Fall is already here in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and while some new content and features are being added to the game, not everything that's already in the game will stay. Some of the ACNH fish is leaving at the end of September, and bugs are no different.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons offers players a ton of different day-to-day activities to complete on their islands in addition to customizing and terraforming the tiny towns to make them unique to the player's desires. The recent fall update in ACNH did not skimp on adding in content for fans to integrate into their islands, including pumpkins and candy to get players into the Halloween mood ahead of October 31.
Bug-catching in ACNH is similar to fishing, although swinging a net at an insect requires a bit more precision and patience than fishing, which is hard to mess up unless the player accidentally reels in too quickly. Like fishing, bug-hunting changes throughout the day, and swinging that net during the day versus the nighttime will help players fill up their Museums and Critterpedias faster.
Although September brought new bugs to New Horizons, the end of the month will also take some away, so players who like to go for completion in their games can look below to see what bugs will be gone from the game starting on October 1. The changes differ depending on whether the player is in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere, so people should take note of that when planning their bug hunts.
Northern Hemisphere
Species | Time | Location | Rarity | Sell price in bells
- Tiger Butterfly | 4 AM-7 PM | Flying | Common | 240
- Emperor Butterfly | 5 PM-8 AM | Flying (flowers) | Rare | 4,000
- Agrias Butterfly | 8 AM-5 PM | Flying (flowers) | Rare | 3,000
- Rajah Brooke's Birdwing | 8 AM-5 PM | Flying (flowers) | Rare | 2,500
- Queen Alexandra's Birdwing | 8 AM-4 PM | Flying (flowers) | Rare | 4,000
- Atlas Moth | 7 PM-4 AM | Trees | Rare | 3,000
- Madagascan Sunset Moth | 8 AM-4 PM | Flying (flowers) | Rare | 2,500
- Grasshopper | 8 AM-5 PM | Ground | Common | 160
- Walker Cicada | 8 AM-5 PM | Trees (non-palm) | Common | 400
- Pondskater | 8 AM-7 PM | Rivers, ponds | Common | 130
- Diving Beetle | 8 AM-7 PM | Rivers, ponds | Uncommon | 800
- Giant Water Bug | 7 PM-8 AM | Rivers, ponds | Uncommon | 2,000
- Rosalia Batesi Beetle | All day | Tree stumps | Very Rare | 3,000
- Earth-Boring Dung Beetle | All day | Ground | Common | 300
- Goliath Beetle | 5 PM-8 AM | Trees (palm) | Rare | 8,000
- Rainbow Stag | 7 PM-8 AM | Trees | Rare | 6,000
- Walking Leaf | All day | Leaves under trees | Uncommon | 600
- Mosquito | 5 PM-4 AM | Flying (flowers) | Common | 130
Southern Hemisphere
Species | Time | Location | Rarity | Sell price in bells
- Emperor Butterfly | 5 PM-8 AM | Flying (flowers) | Rare | 4,000
As players can see, the Southern Hemisphere bug life in New Horizons is seeing a major shake-up this month, although these players may miss the 4,000 bells they can get from selling the Emperor Butterfly may be missed. There are a ton of lucrative bugs leaving the Northern Hemisphere, so players who relied on bug-catching to make extra bells will have to either find a new source of casual income or start looking at what bugs are coming to New Horizons in October and see if they're worth a catch.
Bugs have multiple uses in Animal Crossing New Horizons, as they can be donated to the Museum once per species, sold for extra bells, gifted to villagers, and even displayed in tanks in the player's own home. Besides filling up the Museum, each unique bug caught adds to the Critterpedia completion percentage, which is just one way for New Horizons players to gauge how completed their game is and how much more they have to add to their collections. Of course, given the customization and social aspects of the game, even with a full Museum and Critterpedia, players would still have plenty to do in their save files.
Source: Animal Crossing World