[Update] Guide: Bugs, Fish And Sea Creatures In Animal Crossing New Horizons That Are Leaving After March

[Update] Guide: Bugs, Fish And Sea Creatures In Animal Crossing New Horizons That Are Leaving After March

Like the previous games, the bugs, fish and sea creatures available to catch in Animal Crossing: New Horizons change depending on the time of year, some of them disappearing for months at a time before becoming available again

With this in mind, players who are looking to complete their museum collection my want to take note of the following critters which will be rotating out after March is over. This list of critters is different depending on whether your island is set to Northern Hemisphere or Southern Hemisphere, so be sure to look at the correct list.

Northern Hemisphere

Bugs

Name Price Location Time
Emperor butterfly 4,000 Flying 5pm – 8am

Fish

Name Price Location Shadow size Time
Bitterling 900 River Tiny All day
Yellow perch 300 River Medium-small All day
Stringfish 15,000 River (Clifftop) Large 4pm – 9am
Sturgeon 10,000 River (Mouth) Huge All day
Sea butterfly 1,000 Sea Tiny All day
Football fish 2,500 Sea Medium-large 4pm – 9am

Sea Creatures

Name Price Shadow size Swimming speed Time
Red king crab 8,000 Large Very fast All day

Southern Hemiphere

Bugs

Name Price Location Time
Tiger butterfly 240 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
Atlas moth 3,000 On trees 7pm – 4am
Madagascan sunset moth 2,500 Flying 8am – 4pm
Grasshopper 160 On the ground 8am – 5pm
Walker cicada 400 On trees 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
Rosalia batesi beetle 3,000 On tree stumps All day
Earth-boring dung beetle 300 On the ground All day
Goliath beetle 8,000 On palm trees 5pm – 8am
Rainbow stag 6,000 On trees 7pm – 8am
Walking leaf 600 Disguised as leaves All day
Mosquito 130 Flying 5pm – 4am

Fish

Name Price Location Shadow size Time
Crawfish 200 Pond Small All day
Soft-shelled turtle 3,750 River Medium-large 4pm – 9am
Sweetfish 900 River Medium-small All day
Salmon 700 River (Mouth) Medium-large All day
King salmon 1,800 River (Mouth) Huge All day
Nibble fish 1,500 River Tiny 9am – 4pm
Piranha 2,500 River Small 9am – 4pm & 9pm – 4am
Arowana 10,000 River Medium-large 4pm – 9am
Dorado 15,000 River Large 4am – 9pm
Gar 6,000 Pond Huge 4pm – 9am
Arapaima 10,000 River Huge 4pm – 9am
Saddled bichir 4,000 River Medium-large 9pm – 4am
Clown fish 650 Sea Tiny All day
Surgeonfish 1,000 Sea Small All day
Butterfly fish 1,000 Sea Small All day
Puffer fish 250 Sea Medium-small All day
Blue marlin 10,000 Pier Huge All day
Ocean sunfish 4,000 Sea Huge with fin 4am – 9pm
Saw shark 12,000 Sea Huge with fin 4pm – 9am
Hammerhead shark 8,000 Sea Huge with fin 4pm – 9am
Great white shark 15,000 Sea Huge with fin 4pm – 9am
Whale shark 13,000 Sea Huge with fin All day
Suckerfish 1,500 Sea Medium with fin All day

Sea Creatures

Name Price Shadow size Swimming speed Time
Sea grapes 900 Small Stationary All day
Sea urchin 1,700 Small Slow All day
Slate pencil urchin 2,000 Medium Medium 4pm – 9am
Moon jellyfish 600 Small Very slow All day
Gigas giant clam 15,000 Huge Very fast All day
Tiger prawn 3,000 Small Medium 4pm – 9am
Horseshoe crab 2,500 Medium Medium 9pm – 4am
Flatworm 700 Tiny Slow short movement 4pm – 9am

For a list of new Animal Crossing: New Horizons critters available in April, click here.

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