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Guide: Bugs, Fish, And Sea Creatures Leaving After December For Animal Crossing: New Horizons

December will be ending soon, 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 December include the Pike, as well as the Umbrella Spiny Lobster. For the Southern Hemisphere, notable critters leaving include the Cherry Salmon and the Lobster.

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

Northern Hemisphere

Bugs

None

Fish

Name Location Shadow size Time
Pike River Large All day

 

Sea Creatures

Name Shadow size Swimming speed Time
Mussel Small Slow All day
Turban shell Medium Slow All day
Spiny lobster Large Fast 9pm-4am

 

Southern Hemisphere

Bugs

Name Location Time
Common butterfly Flying 4am – 7pm
Yellow butterfly Flying 4am – 7pm
Peacock butterfly Flying by hybrid flowers 4am – 7pm
Firefly Flying 7pm – 4am
Ladybug On flowers 8am – 5pm
Violin beetle On tree stumps All day
Pill bug Hitting rocks 11pm – 4pm
Centipede Hitting rocks 4pm – 11pm

 

Fish

Name Location Shadow size Time
Cherry salmon River (Clifftop) Pond Medium-small 4pm – 9am
Char River (Clifftop) Pond Medium-small 4pm – 9am

 

Sea Creatures

Name Shadow size Swimming speed Time
Chambered nautilus Medium Slow 4pm-9am
Firefly squid Tiny Slow 9pm-4am
Lobster Large Quick All day

What do you think? Let us know in the comments.

Yoerider

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