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.
Southerners should catch all the beetles this month. For the full list of fish and bugs leaving after February, read on below.
Table of Contents
Complete List of Fish and Bugs Leaving in:
List of Fish Leaving After February
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 |
| Pond Smelt | River | 2 | All Day | December |
| Blowfish | Sea | 3 | 6 p.m. to 4 a.m. | November |
* see image above
Southern Hemisphere
| Name | Location | Size* | Time | Returns |
| Killifish | Pond | 1 | All Day | October |
| Frog | Pond | 2 | All Day | November |
| Giant Snakehead | Pond | 5 | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. | December |
| Napoleonfish | Sea | 5 | 4 a.m. to 9 p.m. | January |
| Squid | Sea | 3 | All Day | June |
* see image above
List of Bugs Leaving After February
Northern Hemisphere
| Name | Location | Time | Returns |
| Raja Brooke’s Birdwing | Flying near Purple Flowers | 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. | April** |
| Damselfly | Flying | All Day | November |
| Dung Beetle | On Ground, Pushing Snowballs | All Day | June |
** leaves and returns twice
Southern Hemisphere
| Name | Location | Time | Returns |
| Common Bluebottle | Flying | 4 a.m. to 7 p.m. | October |
| Great Purple Emperor | Flying | 4 a.m. to 7 p.m. | November |
| Brown Cicada | On Trees | 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. | January |
| Robust Cicada | On Trees | 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. | January |
| Giant Cicada | On Trees | 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. | January |
| Evening Cicada | On Trees | 4 a.m. to 8 a.m.; 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. | January |
| Cicada Shell | On Trees | All Day | January |
| Jewel Beetle | On Tree Stumps | All Day | October |
| Blue Weevil Beetle | On Coconut Trees | All Day | January |
| Scarab Beetle | On Trees | 11 p.m. to 8 a.m. | January |
| Drone Beetle | On Trees | All Day | December |
| Saw Stag | On Trees | All Day | January |
| Miyama Stag | On Trees | All Day | January |
| Giant Stag | On Trees | 11 p.m. to 8 a.m. | January |
| Cyclommatus Stag | On Trees | 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. | January |
| Golden Stag | On Trees | 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. | January |
| Giraffe Stag | On Trees | 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. | January |
| Horned Dynastid | On Trees | 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. | January |
| Horned Atlas | On Trees | 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. | January |
| Horned Elephant | On Trees | 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. | January |
| Horned Hercules | On Trees | 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. | January |