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

September 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 September include many of the rare sharks as well as the Salmon. For the Southern Hemisphere, notable critters leaving include the Stringfish and Emperor Butterfly.

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 Time
Tiger butterfly Flying 4am – 7pm
Emperor butterfly Flying 5pm – 8am
Agrias butterfly Flying 8am – 5pm
Rajah Brooke’s birdwing Flying 8am – 5pm
Queen Alexandra’s birdwing Flying 8am – 4pm
Atlas moth On trees 7pm – 4am
Madagascan sunset moth Flying 8am – 4pm
Grasshopper On the ground 8am – 5pm
Walker cicada On trees 8am – 5pm
Pondskater On fresh water 8am – 7pm
Diving beetle On fresh water 8am – 7pm
Giant water bug On fresh water 7pm – 8am
Rosalia batesi beetle On tree stumps All day
Earth-boring dung beetle On the ground All day
Goliath beetle On palm trees 5pm – 8am
Rainbow stag On trees 7pm – 8am
Walking leaf Disguised as leaves All day
Mosquito Flying 5pm – 4am

Fish

Name Location Time
Crawfish Pond All day
Soft-shelled turtle River 4pm – 9am
Sweetfish River All day
Salmon River (Mouth) All day
King salmon River (Mouth) All day
Nibble fish River 9am – 4pm
Piranha River 9am – 4pm & 9pm – 4am
Arowana River 4pm – 9am
Dorado River 4am – 9pm
Gar Pond 4pm – 9am
Arapaima River 4pm – 9am
Saddled bichir River 9pm – 4am
Clown fish Sea All day
Surgeonfish Sea All day
Butterfly fish Sea All day
Puffer fish Sea All day
Blue marlin Pier All day
Ocean sunfish Sea 4am – 9pm
Saw shark Sea 4pm – 9am
Hammerhead shark Sea 4pm – 9am
Great white shark Sea 4pm – 9am
Whale shark Sea All day
Suckerfish Sea All day

Sea Creatures

Name Swimming Speed Timing
Sea grapes Stationary All day
Sea urchin Slow consistent movement All day
Slate pencil urchin Medium consistent movement 4pm – 9am
Moon jellyfish Slow consistent movement All day
Gigas giant clam Quick short lunges All day
Tiger prawn Moderate consistent movement 4pm – 9am
Horseshoe crab Quick short lunges 9pm – 4am
Flatworm Slow short movement 4pm – 9am

Southern Hemisphere

Bugs

Name Location Time
Emperor butterfly Flying 5pm – 8am

Fish

Name Location Time
Bitterling River All day
Yellow perch River All day
Stringfish River (Clifftop) 4pm – 9am
Sturgeon River (Mouth) All day
Sea butterfly Sea All day
Football fish Sea 4pm – 9am

Sea Creatures

Name Swimming Speed Timing
Red King Crab Quick All day

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

Yoerider

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