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August is coming to an end, which means some of the critters in Animal Crossing: New Horizons are going to vanish.
To help make sure you grab what you can before they disappear, we’ve put together a list of things to hunt down and fill out the the Museum.
While folks who time travel don’t have as much to worry about when it comes to catching this variety of bugs, people playing by the day will not want to wait months to continue their collection.
For fish, we recommend using bait, crafted using the manila clams that you can dig up on the beach, to quickly spawn fish in the desired location. Simply make the bait at your crafting table and toss it into the water from your inventory.
The Northern Hemisphere is losing a ton of critters, including cicadas and nearly all the exotic beetles. The Southern Hemisphere isn’t saying goodbye to much, some of the sea creatures that can only be caught by diving are leaving.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons critters leaving after August (Northern Hemisphere)
Critter Type | Name | Location | Size | Time |
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Critter Type | Name | Location | Size | Time |
Bug | Common Bluebottle | Flying | N/A | 4 a.m. - 7 p.m. |
Bug | Great Purple Emperor | Flying | N/A | 4 a.m. - 7 p.m. |
Bug | Brown Cicada | On trees | N/A | 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
Bug | Robust Cicada | On trees | N/A | 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
Bug | Giant Cicada | On trees | N/A | 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
Bug | Evening Cicada | On trees | N/A | 4 a.m. - 8 a.m., 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. |
Bug | Cicada Shell | On trees | N/A | All day |
Bug | Jewel Beetle | On tree stumps | N/A | All day |
Bug | Blue Weevil Beetle | On coconut trees | N/A | All day |
Bug | Scarab Beetle | On trees | N/A | 11 p.m. - 8 a.m. |
Bug | Drone Beetle | On trees | N/A | All day |
Bug | Saw Stag | On trees | N/A | All day |
Bug | Miyama Stag | On trees | N/A | All day |
Bug | Giant Stag | On trees | N/A | 11 p.m. - 8 a.m. |
Bug | Cyclommatus Stag | On coconut trees | N/A | 5 p.m. - 8 a.m. |
Bug | Golden Stag | On coconut trees | N/A | 5 p.m. - 8 a.m. |
Bug | Giraffe Stag | On coconut trees | N/A | 5 p.m. - 8 a.m. |
Bug | Horned Dynastid | On trees | N/A | 5 p.m. - 8 a.m. |
Bug | Horned Atlas | On coconut trees | N/A | 5 p.m. - 8 a.m. |
Bug | Horned Elephant | On coconut trees | N/A | 5 p.m. - 8 a.m. |
Bug | Horned Herucles | On coconut trees | N/A | 5 p.m. - 8 a.m. |
Bug | Walking Leaf | Near trees, disguised as furniture leaf | N/A | All day |
Fish | Killifish | Pond | Smallest | All day |
Fish | Frog | Pond | Small | All day |
Fish | Giant Snakehead | Pond | X Large | 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. |
Fish | Napoleonfish | Sea | Largest | 4 a.m. - 9 p.m. |
Fish | Squid | Sea | Medium | All day |
Sea creature | Vampire squid | Ocean diving | N/A | 4 p.m. - 9 a.m. |
Animal Crossing: New Horizons critters leaving after August (Southern Hemisphere)
Critter Type | Name | Location | Size | Time |
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Critter Type | Name | Location | Size | Time |
Bug | Raja Brooke's Birdwing | Flying by purple flowers | N/A | 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
Bug | Damselfly | Flying | N/A | All day |
Bug | Dung Beetle | Pushing snowballs | N/A | All day |
Fish | Pond Smelt | River | Small | All day |
Fish | Blowfish | Sea | Medium | 9 p.m. - 4 a.m. |
Sea creature | Sea pig | Ocean diving | N/A | 4 p.m. - 9 a .m. |
Sea creature | Oyster | Ocean diving | N/A | All day |
Sea creature | Sweet shrimp | Ocean diving | N/A | 4 p.m. - 9 a.m. |
Sea creature | Venus' flower basket | Ocean diving | N/A | All day |