Bugs (New Horizons)

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Tarantula caught in 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, Madagascan sunset moth, damselfly, blue weevil beetle, common bluebottle, 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).

• Northern Hemisphere
• Southern Hemisphere

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 2,500 Flying by hybrid flowers 4am - 7pm - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - Common bluebottle 300 Flying 4am - 7pm - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - Paper kite butterfly 1,000 Flying 8am - 7pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Great purple emperor 3,000 Flying 4am - 7pm - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - Monarch butterfly 140 Flying 4am - 5pm - - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - Emperor butterfly 4,000 Flying 5pm - 8am ✓ ✓ ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - ✓ Agrias butterfly 3,000 Flying 8am - 5pm - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Rajah Brooke's birdwing 2,500 Flying 8am - 5pm ✓ ✓ - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - ✓ Queen Alexandra's birdwing 4,000 Flying 8am - 4pm - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Moth 130 Flying by light 7pm - 4am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Atlas moth 3,000 On trees 7pm - 4am - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Madagascan sunset moth 2,500 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 2,400 On flowers (white) 8am - 5pm - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - Honeybee 200 Flying 8am - 5pm - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - Wasp 2,500 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 4,500 Flying 8am - 5pm - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Damselfly 500 Flying All day ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Firefly 300 Flying 7pm - 4am - - - - - ✓ - - - - - - Mole cricket 500 Underground All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - ✓ ✓ Pondskater 130 On ponds and rivers 8am - 7pm - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Diving beetle 800 On ponds and rivers 8am - 7pm - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Giant water bug 2,000 On ponds and rivers 7pm - 8am - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Stinkbug 120 On flowers All day - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Man-faced stink bug 1,000 On flowers 7pm - 8am - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Ladybug 200 On flowers 8am - 5pm - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - ✓ - - Tiger beetle 1,500 On the ground All day - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Jewel beetle 2,400 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 3,000 On tree stumps All day - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Blue weevil beetle 800 On palm trees All day - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Dung beetle 3,000 On the ground (rolling snowballs) All day ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - ✓ Earth-boring dung beetle 300 On the ground All day - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Scarab beetle 10,000 On trees 11pm - 8am - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Drone beetle 200 On trees All day - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - Goliath beetle 8,000 On palm trees 5pm - 8am - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Saw stag 2,000 On trees All day - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Miyama stag 1,000 On trees All day - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Giant stag 10,000 On trees 11pm - 8am - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Rainbow stag 6,000 On trees 7pm - 8am - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Cyclommatus stag 8,000 On palm trees 5pm - 8am - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Golden stag 12,000 On palm trees 5pm - 8am - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Giraffe stag 12,000 On palm trees 5pm - 8am - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Horned dynastid 1,350 On trees 5pm - 8am - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Horned atlas 8,000 On palm trees 5pm - 8am - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Horned elephant 8,000 On palm trees 5pm - 8am - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Horned hercules 12,000 On palm trees 5pm - 8am - - - - - - ✓ ✓ - - - - Walking stick 600 On trees 4am - 8am & 5pm - 7pm - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - Walking leaf 600 Under trees disguised as leaves All day - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Bagworm 600 Shaking trees All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Ant 80 On rotten food All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Hermit crab 1,000 Beach disguised as shells 7pm - 8am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Wharf roach 200 On beach rocks All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Fly 60 On trash items All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Mosquito 130 Flying 5pm - 4am - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - Flea 70 Villager's heads 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 600 Shaking trees 7pm - 8am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Tarantula 8,000 On the ground 7pm - 4am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Scorpion 8,000 On the ground 7pm - 4am - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - -

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 2,500 Flying by hybrid flowers 4am - 7pm - - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Common bluebottle 300 Flying 4am - 7pm ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Paper kite butterfly 1,000 Flying 8am - 7pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Great purple emperor 3,000 Flying 4am - 7pm ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Monarch butterfly 140 Flying 4am - 5pm - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - Emperor butterfly 4,000 Flying 5pm - 8am ✓ ✓ ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - ✓ Agrias butterfly 3,000 Flying 8am - 5pm ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Rajah Brooke's birdwing 2,500 Flying 8am - 5pm ✓ ✓ ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - ✓ ✓ ✓ Queen Alexandra's birdwing 4,000 Flying 8am - 4pm ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Moth 130 Flying near light sources 7pm - 4am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Atlas moth 3,000 On trees 7pm - 4am ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Madagascan sunset moth 2,500 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 2,400 On white flowers 8am - 5pm ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Honeybee 200 Flying 8am - 5pm ✓ - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Wasp 2,500 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 4,500 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 2,000 On fresh water 7pm - 8am ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ Stinkbug 120 On flowers All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Man-faced stink bug 1,000 On flowers 7pm - 8am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Ladybug 200 On flowers 8am - 5pm - - - ✓ - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Tiger beetle 1,500 On the ground All day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Jewel beetle 2,400 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 3,000 On tree stumps All day ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - ✓ ✓ Blue weevil beetle 800 On palm trees All day ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Dung beetle 3,000 Rolling snowballs along the ground All day - - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - Earth-boring dung beetle 300 On the ground All day ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - Scarab beetle 10,000 On trees 11pm - 8am ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Drone beetle 200 On trees All day ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - ✓ Goliath beetle 8,000 On palm trees 5pm - 8am ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ Saw stag 2,000 On trees All day ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Miyama stag 1,000 On trees All day ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Giant stag 10,000 On trees 11pm - 8am ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Rainbow stag 6,000 On trees 7pm - 8am ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - ✓ Cyclommatus stag 8,000 On palm trees 5pm - 8am ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Golden stag 12,000 On palm trees 5pm - 8am ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Giraffe stag 12,000 On palm trees 5pm - 8am ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Horned dynastid 1350 On palm trees 5pm - 8am ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Horned atlas 8,000 On palm trees 5pm - 8am ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Horned elephant 8,000 On palm trees 5pm - 8am ✓ ✓ - - - - - - - - - - Horned hercules 12,000 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 1,000 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 8,000 On the ground 7pm - 4am - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - Scorpion 8,000 On the ground 7pm - 4am ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - - - - - ✓ ✓

Trivia

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