Discover all 80 bugs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons! This guide details bug locations, times, and active months for your museum collection.
This page offers a brief overview of the Museum’s Bug Wing in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
There are 80 bugs to catch, most of which are seasonal. For information on currently available bugs, consult the Critterpedia section for your current month.
The museum's bug exhibit features three rooms, one of which serves as an incubation/research area.
Bugs to Collect
Here is a complete list of the bugs to catch in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, including their location, active times, and months:
| Name | Location | Time | Active Months |
| Agrias Butterfly | Flying | 8 am - 5 pm | April - September (Northern) / November - March (Southern) |
| Ant | On rotten food | All day | All year (Northern and Southern) |
| Atlas Moth | On trees | 7 pm - 4 am | April - September (Northern) / October-March (Southern) |
| Bagworm | Falls from shaking trees | All day | All year (Northern and Southern) |
| Banded Dragonfly | Flying | 8 am - 5 pm | May - October (Northern) / November - April (Southern) |
| Bell Cricket | On ground | 5 pm - 8 am | September - October (Northern) / March - April (Southern) |
| Blue Weevil Beetle | On coconut trees | All day | July - August (Northern) / January - February (Southern) |
| Brown Cicada | On trees | 8 am - 5 pm | July - August (Northern) / January - February (Southern) |
| Centipede | Hit rocks | 4 pm - 11 pm | September - June (Northern) / March - December (Southern) |
| Cicada Shell | On trees | All day | July - August (Northern) / January - February (Southern) |
| Citrus Long-horned Beetle | On tree stumps | All day | All year (Northern and Southern) |
| Common Bluebottle | Flying | 4 am - 7 pm | April - August (Northern) / October - February (Southern) |
| Common Butterfly | Flying | 4 am - 7 pm | September - June (Northern) / March - December (Southern) |
| Cricket | On ground | 5 pm - 8 am | September - November (Northern) / March - May (Southern) |
| Cyclommatus Stag | On coconut trees | 5 pm - 8 am | July - August (Northern) / January - February (Southern) |
| Damselfly | Flying | All day | November-February (Northern) / May-August (Southern) |
| Darner Dragonfly | Flying | 8 am - 5 pm | April - October (Northern) / October - April (Southern) |
| Diving Beetle | Ponds and rivers | 8 am - 7 pm | May - September (Northern) / November - March (Southern) |
| Drone Beetle | On trees | All day | June - August (Northern) / December - February (Southern) |
| Dung Beetle | Pushing snowballs | All day | December - February (Northern) / June - August (Southern) |
| Earth-boring Dung Beetle | On ground | All day | July - September (Northern) / January - March (Southern) |
| Emperor Butterfly | Flying | 5 pm - 8 am | June - September, December - March (Northern) / December - March, June - September (Southern) |
| Evening Cicada | On trees | 4 am - 8 am, 4 pm - 7 pm | July - August (Northern) / January - February (Southern) |
| Firefly | Flying | 7 pm - 4 am | June (Northern) / December (Southern) |
| Flea | On villagers | All day | April - November (Northern) / October - May (Southern) |
| Fly | On trash | All day | All year (Northern and Southern) |
| Giant Cicada | On trees | 8 am - 5 pm | July - August (Northern) / January - February (Southern) |
| Giant Stag | On trees | 11 pm - 8 am | July - August (Northern) / January - February (Southern) |
| Giant Water Bug | Ponds and rivers | 7 pm - 8 am | April - September (Northern) / October - March (Southern) |
| Giraffe Stag | On coconut trees | 5 pm - 8 am | July - August (Northern) / January-February (Southern) |
| Golden Stag | On coconut trees | 5 pm - 8 am | July - August (Northern) / January - February (Southern) |
| Goliath Beetle | On coconut trees | 5 pm - 8 am | June - September (Northern) / December - March (Southern) |
| Grasshopper | On ground | 8 am - 5 pm | July - September (Northern) / January - March (Southern) |
| Great Purple Emperor | Flying | 4 am - 7 pm | May - August (Northern) / November - February (Southern) |
| Hermit Crab | Beach | 7 pm - 8 am | All year (Northern and Southern) |
| Honeybee | Flying | 8 am - 5 pm | March - July (Northern) / September - January (Southern) |
| Horned Atlas | On coconut trees | 5 pm - 8 am | July - August (Northern) / January - February (Southern) |
| Horned Dynasti | On trees | 5 pm - 8 am | July - August (Northern) / January - February (Southern) |
| Horned Elephant | On coconut trees | 5 pm - 8 am | July - August (Northern) / January - February (Southern) |
| Horned Herucles | On coconut trees | 5 pm - 8 am | July - August (Northern) / January - February (Southern) |
| Jewel Beetle | On tree stumps | All day | April - August (Northern) / October - February (Southern) |
| Ladybug | On flowers | 8 am - 5 pm | March - June, October (Northern) / September - December, April (Southern) |
| Long Locust | On ground | 8 am - 7 pm | April - November (Northern) / November - May (Southern) |
| Madagascan Sunset Moth | Flying | 8 am - 4 pm | April - September (Northern) / October - March (Southern) |
| Man-faced Stink Bug | On flowers | 7 pm - 8 am | March - November (Northern) / September - April (Southern) |
| Mantis | On flowers | 8 am - 5 pm | March - November (Northern) / September - May (Southern) |
| Migratory Locust | On ground | 8 am - 7 pm | August - November (Northern) / February - May (Southern) |
| Miyama Stag | On trees | All day | July - August (Northern) / January - February (Southern) |
| Mole Cricket | Underground | All day | November - May (Northern) / May - November (Southern) |
| Monarch Butterfly | Flying | 4 am - 5 pm | September - November (Northern) / March - May (Southern) |
| Mosquito | Flying | 5 pm - 4 am | June - September (Northern) / December - March (Southern) |
| Moth | Flying by light | 7 pm - 4 am | All year (Northern and Southern) |
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