Guide:August bug list (New Horizons)

New Horizons has a total bug count of 80. In the northern hemisphere, 63 can be caught in August, of which 3 are new in August, and 21 will leave after August. In the southern hemisphere, 21 can be caught in August, of which 1 is new in August, and 3 will leave after August.

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Northern hemisphere

Available in August

Name	Image	Price	Location	Time
Tiger butterfly		240	Flying	4am - 7pm
Common bluebottle		300	Flying	4am - 7pm
Paper kite butterfly		1,000	Flying	8am - 7pm
Great purple emperor		3,000	Flying	4am - 7pm
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
Mantis		430	On flowers	8am - 5pm
Orchid mantis		2,400	On white flowers	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
Darner dragonfly		230	Flying	8am - 5pm
Banded dragonfly		4,500	Flying	8am - 5pm
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
Tiger beetle		1,500	On the ground	All day
Jewel beetle		2,400	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
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	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 during rain	All day
Spider		480	Shaking trees	7pm - 8am
Scorpion		8,000	On the ground	7pm - 4am

New in August

Name	Image	Price	Location	Time
Migratory locust		600	On the ground	8am - 7pm
Rice grasshopper		160	On the ground	8am - 7pm
Walker cicada		400	On trees	8am - 5pm

Leaving after August

Name	Image	Price	Location	Time
Common bluebottle		300	Flying	4am - 7pm
Great purple emperor		3,000	Flying	4am - 7pm
Brown cicada		250	On trees	8am - 5pm
Robust cicada		300	On trees	8am - 5pm
Giant cicada		500	On trees	8am - 5pm
Evening cicada		550	On trees	4am - 8am & 4pm - 7pm
Cicada shell		10	On trees	All day
Jewel beetle		2,400	On tree stumps	All day
Blue weevil beetle		800	On palm trees	All day
Scarab beetle		10,000	On trees	11pm - 8am
Drone beetle		200	On trees	All day
Saw stag		2,000	On trees	All day
Miyama stag		1,000	On trees	All day
Giant stag		10,000	On trees	11pm - 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

Southern hemisphere

Available in August

Name	Image	Price	Location	Time
Common butterfly		160	Flying	4am - 7pm
Paper kite butterfly		1,000	Flying	8am - 7pm
Emperor butterfly		4,000	Flying	5pm - 8am
Rajah Brooke's birdwing		2,500	Flying	8am - 5pm
Moth		130	Flying near light sources	7pm - 4am
Wasp		2,500	Shaking trees	All day
Damselfly		500	Flying	All day
Mole cricket		500	Underground	All day
Tiger beetle		1,500	On the ground	All day
Citrus long-horned beetle		350	On tree stumps	All day
Dung beetle		3,000	Rolling snowballs along the ground	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
Snail		250	On rocks and bushes during 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

New in August

Name	Image	Price	Location	Time
Tiger beetle		1,500	On the ground	All day

Leaving after August

Name	Image	Price	Location	Time
Rajah Brooke's birdwing		2,500	Flying	8am - 5pm
Damselfly		500	Flying	All day
Dung beetle		3,000	Rolling snowballs along the ground	All day