Bugs can be caught while flying around, scurrying, landed on flowers or trees, or even on other villagers.
The in-game encyclopedia contains information about all 80 bugs. Collect them all!
This table lists all of the different bugs, along with their sale price in bells.
Name | Price | Next Month | Time of Day | Location |
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Common butterfly | 160 | October | 4AM-7PM | Flying |
Yellow butterfly | 160 | October | 4AM-7PM | Flying |
Tiger butterfly | 240 | March | 4AM-7PM | Flying |
Peacock butterfly | 2,500 | March | 4AM-7PM | Flying near blue/purple/black flowers |
Common bluebottle | 300 | April | 4AM-7PM | Flying |
Paper kite butterfly | 1,000 | October | 8AM-7PM | Flying near flowers |
Great purple emperor | 3,000 | May | 4AM-7PM | Flying near flowers |
Monarch butterfly | 140 | October | 4AM-5PM | Flying near flowers |
Emperor butterfly | 4,000 | December | 5PM-8AM | Flying near flowers |
Agrias butterfly | 3,000 | April | 8AM-5PM | Flying near flowers |
Rajah Brooke's birdwing | 2,500 | December | 8AM-5PM | Flying near flowers |
Queen Alexandra's birdwing | 4,000 | May | 8AM-4PM | Flying near flowers |
Moth | 130 | October | 7PM-4AM | Flying near light sources |
Atlas moth | 3,000 | April | 7PM-4AM | On trees (any kind) |
Madagascan sunset moth | 2,500 | April | 8AM-4PM | Flying near flowers |
Long locust | 200 | October | 8AM-7PM | On the ground |
Migratory locust | 600 | October | 8AM-7PM | On the ground |
Rice grasshopper | 400 | October | 8AM-7PM | On the ground |
Grasshopper | 160 | July | 8AM-5PM | On the ground |
Cricket | 130 | October | 5PM-8AM | On the ground |
Bell cricket | 430 | October | 5PM-8AM | On the ground |
Mantis | 430 | October | 8AM-5PM | On flowers |
Orchid mantis | 2,400 | October | 8AM-5PM | On white flowers |
Honeybee | 200 | March | 8AM-5PM | Flying near flowers |
Wasp | 2,500 | October | All day | Shaking trees |
Brown cicada | 250 | July | 8AM-5PM | On hardwood/cedar trees |
Robust cicada | 300 | July | 8AM-5PM | On hardwood/cedar trees |
Giant cicada | 500 | July | 8AM-5PM | On hardwood/cedar trees |
Walker cicada | 400 | August | 8AM-5PM | On hardwood/cedar trees |
Evening cicada | 550 | July | 4AM-8AM & 4PM-7PM | On hardwood/cedar trees |
Cicada shell | 10 | July | All day | On hardwood/cedar trees |
Red dragonfly | 180 | October | 8AM-7PM | Flying near water |
Darner dragonfly | 230 | October | 8AM-5PM | Flying near water |
Banded dragonfly | 4,500 | October | 8AM-5PM | Flying near water |
Damselfly | 500 | November | All day | Flying near water |
Firefly | 300 | June | 7PM-4AM | Flying near water |
Mole cricket | 500 | November | All day | Underground (dig where noise is loudest) |
Pondskater | 130 | May | 8AM-7PM | On rivers/ponds |
Diving beetle | 800 | May | 8AM-7PM | On rivers/ponds |
Giant water bug | 2,000 | April | 7PM-8AM | On rivers/ponds |
Stinkbug | 120 | October | All day | On flowers |
Man-faced stink bug | 1,000 | October | 7PM-8AM | On flowers |
Ladybug | 200 | October | 8AM-5PM | On flowers |
Tiger beetle | 1,500 | October | All day | On the ground |
Jewel beetle | 2,400 | April | All day | On tree stumps |
Violin beetle | 450 | October | All day | On tree stumps |
Citrus long-horned beetle | 350 | October | All day | On tree stumps |
Rosalia batesi beetle | 3,000 | May | All day | On tree stumps |
Blue weevil beetle | 800 | July | All day | On palm trees |
Dung beetle | 3,000 | December | All day | Pushing snowballs |
Earth-boring dung beetle | 300 | July | All day | On the ground |
Scarab beetle | 10,000 | July | 11PM-8AM | On trees (any kind) |
Drone beetle | 200 | June | All day | On trees (any kind) |
Goliath beetle | 8,000 | June | 5PM-8AM | On palm trees |
Saw stag | 2,000 | July | All day | On trees (any kind) |
Miyama stag | 1,000 | July | All day | On trees (any kind) |
Giant stag | 10,000 | July | 11PM-8AM | On trees (any kind) |
Rainbow stag | 6,000 | June | 7PM-8AM | On trees (any kind) |
Cyclommatus stag | 8,000 | July | 5PM-8AM | On palm trees |
Golden stag | 12,000 | July | 5PM-8AM | On palm trees |
Giraffe stag | 12,000 | July | 5PM-8AM | On palm trees |
Horned dynastid | 1,350 | July | 5PM-8AM | On trees (any kind) |
Horned atlas | 8,000 | July | 5PM-8AM | On palm trees |
Horned elephant | 8,000 | July | 5PM-8AM | On palm trees |
Horned hercules | 12,000 | July | 5PM-8AM | On palm trees |
Walking stick | 600 | October | 4AM-8AM & 5PM-7PM | On trees (any kind) |
Walking leaf | 600 | July | All day | Disguised under trees |
Bagworm | 600 | October | All day | Shaking trees (hardwood or cedar only) |
Ant | 80 | October | All day | On rotten turnips |
Hermit crab | 1,000 | October | 7PM-8AM | Disguised on shoreline |
Wharf roach | 200 | October | All day | On beach rocks |
Fly | 60 | October | All day | Flying near trash (boots, tires, cans) or rotten turnips |
Mosquito | 130 | June | 5PM-4AM | Flying |
Flea | 70 | October | All day | On villagers |
Snail | 250 | October | All day | On rocks/bushes |
Pill bug | 250 | October | 11PM-4PM | From hitting rocks |
Centipede | 300 | October | 4PM-11PM | From hitting rocks |
Spider | 600 | October | 7PM-8AM | Shaking trees (hardwood or cedar only) |
Tarantula | 8,000 | November | 7PM-4AM | On the ground |
Scorpion | 8,000 | October | 7PM-4AM | On the ground |