Arrive in January Animal Crossing: New Horizons Players must find a different set of fish, bugs, and marine animals on their islands.
There’s no rush to catch any of them as most of them will be staying for much longer than a month, but make sure to donate to Blather’s new finds to complete your museum. You can tell when you’ve caught a new creature because your character says “Yes!” before they say the name of the beetle or fish.
You can also check your Critterpedia to see if you donated the beetle fish or not. If so, a small owl icon will appear next to the creature’s name. (Note that these emblems will not appear if you are on another island.)
Unfortunately, the islands of the northern hemisphere don’t get any new animals in January. Below is the list of animals of the southern hemisphere. Keep in mind that some of these will return to your island after they were previously available. So if they sound familiar to you, you likely caught them on an earlier availability.
New Animals in Animal Crossing: New Horizons for January (Southern Hemisphere)
| Critter type | Critter | place | Shadow size | time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critter type | Critter | place | Shadow size | time |
| error | grasshopper | On the ground | N / A | 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. |
| error | Brown cicada | On trees | N / A | 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. |
| error | Robust cicada | On trees | N / A | 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. |
| error | Giant cicada | On trees | N / A | 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. |
| error | Evening cicada | On trees | N / A | 4 a.m. – 8 a.m., 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. |
| error | Cicada shell | On trees | N / A | All day |
| error | Blue weevil | On coconut trees | N / A | All day |
| error | Earth-boring dung beetle | On the ground | N / A | All day |
| error | scarab | On trees | N / A | 11 p.m. – 8 a.m. |
| error | Saw deer | On trees | N / A | All day |
| error | Miyama stag | On trees | N / A | All day |
| error | Giant deer | On trees | N / A | 11 p.m. – 8 a.m. |
| error | Cyclommatus Stag | On coconut trees | N / A | 5 – 8 a.m. |
| error | Golden deer | On coconut trees | N / A | 5 – 8 a.m. |
| error | Giraffe deer | On coconut trees | N / A | 5 – 8 a.m. |
| error | Horned dynastids | On trees | N / A | 5 – 8 a.m. |
| error | Horned Atlas | On coconut trees | N / A | 5 – 8 a.m. |
| error | Horned elephant | On coconut trees | N / A | 5 – 8 a.m. |
| error | Horned Herucles | On coconut trees | N / A | 5 – 8 a.m. |
| error | Walking stick | On trees | N / A | 4 a.m. – 8 a.m., 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. |
| error | Walking leaf | Near trees, disguised as a furniture sheet | N / A | All day |
| fish | Sweetfish | flow | medium | All day |
| fish | Napoleon fish | sea | Biggest | 4 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| fish | Puffer fish | sea | medium | All day |
| fish | Blue marlin | Pier | Biggest | All day |
| fish | Ocean Sunfish | sea | Largest (fin) | 4 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| sea creatures | Moon jellyfish | Ocean (diving) | N / A | All day |
| sea creatures | Giant isopod | Ocean (diving) | N / A | 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., 9 p.m. – 4 a.m. |
| sea creatures | Horseshoe Crab | Ocean (diving) | N / A | 9 p.m. – 4 a.m. |
