Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Catch These Critters Before Time Runs Out!

Animal Crossing: New Horizons brings with itself a range of exciting features that represent virtual reality. If you have played the game, you know just how interesting and fun it is to catch bugs and fishes.

The game has new fishes, bugs, and sea creatures that cycle in or out every month, based on the internal clock of the game. Accordingly, August 31 will be the last day to catch the bugs or fishes present in the game right now. It’s important to remember that some of them might not be available until next year.

The seasons in the game depend on the choice of the hemisphere you make while starting the game. There is a wide range of creatures available every month. And, regardless of when, you will undoubtedly get your hands on them sometime during a calendar year.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Don’t miss out on the critters for this month

Summer will end in September in the Northern Hemisphere and Winter will end in the Southern Hemisphere in September this year.

This will bring a seasonal change in every zone, and you can expect to find some vibrant new creatures. More bugs, fishes, and recently added deep-sea creatures will take their leave from the Northern Hemisphere as summer ends.

There is a list of critters you need to keep your eyes open for. And, to make sure you don’t miss out on them, it’s very important for you to give this article a meticulous read.

While some creatures may leave, some will make their way to your island after a long hiatus. This directly points to the fact that they’re not available regularly. And you can collect them to make sure you don’t have to wait for another year.

List of bugs, fishes, and sea creatures leaving the Northern Hemisphere in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Fishes

	Squid	All-day and night	Sea	Dec
	Napoleonfish	4am – 9pm	Sea	Jul 2021
	Giant Snakehead	9am – 4pm	Ponds	Jun 2021
	Frog	All-day and night	Ponds	May 2021
	Killifish	All-day and night	Ponds	Apr 2021

Bugs

	Common                   Bluebottle	4am – 7pm	Air	Apr                 2021
	Great Purple                    Emperor	4am – 7pm	Air	May 2021
	Brown Cicada	8am – 5pm	On trees	Jul 2021
	Robust Cicada	8am – 5pm	On trees	Jul 2021
	Giant Cicada	8am – 5pm	On trees	Jul 2021
	Evening Cicada	4am – 8am,                  4pm – 7pm	On trees	Jul 2021
	Cicada Shell	All-day and night	On trees	Jul 2021
	Jewel Beetle	All-day and night	Tree stumps	Apr 2021
	Blue Weevil Beetle	All-day and night	On palm trees	Jul 2021
	Scarab Beetle	11pm – 8am	On trees	Jul 2021
	Drone Beetle	All-day and night	On trees	Jun 2021
	Saw Stag	All-day and night	On trees	Jul 2021
	Miyama Stag	All-day and night	On trees	Jul 2021
	Giant Stag	11pm – 8am	On trees	Jul 2021
	Cyclommatus Stag	5pm – 8am	On palm trees	Jul 2021
	Horned Dynastid	5pm – 8am	On trees	Jul 2021
	Horned Atlas	5pm – 8am	On palm trees	Jul 2021
	Horned Elephant	5pm – 8am	On palm trees	Jul 2021
	Horned Hercules	5pm – 8am	On palm trees	Jul 2021
	Walking Leaf	All-day and night	Around trees   (camouflaged as a       furniture leaf)	Jul 2021
	Golden Stag	5pm – 8am	On palm trees	Jul 2021
	Giraffe Stag	5pm – 8am	On palm trees	Jul 2021

Sea Creatures

List of bugs, fishes, and sea creatures leaving the Southern Hemisphere in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Fishes

	Pond Smelt	All-day and night	Rivers	Jun 2021
	Blowfish	9pm – 4am	Sea	May 2021

Bugs

	Rajah Brooke’s                                                  Birdwing	8am – 5pm	Air	Oct
	Damselfly	All-day                   and night	Air	May        2021
	Dung Beetle	All-day and night	Ground (rolling snowballs)	Jun 2021

Sea Creatures

Catching these creatures will enable you to complete the museum exhibits and you can also unlock the Golden Tools DIY recipes. Hurry! There’s not much time left.