August is ending in a week, 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 August include many of the rare beetles as well as the Napoleon Fish. For the Southern Hemisphere, notable critters leaving include the blowfish and Dung Beetle.
You can find the full list of these departing critters below, as well as when and where to catch them:
Northern Hemisphere
Bugs
| Name |
Location |
Timing |
| Common bluebottle |
Flying |
4am – 7pm |
| Great purple emperor |
Flying |
4am – 7pm |
| 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 |
| Jewel beetle |
On tree stumps |
All day |
| Blue weevil beetle |
On palm trees |
All day |
| Scarab beetle |
On trees |
11pm – 8am |
| Drone beetle |
On trees |
All day |
| 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 trees |
5pm – 8am |
| Horned atlas |
On palm trees |
5pm – 8am |
| Horned elephant |
On palm trees |
5pm – 8am |
| Horned hercules |
On palm trees |
5pm – 8am |
Fish
| Name |
Location |
Timing |
| Killifish |
Pond |
All day |
| Frog |
Pond |
All day |
| Giant snakehead |
Pond |
9am – 4pm |
| Napoleonfish |
Sea |
4am – 9pm |
| Squid |
Sea |
All day |
Sea Creatures
| Name |
Swimming Speed |
Timing |
| Vampire squid |
Quick long lunges |
4pm – 9am |
| Sea pineapple |
Slow long lunges |
All day |
Southern Hemisphere
Bugs
| Name |
Location |
Timing |
| Rajah Brooke’s birdwing |
Flying |
8am – 5pm |
| Damselfly |
Flying |
All day |
| Dung beetle |
Rolling snowballs along the ground |
All day |
Fish
| Name |
Location |
Timing |
| Pond smelt |
River |
All day |
| Blowfish |
Sea |
9pm – 4am |
Sea Creatures
| Name |
Swimming Speed |
Timing |
| Venus’ flower basket |
Quick long lunges |
All day |
| Sweet shrimp |
Slow |
4pm – 9am |
| Sea pig |
Quick long lunges |
4pm – 9am |
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