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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