As the Summer sizzling and Winter wildness continues in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and a new month dawns, it is time for the Animal Crossing New Horizons: August Bugs and Fish Guide. This month is going to be the last chance for many seasonal activities in both halves of the globe. If you follow this guide well, you could get most of these before the month ends.
In which case, why not spend the extra time you’ll have learning a little more about money trees or discovering what the Top 10 K.K. Slider songs in the game?
This guide will provide you with a list of all the newly arriving bugs, fish, and deep-sea creatures which will be appearing on your islands this month. It will feature details of all those which will be leaving once this month ends. To kick us off, let’s start with our friends up North.
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
BUGS ARRIVING THIS MONTH
| Location | Time of Day | Value | |
| Migratory Locust | On Ground | 8am – 7pm | 600 |
| Rice Grasshopper | On Ground | 8am – 7pm | 160 |
| Walker Cicada | On Trees | 8am – 5pm | 400 |
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- From Hero to Zero.
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- Why do I feel have just been cursed?
BUGS LEAVING AFTER THIS MONTH
| Location | Time of Day | Value | |
| Blue Weevil Beetle | On Palm Trees | All Day | 800 |
| Brow Cicada | On Trees | 8am – 5pm | 250 |
| Cicada Shell | On Trees | All Day | 10 |
| Common Bluebottle | Flying | 4am – 7pm | 300 |
| Cyclommatus Stag | On Palm Trees | 5pm – 8am | 8000 |
| Drone Beetle | On Trees | All Day | 200 |
| Evening Cicada | On Trees | 4am – 8am & 4pm – 7pm | 550 |
| Giant Cicada | On Trees | 8am – 5pm | 500 |
| Giant Stag | On Trees | 11pm – 8am | 10000 |
| Giraffe Stag | On Palm Trees | 5pm – 8am | 12000 |
| Golden Stag | On Palm Trees | 5pm – 8am | 12000 |
| Great Purple Emperor | Flying | 4am – 7pm | 3000 |
| Horned Atlas | On Palm Trees | 5pm – 8am | 8000 |
| Horned Dynastid | On Palm Trees | 5pm – 8am | 1350 |
| Horned Elephant | On Palm Trees | 5pm – 8am | 8000 |
| Horned Hercules | On Palm Trees | 5pm – 8am | 12000 |
| Jewel Beetle | On Tree Stumps | All Day | 2400 |
| Miyama Stag | On Trees | All Day | 1000 |
| Robust Cicada | On Trees | 8am – 5pm | 300 |
| Saw Stag | On Trees | All Day | 2000 |
| Scarab Beetle | On Trees | 11pm – 8am | 10000 |
As you can see, there are a ton of bugs leaving this month. All those beetles that have been appearing on your islands from last month are now going to be leaving at the end of this one. So, this will be your last chance to catch them until next year.
Be sure to plan your time well, prepare a few late nights, and keep your fingers crossed you’ll find some of the more illusive ones.
FISH ARRIVING THIS MONTH
| Location | Time of Day | Shadow Size | Value | |
| Moray Eel | Sea | All Day | Thin | 2000 |
| Ray | Sea | 4am – 9pm | Large | 3000 |
| Soft-Shell Turtle | River | 4pm – 9am | Medium Large | 3750 |
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- No dynamite needed for this fish.
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- This guide will have you squids in!
FISH LEAVING AFTER THIS MONTH
| Location | Time of Day | Shadow Size | Value | |
| Frog | Pond | All Day | Small | 120 |
| Giant Snakehead | Pond | 9am – 4pm | Large | 5500 |
| Killifish | Pond | All Day | Tiny | 300 |
| Napoleon Fish | Sea | 4am – 9pm | Huge | 10000 |
| Squid | Sea | All Day | Medium Small | 500 |
This is a somewhat tilted month as far as Fish arriving and leaving this month, with many of them saying goodbye to your islands for the season. Thankfully, most are pond-based and all of them are available at reasonable times.
DEEP-SEA CREATURES ARRIVING THIS MONTH
| Movement Pattern | Time of Day | Shadow Size | Value | |
| Flatworm | Slow Short movements | 4pm – 9am | Tiny | 700 |
Here is one I caught earlier. Way earlier.
DEEP-SEA CREATURES LEAVING AFTER THIS MONTH
| Movement Pattern | Time of Day | Shadow Size | Value | |
| Sea Pineapple | Slow | All Day | Slow | 1500 |
| Vampire Squid | Very Fast | 4pm – 9am | Medium | 10000 |
There’s not much movement as far as Deep-Sea creatures are concerned this month. However, one of those that are leaving is a fast one. For advice on how to catch fast-moving Deep-Sea Creatures be sure to check out this guide.
Now, let’s see how things our going for our friends in the Southern Hemisphere.
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
BUGS ARRIVING THIS MONTH
| Location | Time of Day | Value | |
| Tiger Beetle | On the Ground | All Day | 1500 |
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- This bug sticks out like a sore thumb in the snow.
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- August is your last chance to catch snowflakes this year.
BUGS LEAVING AFTER THIS MONTH
| Location | Time of Day | Value | |
| Damselfly | Flying | All Day | 500 |
| Dung Beetle | Rolling Snowballs on Ground | All Day | 3000 |
| Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing | Flying | 8am – 5pm | 2500 |
August is the final month of Winter for players in the Southern Hemisphere. As such, this is your last chance to catch creatures like the Dung Beetle, as they only spawn when there’s a snowball present for them to roll. Keep an eye out for them, so you can snatch them as you see them, and possibly make a new Snowperson in the meantime.
FISH ARRIVING THIS MONTH
| Location | Time of Day | Shadow Size | Value | |
| None | N/A | None | Nope | Nowt |
High brow humour.
FISH LEAVING AFTER THIS MONTH
| Location | Time of Day | Shadow Size | Value | |
| Blowfish | Sea | 9pm – 4am | Medium-Small | 5000 |
| Pond Smelt | River | All Day | Small | 500 |
No dear reader, your eyes are not deceiving you. There is no mistake with this Animal Crossing New Horizons: August Bugs and Fish Guide. As once again, there are no new fish arriving in the Southern Hemisphere this month.
But do not despair, as things will start to become far more active from next month onwards. Still, there are only two that will be leaving, so it should give you plenty of time to catch them to add them to your collections.
DEEP-SEA CREATURES ARRIVING THIS MONTH
| Movement Pattern | Time of Day | Shadow Size | Value | |
| None | N/A | None | Nope | Nowt |
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- It looks a little crabby to me.
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- Because its close to the shops.
DEEP-SEA CREATURES LEAVING AFTER THIS MONTH
| Movement Pattern | Time of Day | Shadow Size | Value | |
| Oyster | Slow | All Day | Small | 2000 |
| Sea Pig | Very Fast | 4pm – 9am | Small | 8000 |
| Sweet Shrimp | Slow | 4pm – 9am | Small | 1400 |
| Venus’ Flower Basket | Very Fast | All Day | Medium | 5000 |
As with the other listings for this month, most of the activity on the islands in the Southern Hemisphere is with creatures leaving. You may struggle with some of these, given their speed and the time of day that two of them are active. But as be always sure to plan your time and use the tip in the guide linked in the Northern Hemisphere Deep-Sea section to give you some advice.
With that, we conclude the Animal Crossing New Horizons Bugs and Fish Guide for August. I hope that you find the guide useful. If so, be sure to leave a like and share the article with your friends! If you have any tips that could help others, be sure to leave [wpdiscuz-feedback id=”bxkpn89ttb” question=”Do you have any tips for catching this month’s Bugs, Fish, or Deep-Sea creatures?” opened=”1″]a comment down below.[/wpdiscuz-feedback]
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