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[Update] Guide: Bugs And Fish In Animal Crossing: New Horizons That Are Leaving After May

May is ending in just a few days, and this means there will be a number of bugs, fish, and sea creatures that will no longer be available to catch in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Notable Animal Crossing: New Horizons critters leaving the Northern Hemisphere after May include the Mole Cricket and the Oarfish. For the Southern Hemisphere, notable critters leaving include the Orchid Mantis and the Golden Trout.

You can find the full list of these departing bugs and fish below, as well as when and where to catch them:

Northern Hemisphere

Fish

Name Location Timing
Loach River All Day
Golden Trout River (Clifftop) 4PM to 9AM
Oarfish Sea All Day

 

Bugs

Name Location Timing
Mole Cricket Underground All Day

Sea Creatures

Name Shadow size Swimming speed Time
Turban shell Small Slow All day
Umbrella octopus Small Fast All day
Dungeness crab Medium Medium All day

Southern Hemisphere

Fish

Name Location Timing
Cherry salmon River (Clifftop) Pond 4PM to 9AM
Char River (Clifftop) Pond 4PM to 9AM
Golden trout River (Clifftop) 4PM to 9AM
Mitten crab River 4PM to 9AM
Guppy River 9AM to 4PM
Neon tetra River 9AM to 4PM
Sea horse Sea All Day
Zebra turkeyfish Sea All Day
Barred knifejaw Sea All Day
Ray Sea 4AM to 9PM

 

Bugs

Name Location Timing
Monarch butterfly Flying 4AM to 5PM
Long locust On the Ground 8AM to 7PM
Migratory locust On the Ground 8AM to 7PM
Rice grasshopper On the Ground 8AM to 7PM
Cricket On the Ground 5PM to 8AM
Mantis On Flowers 8AM to 5PM
Orchid mantis On Flowers 8AM to 5PM
Violin beetle On Tree Stumps All Day
Walking stick On Trees 4AM to 8AM & 5PM to 7PM
Flea On Villagers All Day

Sea Creatures

Name Shadow size Swimming speed Time
Chambered nautilus Medium Medium 4 PM – 9 AM
Spotted garden eel Small Slow 4 AM – 9 PM

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Yoerider

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