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

February 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 February include the Dung Beetle, as well as the Blowfish. For the Southern Hemisphere, notable critters leaving include the various valuable beetles and the Napoleonfish.

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

Northern Hemisphere

Bugs

Name	Price	Location	Time
Rajah Brooke’s birdwing	2,500	Flying	8am – 5pm
Damselfly	500	Flying	All day
Dung beetle	3,000	Rolling snowballs along the ground	All day

 

Fish

Name	Price	Location	Shadow size	Time
Pond smelt	500	River	Small	All day
Blowfish	5,000	Sea	Medium-small	9pm – 4am

 

Sea Creatures

Name	Price	Shadow size	Swimming speed	Time
Sea pig	8,000	Small	Very fast	4pm – 9am
Oyster	2,000	Small	Slow	All day
Sweet shrimp	1,400	Small	Slow	4pm – 9am
Venus’ flower basket	5,000	Medium	Very fast	All day

Southern Hemisphere

Bugs

Name	Price	Location	Time
Common bluebottle	300	Flying	4am – 7pm
Great purple emperor	3,000	Flying	4am – 7pm
Brown cicada	250	On trees	8am – 5pm
Robust cicada	300	On trees	8am – 5pm
Giant cicada	500	On trees	8am – 5pm
Evening cicada	550	On trees	4am – 8am & 4pm – 7pm
Cicada shell	10	On trees	All day
Jewel beetle	2,400	On tree stumps	All day
Blue weevil beetle	800	On palm trees	All day
Scarab beetle	10,000	On trees	11pm – 8am
Drone beetle	200	On trees	All day
Saw stag	2,000	On trees	All day
Miyama stag	1,000	On trees	All day
Giant stag	10,000	On trees	11pm – 8am
Cyclommatus stag	8,000	On palm trees	5pm – 8am
Golden stag	12,000	On palm trees	5pm – 8am
Giraffe stag	12,000	On palm trees	5pm – 8am
Horned dynastid	1,350	On palm trees	5pm – 8am
Horned atlas	8,000	On palm trees	5pm – 8am
Horned elephant	8,000	On palm trees	5pm – 8am
Horned hercules	12,000	On palm trees	5pm – 8am

 

Fish

Name	Price	Location	Shadow size	Time
Killifish	300	Pond	Tiny	All day
Frog	120	Pond	Small	All day
Giant snakehead	5,500	Pond	Large	9am – 4pm
Napoleonfish	10,000	Sea	Huge	4am – 9pm
Squid	500	Sea	Medium-small	All day

 

Sea Creatures

Name	Price	Shadow size	Swimming speed	Time
Vampire squid	10,000	Medium	Very fast	4pm – 9am
Sea pineapple	1,500	Small	Slow	All day

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