Complete List of Insects

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Last Updated: Mar 29th, 2020

How many insects are there to collect in Animal Crossing? There are 80 species in total and they appear in different times of the day, and the year. On this list, we're providing you with all insects that you can collect including their name, location, seasonality, and active hours.

Insect Details

Note:

The insects shown on this list are for the Northern Hemisphere. If your island is on the Southern hemisphere, add or subtract 6 to the months. Please check our Northern and Southern Hemisphere difference page.

No.	Name	Location	Seasonality	Active Hours
1	Common Butterfly	Flying	September to June	4 AM to 7 PM
2	Yellow Butterfly	Flying	March to June / September to October	4 AM to 7 PM
3	Tiger Butterfly	Flying	March to September	4 AM to 7 PM
4	Peacock Butterfly	Flying	March to June	4 AM to 7 PM
5	Common Bluebottle	Flying	April to August	4 AM to 7 PM
6	Paper Kite Butterfly	Flying	All Months	8 AM to 8 PM
7	Great Purple Emperor	Flying	May to August	4 AM to 7 PM
8	Monarch Butterfly	Flying	September to November	4 AM to 3 PM
9	Emperor Butterfly	Flying	December to March / June to September	5 PM to 8 AM
10	Agrias Butterfly	Flying	April to September	8 AM to 5 PM
11	Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing	Flying	January to February / April to September / December	8 AM to 5 PM
12	Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing	Flying	May to September	8 AM to 4 PM
13	Moth	Flying near outside lights	All Months	7 PM to 4 AM
14	Atlas Moth	Resting on Trees	April to September	7 PM to 4 AM
15	Madagascan Sunset Moth	Flying near Flowers	April to September	8 AM to 4 PM
16	Long Locust	Moving on the ground	April to November	8 AM to 7 PM
17	Migratory Locust	Moving on the ground	August to November	8 AM to 7 PM
18	Rice Grasshopper	Moving on the ground	August to November	8 AM to 7 PM
19	Grasshopper	Moving on the ground	July to September	8 AM to 5 PM
20	Cricket	Moving on the ground	September to November	5 PM to 8 AM
21	Bell Cricket	Moving on the ground	September to November	5 PM to 8 AM
22	Mantis	Moving on Flowers	March to November	8 AM to 5 PM
23	Orchid Mantis	Moving on Flowers	March to November	8 AM to 5 PM
24	Honeybee	Moving on Flowers	March to July	8 AM to 5 PM
25	Wasp	Falls from shaken trees	All Months	Any Time
26	Brown Cicada	Resting on Trees	July to August	8 AM to 5 PM
27	Robust Cicada	Resting on Trees	July to August	8 AM to 5 PM
28	Giant Cicada	Resting on Trees	July to August	8 AM to 5 PM
29	Walker Cicada	Resting on Trees	August to September	8 AM to 5 PM
30	Evening Cicada	Resting on Trees	July to August	4 AM to 8 AM / 4 PM to 7 PM
31	Cicada Shell	Resting on Trees	July to August	Any Time
32	Red Dragonfly	Flying	September to October	8 AM to 7 PM
33	Darner Dragonfly	Flying	April to October	8 AM to 5 PM
34	Banded Dragonfly	Flying	May to October	8 AM to 5 PM
35	Damselfly	Flying	November to February	Any Time
36	Firefly	Flying	June	7 PM to 4 AM
37	Mole Cricket	Hiding Underground	November to May	Any Time
38	Pondskater	Moving on Ponds / Rivers	May to September	8 AM to 7 PM
39	Diving Beetle	Moving on Ponds / Rivers	May to September	8 AM to 7 PM
40	Giant Water Bug	Moving on Ponds / Rivers	April to September	7 PM to 8 AM
41	Stinkbug	Moving on Flowers	March to October	7 PM to 8 AM
42	Man-Faced Stink Bug	Moving on Flowers	March to October	7 PM to 8 AM
43	Ladybug	Moving on Flowers	March to June / October	8 AM to 5 PM
44	Tiger Beetle	Moving on the ground	February to October	Any Time
45	Jewel Beetle	Resting on tree stumps	April to August	Any Time
46	Violin Beetle	Resting on tree stumps	May to June / September to November	Any Time
47	Citrus Long-Horned Beetle	Resting on tree stumps	All Months	Any Time
48	Rosalia Batesi Beetle	Resting on tree stumps	May to September	Any Time
49	Blue Weevil Beetle	Resting on palm trees	July to August	Any Time
50	Dung Beetle	Moving near snowballs	December to February	Any time
51	Earth-Boring Dung Beetle	Resting on trees	July to September	Any Time
52	Scarab Beetle	Resting on trees	July to August	11 PM to 8 AM
53	Drone Beetle	Resting on trees	June to August	Any Time
54	Goliath Beetle	Resting on trees	June to September	5 PM to 8 AM
55	Saw Stag	Resting on trees	July to August	Any Time
56	Miyama Stag	August	Resting on trees	Any Time
57	Giant Stag	Resting on trees	July to August	11 PM to 8 AM
58	Rainbow Stag	Resting on trees	June to September	7 PM to 8 AM
59	Cyclommatus Stag	Resting on palm trees	July to August	5 PM to 8 AM
60	Golden Stag	Resting on palm trees	July to August	5 PM to 8 AM
61	Giraffe Stag	Resting on palm trees	July to August	5 PM to 8 AM
62	Horned Dynastid	Resting on trees	July to August	5 PM to 8 AM
63	Horned Atlas	Resting on palm trees	July to August	5 PM to 8 AM
64	Horned Elephant	Resting on palm trees	July to August	5 PM to 8 AM
65	Horned Hercules	Resting on palm trees	5 PM to 8 AM
66	Walking Stick	Resting on trees	July to November	4 AM to 8 AM / 5 PM to 7 PM
67	Walking Leaf	Walking below trees	July to September	Any Time
68	Bagworm	Falls from shaken trees	All Months	Any Time
69	Ant	Moving near rotten food	All Months	Any Time
70	Hermit Crab	Resting on the beach	All Months	7 PM to 8 AM
71	Wharf Roach	Resting on beach rocks	All Months	Any Time
72	Fly	Moving near rotten food and trash	All Months	Any Time
73	Mosquito	Flying	June to September	5 PM to 4 AM
74	Flea	Moving on villagers	April to November	Any Time
75	Snail	Resting on rocks during rain	All Months	Any Time
76	Pill Bug	Drops from rocks that are hit	September to June	11 PM to 4 AM
77	Centipede	Drops from rocks that are hit	September to June	4 PM to 11 AM
78	Spider	Falls from shaken trees	All Months	7 PM to 8 AM
79	Tarantula	Moving on the ground	November to April	7 PM to 4 AM
80	Scorpion	Moving on the ground	May to October	7 PM to 4 AM