Guide: Bugs, Fish, And Sea Creatures Arriving In January For Animal Crossing: New Horizons

The month of January is fast upon us, bringing with it a number of new bugs, fish and sea creatures to catch in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

For the Northern Hemisphere, there will be no new bugs, fish or sea creatures to catch from the previous month. For the Southern Hemisphere, notable new arrivals include the Blue Marlin and various valuable beetles.

You can find the full list of new critters arriving in January for the Southern Hemisphere in the tables below:

Southern Hemisphere

Bugs

Name	Location	Time
Grasshopper	On the ground	8am – 5pm
Brown cicada	On trees	8am – 5pm
Robust cicada	On trees	8am – 5pm
Giant cicada	On trees	8am – 5pm
Evening cicada	On trees	4am – 8am & 4pm – 7pm
Cicada shell	On trees	All day
Blue weevil beetle	On palm trees	All day
Earth-boring dung beetle	On the ground	All day
Scarab beetle	On trees	11pm – 8am
Saw stag	On trees	All day
Miyama stag	On trees	All day
Giant stag	On trees	11pm – 8am
Cyclommatus stag	On palm trees	5pm – 8am
Golden stag	On palm trees	5pm – 8am
Giraffe stag	On palm trees	5pm – 8am
Horned dynastid	On palm trees	5pm – 8am
Horned atlas	On palm trees	5pm – 8am
Horned elephant	On palm trees	5pm – 8am
Horned hercules	On palm trees	5pm – 8am
Walking stick	On trees	4am – 8am & 5pm – 7pm
Walking leaf	Disguised as leaves	All day

 

Fish

Name	Location	Shadow size	Time
Sweetfish	River	Medium-small	All day
Napoleonfish	Sea	Huge	4am – 9pm
Puffer fish	Sea	Medium-small	All day
Blue marlin	Pier	Huge	All day
Ocean sunfish	Sea	Huge with fin	4am – 9pm

 

Sea Creatures

Name	Shadow size	Swimming speed	Time
Moon jellyfish	Small	Very slow	All day
Giant isopod	Medium	Very fast	9am – 4pm & 9pm – 4am
Horseshoe crab	Medium	Medium	9pm – 4am

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