Monthly at Crossing the Animals: New Horizons Selection of 80 fish and 80 bugs catch and collect in the game cycle inside or out. Unmanaged creatures that make up your Critterpedia migrate based on real-time tied to the game clock, so unless you plan to mess with your switchch clock at system level and engage in some time-traveling shenanigans, Tuesday 31st March should be the last day for a while there you will be able to catch fish and insects listed below.
Of course, Crossing the Animal: New Horizons features different seasons based on your choice of Northern or Southern hemisphere at the beginning of the game, so different regions will have different fish and insects that come and go.
We have registered you all the bugs and fish left to cross Animal Crossing: New Horizons at both of them the hemispheres below, so be sure to spend the next few days hunting before you go, maybe for months. Of course in Critterpedia order but click the column headers to reorder them as you like.
Standing in the back most details can be bugs or fish, you might want to take a look at our crossing of Animal Crossing: New Horizons Fish and Animal Crossing Guide: The New Horizons bug guide, which contains information about the exact location of critters on your island once they are found.
Bedbugs and fish leave to cross Animal Crossing: New Horizons at the end of March (Northern Hemisphere)
Next fish it will no longer be available to hold in April in the northern hemisphere:
| Name of fish | Time of day | Location | It goes back inside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abuse | Day and night | Rivers | November |
| Yellow Perch | Day and night | Rivers | Oct |
| Stringfish | 4pm – 9am | Clifftop River (high water in your island) | Dec |
| Sturgeon | Day and night | The mouth of a river | Sep |
| Sea Butterfly | Day and night | The sea | Dec |
| Football fish | 4pm – 9am | The sea | November |
Next bugs it will no longer be available to hold in April in the northern hemisphere:
| Name of the bug | Time of day | Location | It goes back inside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emperor Butterfly | 5pm – 8am | The wind | June |
Bedbugs and fish leave to cross Animal Crossing: New Horizons at the end of March (Southern Hemisphere)
Next fish it will no longer be available to hold in April in the southern part:
| Name of fish | Time of day | Location | It goes back inside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crayfish | Day and night | Pools | Oct |
| A turtle with soft stockings | 4pm – 9am | Rivers | Feb 2021 |
| Sweetfish | Day and night | Rivers | Jan 2021 |
| Salmon | Day and night | The mouth of a river | Mar 2021 |
| King Salmon | Day and night | The mouth of a river | Mar 2021 |
| Nibble Fish | 9am – 4pm | Rivers | November |
| Piranha | 9am – 4pm, 9pm – 4am | Rivers | Dec |
| Arowana | 4pm – 9am | Rivers | Dec |
| Dorado | 4am – 9pm | Rivers | Dec |
| Arapaima | 4pm – 9am | Rivers | Dec |
| Sbirir was arrested | 9pm – 4am | Rivers | Dec |
| Clown Fish | Day and night | The sea | Oct |
| Surgeonfish | Day and night | The sea | Oct |
| Floral | Day and night | The sea | Oct |
| Puffer fish | Day and night | The sea | Jan 2021 |
| Ocean Sunfish | 4am – 9pm | The sea | Jan 2021 |
| Hello Shark | 4pm – 9am | The sea | Dec |
| Hammerhead Shark | 4pm – 9am | The sea | Dec |
| The Great White Shark | 4pm – 9am | The sea | Dec |
| Whale Shark | Day and night | The sea | Dec |
| Suckerfish | Day and night | The sea | Dec |
Next bugs it will no longer be available to hold in April in the southern part:
| Name of the bug | Time of day | Location | It goes back inside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger Butterfly | 4am – 7pm | The wind | Sep |
| The Great Grand Master | 4am – 7pm | The wind | Dec |
| Agrias Butterfly | 8am – 5pm | The wind | November |
| Birds of Queen Alexandra | 8am – 4pm | The wind | November |
| Atlas Moth | 7pm – 4am | The wind | Oct |
| Madagascan Sunset Moth | 8am – 4pm | The wind | Oct |
| Grasshopper | 8am – 5pm | Ground | Jan 2021 |
| Walker Cicada | 8am – 5pm | On the trees | Feb 2021 |
| Pondskater | 8am – 7pm | Pools | November |
| Diving Beetle | 8am – 7pm | In lakes and rivers | November |
| Giant Water Bug | 8am – 7pm | In lakes and rivers | Oct |
| Stinkbug | Day and night | Flowers | Sep |
| Rosalia Batesi Beetle | Day and night | Stems of trees | November |
| The Global Bug That Set Them | Day and night | Ground | Jan 2021 |
| Goliath Beetle | 5pm – 8am | On the trees | Dec |
| Rainbow Stag | 7pm – 8am | On the trees | Dec |
| Walking on the Leaf | Day and night | Trees around it (disguised as a piece of furniture) | Jan 2021 |
| Mosquito | 5pm – 4am | The wind | Dec |
