Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the latest title in Nintendo's long-running community-management sim, has been out for two months now. There have been a lot of changes over that period, as New Horizons' players have discovered more of the game's secrets, and new content is constantly rotating in and out.
This rotation is because the game world runs in real time, with seasonal variations and new features constantly on the horizon. One of the most notable changes is to the fish and bugs that can be caught on the islands. Each month a few of these creatures leave and few more arrive, to fit realistic migratory patterns. So for those bug-catchers hoping to disgust Blathers with a full collection this year, here's which bugs are leaving at the end of May.
Heading North
Animal Crossing: New Horizons doesn't just track one season for all players, instead weather changes depend on which Hemisphere they're in. Seeing that summer is just getting started in the Northern Hemisphere, only one bug will be leaving at the end of May, while in the Southern Hemisphere ten bugs are leaving in June for warmer climates before the cold weather sets in.
Northern Hemisphere
Mole Cricket
- Price: 500 Bells
- Appearance: A small brown bug, found underground
- Time: All day
Southern Hemisphere
- Price: 140 Bells
- Appearance: A large orange butterfly, found in flight
- Time: 4am - 5pm
Long Locust
- Price: 200 Bells
- Appearance: A small green bug with a yellow head, found on the ground
- Time: 8am - 7pm
Migratory Locust
- Price: 600 Bells
- Appearance: A brown and green bug, found on the ground
- Time: 8am - 7pm
Rice Grasshopper
- Price: 160 Bells
- Appearance: A small green bug with a brown back, found on the ground
- Time: 8am - 7pm
Cricket
- Price: 130 Bells
- Appearance: A small brown bug, found on the ground
- Time: 5pm - 8am
Mantis
- Price: 430 Bells
- Appearance: A large green praying mantis, found on flowers
- Time: 8am - 5pm
- Price: 2400 Bells
- Appearance: A large pink/white praying mantis, found on white flowers
- Time: 8am - 5pm
Violin Beetle
- Price: 450 Bells
- Appearance: A round brown beetle, found on tree stumps
- Time: All day
Walking Stick
- Price: 600 Bells
- Appearance: A long brown beetle, found on trees
- Time: 4am -8am and 5pm - 7pm
Flea
- Price: 70 Bells
- Appearance: A tiny bug, found on villagers
- Time: All day
That's the full list of bugs leaving this month, and players who haven't caught them all before June 1st will have to wait until they return. While this may only be a few months for some, for others it may be as much as half a year.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available for Nintendo Switch.