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Contents

  • How to Play
    • Controls
    • Map and Menus
    • Saving Your Game
    • Loading a Game
    • Time of Day
    • Seasons
    • Being Neighborly
    • Using Tools
    • Earning Bells
  • Shops and Such
    • In Town
    • Main Street
    • Shops to Unlock
  • Catalog
    • Furniture Showcase
      • Furniture Series
      • Themes
      • Furniture Sets
      • Other Furniture
      • Wallpaper
      • Flooring
    • Clothing Catalog
      • Sets and Disguises
      • Tops
      • Bottoms
      • Dresses
      • Headgear
      • Accessories
      • Socks and Tights
      • Footwear
      • Umbrellas
    • Other Items
      • Tools
      • Stationary
      • Seashells
      • Flowers
      • Trees and Shrubs
      • Fruit
      • Mushrooms
      • Ore
      • K.K. Slider Tunes
      • Ballons and Pinwheels
      • Gyroids
    • Museum Donations
      • Art
      • Insects
      • Fish
      • Fossils
  • Mayoral Mirth
    • The Development Permit
    • Ordinances
    • Public Works
  • Home Sweet Home
    • Home Upgrades
    • Home Renovations
    • Decorating Your Home
    • Wowing the HHA
  • Island Action
    • Island Cabana
    • Exploring the Island
    • Heading Home
    • Island Tours
  • Special Events
    • Variable Events
    • Seasonal Events
  • Calendar
    • Introduction
    • January
    • February
    • March
    • April
    • May
    • June
    • July
    • August
    • September
    • October
    • November
    • December
  • Welcome to Town!
    • A Ride with Rover
    • To Town Hall
    • A Talk with Tom Nook
    • Lets Make It Official
    • Isabelles Tips
    • Home at Last
  • Friendly Faces
    • Pillars of the Community
    • Special Visitors
    • Neighbors
    • Favorite Coffee

Animal Crossing: New Leaf Guide › Catalog › Museum Donations

Insects

Use a net to catch bugs, and this info to find them!

ImageItem not for SaleNameValueLocationBest Appearance
Common Butterfly 90 Around flowers. April 8:00–16:59 (20%)
Yellow Butterfly 90 Around flowers. April 8:00–16:59 (20%)
Tiger Butterfly 160 Around red/pink flowers. May & June 8:00–15:59 (12%)
Peacock Butterfly 220 Around blue, purple, and black flowers. June 8:00–15:59 (9%)
Monarch Butterfly 140 Around flowers. October 8:00–15:59 (33%)
Emperor Butterfly 2500 Around flowers. July/August 4:00–7:59 (4%)
Agrias Butterfly 3000 Around flowers. (1% in all months)
Raja Brooke 2500 In the air above freshwater (rivers, etc.). July through September 16:00–16:59 (2%)
Birdwing 4000 Around flowers. (0.5% in all months)
Moth 60 Around the lit up windows of Re-Tail, The Roost café, and around street lamps. June/August 23:00–3:59 (16%)
Oak silk moth 1200 On trees. June through August 23:00–3:59 (2%)
Honeybee 100 Around flowers. April 8:00–15:59 (12%)
Bee 2500 Hidden in trees with bee hives (grab and shake). Anytime
Long Locust 200 In grassy patches. September/October 8:00–15:59 (14%)
Migratory Locust 600 In grassy patches. September/October 8:00–15:59 (10%)
Rice Grasshopper 400 In grassy patches. October 8:00–16:59 (3%)
Mantis 430 On flowers. September through November 8:00–15:59 (6%)
Orchid Mantis 2400 On white flowers. November 8:00–15:59 (4%)
Brown Cicada 200 On trees. July 8:00–15:59 (20%)
Robust Cicada 300 On trees. July 8:00–15:59 (23%)
Giant Cicada 500 On trees. August 8:00–15:59 (12%)
Walker Cicada 400 On trees. August 16:00–16:59 (8.5%)
Evening Cicada 550 On trees. July 17:00–18:59 (37%)
Cicada Shell 100 On trees. Best Appearance:(2% in all months)
Lantern Fly 1800 On trees. June through August 23:00–7:59 (3%); June 17:00–18:59 (3%)
Red Dragonfly 80 Anywhere other than above salt water (the sea). October 16:00–16:59 (46%)
Darner Dragonfly 450 Anywhere other than above salt water (the sea). June 16:00–16:59 (11%)
Banded Dragonfly 4500 Anywhere other than above salt water (the sea). August 8:00–16:59 (2%)
Petaltail Dragonfly 8000 Anywhere other than above salt water (the sea). 17:00–18:59 (0.5% in all months)
Ant 80 Appears when spoiled turnips, candies, lollipops, and rotten fruits are left on the ground. Anytime
Pondskater 130 On the surface of lakes and ponds. June 17:00–18:59 (10%)
Diving Beetle 80 In rivers. June 8:00–16:59 (2%)
Stink Bug 120 On trees. (1% in all months)
Snail 250 On bushes and shrubs (only on rainy days). June 4:00–7:59 (15%)
Cricket 130 In grassy patches. October 19:00–22:59 (35%)
Bell Cricket 430 In grassy patches. September 19:00 through the next day 3:59 (25%)
Grasshopper 160 In grassy patches. September 8:00–16:59 (11%)
Mole Cricket 280 Hidden in dirt; dig up with a shovel. November through April (all day) (3%)
Walking Leaf 600 On trees. July 16:00–16:59 (1%); August through September 8:00–16:59 (1%)
Walkingstick 600 On trees. September through November 4:00–7:59 (3%); 17:00–18:59 (3%)
Bagworm 300 On trees (shake them). November 8:00–18:59 (15%)
Ladybug 200 On flowers. March/April 8:00–15:59 (12%)
Violin Beetle 260 On tree stumps. June 4:00–18:59 (4%); September through October 4:00–15:59 (4%); November 8:00–15:59 (4%)
Longhorn Beetle 260 On tree stumps. July through August 23:00–7:59 next day (5%)
Tiger Beetle 1000 In grassy patches. 8:00–18:59 (0.5% in all months)
Dung Beetle 800 Next to snowballs. 23:00–7:59 the next day (2% Winter. Dec - Feb)
Wharf Roach 200 On the beach. (all day) in June through September (1%)
Hermit Crab 1000 Only found on the tropical island (never in town). 19:00–7:59 the next day (3%)
Firefly 300 In the air above freshwater (rivers, etc.). 19:00–22:59 (59.5%)
Fruit Beetle 100 On trees. July 19:00–7:59 the next day (15%); August 23:00–7:59 the next day (15%)
Scarab Beetle 6000 On trees. 23:00–7:59 the next day (2% in all months)
Jewel Beetle 2400 On trees. 16:00–16:59 (3% in all months)
Miyama Stag 1000 On trees. August 4:00–7:59 (7%)
Saw Stag 2000 On trees. August 4:00–7:59 (5%)
Giant Stag 10000 On trees. 23:00–7:59 the next day (2%)
Rainbow Stag 10000 On trees. 19:00–7:59 the next day (1% August)
Cyclommatus 8000 On palm trees. August 4:00–7:59 (2%)
Golden Stag 12000 On palm trees. 17:00–7:59 the next day (0.5% August)
Horned Dynastid 1350 On trees. 23:00–7:59 the next day (7% in all months)
Horned Atlas 8000 On palm trees. August 19:00–22:59 (2%)
Horned Elephant 8000 On palm trees. August 4:00–7:59 (2%)
Horned Hercules 14500 On palm trees. 17:00–7:59 the next day (0.5% August)
Goliath Beetle 6000 On palm trees. July 19:00–3:59 the next day (2%); August 19:00–7:59 the next day (2%)
Flea 70 On neighbors walking outside. June through August (all day) (1%)
Pill Bug 250 Hidden under rocks (smack with a shovel). November through March (all day) (15%)
Mosquito 130 In the air. August 17:00–18:59 (21%)
Fly 60 Around rafflesia and spoiled turnips and trash left on the ground. Anytime
House Centipede 250 Hidden under rocks (smack with a shovel). September 19:00–22:59 (3%)
Centipede 300 Hidden under rocks (smack with a shovel). January through February 16:00–22:59 (5%)
Spider 300 On trees. April through May 17:00–7:55 the next day (9%); May 4:00–7:59/17:00–18:59 (9%); September 4:00–7:59 (9%)
Tarantula 8000 On grass and dirt. 19:00–3:59 the next day (0.5% August)
Scorpion 8000 On grass and dirt. 19:00–3:59 next day (0.5% July - September)

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