cicada 250 On Trees 8 AM - 5 PM - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Robust cicada 300 On Trees 8 AM - 5 PM - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Giant cicada 500 On Trees 8 AM - 5 PM - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Walker cicada 400 On Trees 8 AM - 5 PM - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - Evening cicada 550 On Trees 4 AM - 8 AM & 4 PM - 7 PM - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Cicada shell 10 On Trees All day - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Red dragonfly 180 Flying 8 AM - 7 PM - - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - Darner dragonfly 230 Flying 8 AM - 5 PM - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Banded dragonfly 4500 Flying 8 AM - 5 PM - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Damselfly 500 Flying All day ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Firefly 300 Flying 7 PM - 4 AM - - - - - ✓ - - - - - - Mole cricket 500 Underground All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - ✓ ✓ Pondskater 130 On Ponds and Rivers 8 AM - 7 PM - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Diving beetle 800 On Ponds and Rivers 8 AM - 7 PM - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Giant water bug 2000 On Ponds and Rivers 7 PM - 8 AM - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Stinkbug 120 On Flowers All day - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Man-faced stink bug 1000 On Flowers 7 PM - 8 AM - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Ladybug 200 On Flowers 8 AM - 5 PM - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - ✓ - - Tiger beetle 1500 On the Ground All day - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Jewel beetle 2400 On Tree Stumps All day - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - Violin beetle 450 On Tree Stumps All day - - - - ✓ ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - Citrus long-horned beetle 350 On Tree Stumps All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Rosalia batesi beetle 3000 On Tree Stumps All day - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Blue weevil beetle 800 On Trees (Coconut) All day - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Dung beetle 3000 On the Ground (rolling snowballs) All day ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - ✓ Earth-boring dung beetle 300 On the Ground All day - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Scarab beetle 10000 On Trees 11 PM - 8 AM - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Drone beetle 200 On Trees All day - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - Goliath beetle 8000 On Trees (Coconut) 5 PM - 8 AM - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Saw stag 2000 On Trees All day - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Miyama stag 1000 On Trees All day - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Giant stag 10000 On Trees 11 PM - 8 AM - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Rainbow stag 6000 On Trees 7 PM - 8 AM - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Cyclommatus stag 8000 On Trees (Coconut) 5 PM - 8 AM - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Golden stag 12000 On Trees (Coconut) 5 PM - 8 AM - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Giraffe stag 12000 On Trees (Coconut) 5 PM - 8 AM - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Horned dynastid 1350 On Trees 5 PM - 8 AM - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Horned atlas 8000 On Trees (Coconut) 5 PM - 8 AM - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Horned elephant 8000 On Trees (Coconut) 5 PM - 8 AM - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Horned hercules 12000 On Trees (Coconut) 5 PM - 8 AM - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Walking stick 600 On Trees 4 AM - 8 AM & 5 PM - 7 PM - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - Walking leaf 600 Under Trees Disguised as Leafs All day - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Bagworm 600 Shaking Trees All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Ant 80 On rotten food All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Hermit crab 1000 Beach disguised as Shells 7 PM - 8 AM ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Wharf roach 200 On Beach Rocks All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Fly 60 On Trash Items All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Mosquito 130 Flying 5 PM - 4 AM - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Flea 70 Villager's Heads All day - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - Snail 250 On Rocks and Bushes (Rain) All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Pill bug 250 Hitting Rocks 11 PM - 4 PM ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Centipede 300 Hitting Rocks 4 PM - 11 PM ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Spider 600 Shaking Trees 7 PM - 8 AM ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Tarantula 8000 On the Ground 7 PM - 4 AM ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Scorpion 8000 On the Ground 7 PM - 4 AM - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - -

Bugs

Name Image Price Location Time Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Common butterfly 160 Flying 4am - 7pm - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Yellow butterfly 160 Flying 4am - 7pm - - ✓ ✓ - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Tiger butterfly 240 Flying 4am - 7pm ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Peacock butterfly 2500 Flying by hybrid flowers 4am - 7pm - - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Common bluebottle 300 Flying 4am - 7pm ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Paper kite butterfly 1000 Flying 8am - 7pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Great purple emperor 3000 Flying 4am - 7pm ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Monarch butterfly 140 Flying 4am - 5pm - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - Emperor butterfly 4000 Flying 5pm - 8am ✓ ✓ ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - ✓ Agrias butterfly 3000 Flying 8am - 5pm ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Rajah Brooke's birdwing 2500 Flying 8am - 5pm ✓ ✓ ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - ✓ ✓ ✓ Queen Alexandra's birdwing 4000 Flying 8am - 4pm ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Moth 130 Flying near light sources 7pm - 4am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Atlas moth 3000 On trees 7pm - 4am ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Madagascan sunset moth 2500 Flying 8am - 4pm ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Long locust 200 On the ground 8am - 7pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Migratory locust 600 On the ground 8am - 7pm - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - Rice grasshopper 160 On the ground 8am - 7pm - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - Grasshopper 160 On the ground 8am - 5pm ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - Cricket 130 On the ground 5pm - 8am - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - Bell cricket 430 On the ground 5pm - 8am - - ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - Mantis 430 On flowers 8am - 5pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Orchid mantis 2400 On white flowers 8am - 5pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Honeybee 200 Flying 8am - 5pm ✓ - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Wasp 2500 Shaking trees All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Brown cicada 250 On trees 8am - 5pm ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Robust cicada 300 On trees 8am - 5pm ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Giant cicada 500 On trees 8am - 5pm ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Walker cicada 400 On trees 8am - 5pm - ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - Evening cicada 550 On trees 4am - 8am & 4pm - 7pm ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Cicada shell 10 On trees All day ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Red dragonfly 180 Flying 8am - 7pm - - ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - Darner dragonfly 230 Flying 8am - 5pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Banded dragonfly 4500 Flying 8am - 5pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Damselfly 500 Flying All day - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - Firefly 300 Flying 7pm - 4am - - - - - - - - - - - ✓ Mole cricket 500 Underground All day - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - Pondskater 130 On fresh water 8am - 7pm ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Diving beetle 800 On fresh water 8am - 7pm ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Giant water bug 2000 On fresh water 7pm - 8am ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Stinkbug 120 On flowers All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Man-faced stink bug 1000 On flowers 7pm - 8am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Ladybug 200 On flowers 8am - 5pm - - - ✓ - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Tiger beetle 1500 On the ground All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Jewel beetle 2400 On tree stumps All day ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Violin beetle 450 On tree stumps All day - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - ✓ ✓ Citrus long-horned beetle 350 On tree stumps All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Rosalia batesi beetle 3000 On tree stumps All day ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Blue weevil beetle 800 On palm trees All day ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Dung beetle 3000 Rolling snowballs along the ground All day - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - Earth-boring dung beetle 300 On the ground All day ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - Scarab beetle 10000 On trees 11pm - 8am ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Drone beetle 200 On trees All day ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - ✓ Goliath beetle 8000 On palm trees 5pm - 8am ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ Saw stag 2000 On trees All day ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Miyama stag 1000 On trees All day ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Giant stag 10000 On trees 11pm - 8am ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Rainbow stag 6000 On trees 7pm - 8am ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ Cyclommatus stag 8000 On palm trees 5pm - 8am ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Golden stag 12000 On palm trees 5pm - 8am ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Giraffe stag 12000 On palm trees 5pm - 8am ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Horned dynastid 1350 On palm trees 5pm - 8am ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Horned atlas 8000 On palm trees 5pm - 8am ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Horned elephant 8000 On palm trees 5pm - 8am ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Horned hercules 12000 On palm trees 5pm - 8am ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Walking stick 600 On trees 4am - 8am & 5pm - 7pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - Walking leaf 600 Disguised as leaves All day ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - Bagworm 600 Shaking trees All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Ant 80 On rotten food All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Hermit crab 1000 Disguised as shells 7pm - 8am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Wharf roach 200 On rocks at the beach All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Fly 60 On trash All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Mosquito 130 Flying 5pm - 4am ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ Flea 70 On villagers All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Snail 250 On rocks and bushes (Rain) All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Pill bug 250 Hitting rocks 11pm - 4pm - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Centipede 300 Hitting rocks 4pm - 11pm - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Spider 480 Shaking trees 7pm - 8am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Tarantula 8000 On the ground 7pm - 4am - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Scorpion 8000 On the ground 7pm - 4am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓

Trivia

• The cockroaches found in your house are the only non-catchable bug and therefore is not present in the Critterpedia.
• Flick will pay 1.5x what Nook's Cranny will pay for bugs.

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Bugs
Bugs Agrias butterfly • Ant • Atlas moth • Bagworm • Banded dragonfly • Bee • Bell cricket • Blue weevil beetle • Brown cicada • Centipede • Cicada shell • Citrus long-horned beetle • Cockroach • Coconut crab • Common butterfly• Common Bluebottle• Common dragonfly • Crab • Cricket • Cyclommatus stag • Damselfly • Darner dragonfly • Diving beetle • Drone beetle • Dung beetle • Earth-boring dung beetle • Emperor butterfly • Evening cicada • Firefly • Flea • Fly • Fruit beetle • Giant cicada • Giant stag • Giant water bug • Giraffe stag • Golden stag • Goliath beetle • Grasshopper • Great purple emperor • Hermit crab • Horned atlas • Horned dynastid • Horned elephant • Horned hercules • Honeybee • House centipede • Jewel beetle • Ladybug • Lantern fly • Long locust • Madagascan sunset moth • Man-faced stink bug • Mantis • Migratory locust • Miyama stag • Mole cricket • Monarch butterfly • Mosquito • Moth • Mountain stag beetle • Oak Silk Moth • Orchid mantis • Paper kite butterfly • Peacock butterfly • Petaltail dragonfly • Pill bug • Pine cricket • Pondskater • Queen Alexandra's birdwing • Rainbow stag • Rajah Brooke's birdwing • Red dragonfly • Rice grasshopper • Robust cicada • Rosalia batesi beetle • Saw stag • Scarab beetle • Scorpion • Snail • Spider • Spotted ladybug • Stag beetle • Stinkbug • Tarantula • Tiger beetle • Tiger butterfly • Violin beetle • Walker cicada • Walking stick • Walking leaf • Wharf roach • Yellow butterfly Navigation Bugs • Net • Tree • Flower • Bug Off • Nat • Flick • Museum