Every month AC:NH players will have to say goodbye to a few critters for a while. This series of articles is for those of you looking to fill your Critterpedia, complete your Museum’s collection, or to collect all the models that Flick can make.

There are quite a lot of bugs for the Northern Hemisphere to catch. For the full list of fish and bugs leaving after August, read on below.

Table of Contents

Complete List of Fish and Bugs Leaving in:

• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December

List of Fish Leaving After August

Fish Size Comparison

There are nine (the fin type has two sizes) types of fish shadows which can help in determining what fish you’re getting before you catch it. The order is, from left to right, sizes 1 to 6, an eel, and a fin. Eel shadows are long and narrow. Fin shadows have a noticeable fin.

Northern Hemisphere

Name	Location	Size*	Time	Returns
Killifish	Pond	1	All Day	April
Frog	Pond	2	All Day	May
Giant Snakehead	Pond	5	9 a.m. to 4 p.m.	June
Napoleonfish	Sea	5	4 a.m. to 9 p.m.	July
Squid	Sea	3	All Day	December

* see image above

Southern Hemisphere

Name	Location	Size*	Time	Returns
Pond Smelt	River	2	All Day	June
Blowfish	Sea	3	6 p.m. to 4 a.m.	May

* see image above

List of Bugs Leaving After August

Northern Hemisphere

Name	Location	Time	Returns
Common Bluebottle	Flying	4 a.m. to 7 p.m.	April
Great Purple Emperor	Flying	4 a.m. to 7 p.m.	May
Brown Cicada	On Trees	8 a.m. to 5 p.m.	July
Robust Cicada	On Trees	8 a.m. to 5 p.m.	July
Giant Cicada	On Trees	8 a.m. to 5 p.m.	July
Evening Cicada	On Trees	4 a.m. to 8 a.m.; 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.	July
Cicada Shell	On Trees	All Day	July
Jewel Beetle	On Tree Stumps	All Day	April
Blue Weevil Beetle	On Coconut Trees	All Day	July
Scarab Beetle	On Trees	11 p.m. to 8 a.m.	July
Drone Beetle	On Trees	All Day	June
Saw Stag	On Trees	All Day	July
Miyama Stag	On Trees	All Day	July
Giant Stag	On Trees	11 p.m. to 8 a.m.	July
Cyclommatus Stag	On Trees	5 p.m. to 8 a.m.	July
Golden Stag	On Trees	5 p.m. to 8 a.m.	July
Giraffe Stag	On Trees	5 p.m. to 8 a.m.	July
Horned Dynastid	On Trees	5 p.m. to 8 a.m.	July
Horned Atlas	On Trees	5 p.m. to 8 a.m.	July
Horned Elephant	On Trees	5 p.m. to 8 a.m.	July
Horned Hercules	On Trees	5 p.m. to 8 a.m.	July
Walking Leaf	Near Trees (disguised as Furniture item)	All Day	July

Southern Hemisphere

Name	Location	Time	Returns
Raja Brooke’s Birdwing	Flying near Purple Flowers	8 a.m. to 5 p.m.	November**
Damselfly	Flying	All Day	May
Dung Beetle	On Ground, Pushing Snowballs	All Day	June

** leaves and returns twice