Bug

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Bugs are collectable items in the Animal Crossing series. Players can catch them with a net. They can be donated to the museum (much to the dismay of Blathers), sold to Tom Nook, or placed in the player's home like a piece of furniture. Most of them are worth a lot less than most fish at Tom Nook's store. A large amount of insects will only emerge during the summer, and there are almost none during the winter.

There are 56 bugs in Animal Crossing: Wild World and 64 in Animal Crossing: City Folk.

List of Bugs In Animal Crossing

Name	Price	Location	Time	Months	Peak Times	Peak Months
Ant	80	On Dropped Candy or Rotten Turnips	All Day	All Year
Bagworm	300	Hanging from trees	7pm-8am	Oct-Feb
Banded Dragonfly	4,500	Flying Anywhere	8am-5pm	Jul-Aug
Bee	4,500	In Trees	All Day	All Year
Bell Cricket	430	In Grass	5pm-8am	Sep-Oct
Brown Cicada	200	On Trees	8am-5pm	Jul-Aug
Cockroach (AC&WW)	5	On Trees	All Day	All Year
Common Butterfly	90	Flying (Near Flowers)	4am-7pm	Mar-Sept	8am-5pm	Apr-Jun
Cricket	130	In Grass	5pm-8am	Sept-Nov	9pm-4am	Sept-Oct
Darner Dragonfly	200	Flying Anywhere	8am-5pm	Jun-Aug	9am-4pm	June
Drone Beetle	80	In Trees	All Day	Jul-Aug
Dynastid Beetle	1,350	On Trees	5pm-8am	Jul-Aug
Evening Cicada	550	On Trees	4am-8am, 4pm-7pm	July-Aug
Firefly	300	Trees	7pm-4am	June
Flat Stag Beetle	2,000	Trees	7pm-8am	Jun-Aug
Giant Beetle	10,000	On Trees	1pm-8am	Jul-Aug
Grasshopper	160	In Grass	9am-4pm	Jul-Sept	8am-5pm	Sept
Jewel Beetle	2,400	On Trees	8am-5pm	Jul-Aug
Ladybug	200	On Flowers	8am-5pm	Mar-Jun,Oct	9am-4pm	Mar-May
Long Locust	200	In Grass	8am-7pm	Aug-Nov	9am-4pm	Mar-Jun
Longhorn Beetle	260	On trees On tree stumps (CF)	8am-5pm	Jun-Aug
Mantis	430	On Flowers	8am-5pm	Apr-Nov(CF) Aug-Nov(WW)	9am-4pm	Sep-Nov
Migratory Locust	600	In Grass	8am-7pm	Sep-Nov(WW) Aug-Nov(CF)	9am-4pm	Sep-Oct
Mole Cricket	280	Underground	All Day	Nov-May
Mosquito	130	Flying Anywhere	5pm-4am	Jun-Sep	4pm-4am	Jun-Aug
Mountain Beetle	2,000	Trees	7pm-8am	Jul-Aug
Pill Bug	250	Under Rocks	All Day	All Year
Pine Cricket (AC)	100	In Grass	5pm-8am	Sept-Oct
Pondskater	130	Main Pond/Holding Ponds	8am-7pm	Jun-Sep
Purple Butterfly	2,000	Everywhere	8am-5pm	Jun-Aug
Red Dragonfly	80	Flying Anywhere	8am-7pm	Sep-Oct
Robust Cicada	300	On Trees	8am-5pm	Jul-Aug
Saw Stag Beetle	2,000	On Trees	All Day	Jul-Aug	9pm-4am	Jul-Aug
Snail	250	On Flowers	All Day	Apr-Sep
Spider	300	In Trees	All Day	Mar-Nov
Spotted Ladybug	200	Flowers	8am-5pm	Mar-Jul
Tiger Butterfly	160	Flying Near Red & Pink Flowers	8am-5pm	Mar-Jun	8am-4pm	Mar-Sept
Walker Cicada	400	On Trees	8am-5pm	Jul-Sept

List of Bugs In Animal Crossing: Wild World

List of Bugs In Animal Crossing: City Folk

List of Bugs In Animal Crossing: New Leaf

No.	Name	Price	Location	Time	Months	Peak Times	Peak Months
1	Common Butterfly	90	Flying (Near Flowers)	4am-7pm	Mar-Sept	8am-5pm	Apr-Jun
2	Yellow Butterfly	90	Flying (Near Flowers)	8am-5pm	Mar-Sept	8am-4pm	Jul-Sep
3	Tiger Butterfly	160	Flying Near Red & Pink Flowers	8am-5pm	Mar-Jun	8am-4pm	Mar-Sept
4	Peacock Butterfly	220	Flying (Near Blue, Violet & Black Flowers)	8am-5pm	Mar-Sept	8am-4pm	Jul-Sept
5	Monarch Butterfly	90	Flying (Near Flowers)	8am-5pm	Sept-Nov
6	Emperor Butterfly	2,500	Flying (Near Flowers)	8am-5pm (AC&WW) 5pm - 8am (CF)	Jun-Sept
7	Agrias Butterfly	3,000	Flying (Near Flowers)	8am-5pm	June-Sept
8	Raja Brooke Butterfly (CF&NL)	2,500	Flying (Near Freshwater)	8am-5pm (May/July), 8am-7pm (Jun/Aug-Sept)	May-Sept
9	Birdwing Butterfly	4,000	Flying (Near Flowers)	8am-5pm	Jun-Sept
10	Moth	60	Near Lights (Outside)	7pm-4am	May-Sept	9pm-4am	Jun-Aug
11	Oak Silk Moth	1,200	On Trees	7pm-4am	Jun-Sept
12	Honeybee	100	Flying near Flowers	8am-5pm	Mar-Aug	9am-4pm	Mar-Jun
13	Bee	4,500	In Trees	All Day	All Year
14	Long Locust	200	In Grass	8am-7pm	Aug-Nov(WW) May-Nov(CF)	9am-4pm	Mar-Jun
15	Migratory Locust	600	In Grass	8am-7pm	Sep-Nov(WW) Aug-Nov(CF)	9am-4pm	Sep-Oct
16	Rice Grasshopper (NL)	160	In Grass	8am-5pm	Jul-Sep
17	Mantis	430	On Flowers	8am-5pm	Apr-Nov(CF) Aug-Nov(WW)	9am-4pm	Sep-Nov
18	Orchid Mantis	2,400	On White Flowers	8am-5pm	Aug-Nov(WW) Apr-Nov(CF)	9am-4pm	Sep-Nov
19	Brown Cicada	200	On Trees	8am-5pm	Jul-Aug
20	Robust Cicada	300	On Trees	8am-5pm	Jul-Aug
21	Giant Cicada	500	On Trees	8am-5pm	Jul-Aug
22	Walker Cicada	400	On Trees	8am-5pm	Jul-Sept
23	Evening Cicada	550	On Trees	4am-8am, 4pm-7pm	July-Aug
24	Cicada Shell (NL)	100	On Trees	All Day	July-Aug
25	Lantern Fly	1,800	On Trees	4pm-7pm, 11pm-8am	Jun-Sept
26	Red Dragonfly	80	Flying Anywhere	8am-7pm	Sep-Oct
27	Darner Dragonfly	200	Flying Anywhere	8am-5pm	Jun-Aug	9am-4pm	June
28	Banded Dragonfly	4,500	Flying Anywhere	8am-5pm	Jul-Aug
29	Giant Petaltail (CF&NL)	8,000	Flying	4pm-7pm	Aug-Oct
30	Ant	80	On Dropped Candy or Rotten Turnips	All Day	All Year
31	Pondskater	130	On Fresh Water	8am-7pm	Jun-Sep
32	Diving Beetle (CF&NL)	800	In/On Fresh Water	8am-5pm	May-Sept
33	Stinkbug (NL)	120	On Trees	All Day	Apr-Oct
34	Snail	250	On Flowers	All Day	Apr-Sep
35	Cricket	130	In Grass	5pm-8am	Sept-Nov	9pm-4am	Sept-Oct
36	Bell Cricket	430	In Grass	5pm-8am	Sep-Oct
37	Grasshopper	160	In Grass	9am-4pm	Jul-Sept	8am-5pm	Sept
38	Mole Cricket	280	Underground	All Day	Nov-May
39	Walking Leaf (CF&NL)	600	On Ground	4am-7pm	Jul-Nov
40	Walkingstick	600	On Trees	4am-7pm	Jul-Nov
41	Bagworm	300	Hanging from trees	7pm-8am	Oct-Feb
42	Ladybug	200	On Flowers	8am-5pm	Mar-Jun,Oct	9am-4pm	Mar-May
43	Violin Beetle (CF&NL)	250	On Tree Stumps	4am-7pm June, 4am-5pm Sept-Oct, 8am-5pm Nov	Jun, Sept-Nov
44	Longhorn Beetle	260	On trees (AC&WW) On tree stumps (CF)	8am-5pm	Jun-Aug
45	Tiger Beetle	1,500	On Ground	8am-7pm	Mar-Oct
46	Dung Beetle	800	Rolling Snowballs	5pm-8am	Dec-Feb
47	Wharf Roach (NL)	200	On Beach	All Day	All Year
48	Hermit Crab	1,000	On Beach	7pm-8am	All Year
49	Firefly	300	Near Fresh Water	7pm-4am	June
50	Fruit Beetle	100	On Trees	All Day	Jul-Sep	7pm-8am	Sept
51	Scarab Beetle	6,000	On Trees	11pm-8am	Jul-Aug
52	Jewel Beetle	2,400	On Trees	8am-5pm	Jul-Aug
53	Miyama Stag (CF&NL)	1,000	On Trees	All Day	Jul-Aug
54	Saw Stag Beetle	2,000	On Trees	All Day	Jul-Aug	9pm-4am	Jul-Aug
55	Giant Beetle	10,000	On Trees	1pm-8am	Jul-Aug
56	Rainbow Stag	10,000	On Trees	7pm-8am	Jun-Sept
57	Cyclommatus (CF&NL)	8,000	On Trees	9pm-8am	Jul-Aug
58	Golden Stag	12,000	On Trees	11pm-4am	Jul-Aug
59	Dynastid Beetle	1,350	On Trees	5pm-8am	Jul-Aug
60	Atlas Beetle	8,000	On Palm Trees	7pm-8am	Jun-Aug
61	Elephant Beetle	8,000	On Palm Trees	7pm-8am	Jul-Aug
62	Hercules Beetle	12,000	On Palm Trees	7pm-4am	Jul-Aug
63	Goliath Beetle	6,000	On Palm Trees	7pm-8am(WW), 5pm-8am(CF)	Jun-Aug	7pm-1am(CF)
64	Flea	70	On Villager	All Day	Mar-Nov
65	Pill Bug	250	Under Rocks	All Day	All Year
66	Mosquito	130	Flying Anywhere	5pm-4am	Jun-Sep	4pm-4am	Jun-Aug
67	Fly	60	Flying near Rafflesia, Rotten Turnips or Garbage	All Day	All Year
68	House Centipede	1,000	In Rocks	7pm-8am	Aug-Oct
69	Centipede (CF&NL)	300	In Rocks	Night	June-Feb
70	Spider	300	In Trees	All Day	Mar-Nov
71	Tarantula	8,000	On Ground	7pm-4am	Jun-Aug
72	Scorpion	8,000	On Ground	7pm-4am	Jul-Sept

*Note:

(AC) means Animal Crossing.

(CF) means Animal Crossing: City Folk.

(NL) means Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

(AC&WW) means Animal Crossing and Animal Crossing: Wild World.

(WW&CF) means Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk.

(CF&NL) means Animal Crossing: City Folk and Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Insects with any of the above brackets next to their name only appear in those games unless otherwise stated in the articles.