Animal Crossing New Leaf Bug List

Welcome to the Animal Crossing New Leaf bug list & locations guide that reveals all 72 bugs you can catch with your net in Animal Crossing New Leaf on 3DS.

Tip: Donate 30 bugs to enable buying the Silver Net for 500 Bells at the Museum Shop, this increases your net size.
Then catch all 72 bugs to get a Gold Net from the Bug Off, this further increases your net size.

Index of Animal Crossing New Leaf Guides:

Animal Crossing New Leaf Bug List

THE LIST LAYOUT IS AS FOLLOWS:

– Bug Name
– Location Where To Find Each Bug
– Month When You Can Catch Each Bug
– Time of Day Each Bug Appears
– Sales Price Value In Bells

THE LIST OF ALL BUGS IN THE GAME:

Agrias Butterfly
Air / Island
June – Sept
8a – 5p
3,000

Ant
Rotten Food
All Year
All Day
80

Bagworm
Shaken Trees
Oct – Feb
All Day
300

Banded Dragonfly
Near Ponds / River
July – Aug
8a – 5p
4,500

Bee
Shaken Trees
All Year
All Day
2,500

Bell Cricket
Ground
Sept – Oct
5p – 8a
1,720

Birdwing Butterfly
Flowers / Island
June – Sept
8a – 4p
4,000

Brown Cicada
Trees
July – Aug
8a – 5p
200

Common Butterfly
Air
March – June;
Sept
4a -7p
90

Centipede
Hit Rocks
Jan – Feb
4? – 11p
300

Cicada Shell (NEW)
Trees
July – Aug
All Day
100

Cricket
Ground
Sept – Nov
5p – 8a
160

Cyclommatus Stag
Palm Trees
June – Aug
5p – 8a
8,000

Darner Dragonfly
Air
June – Aug
8a – 5p
200

Diving Beetle
River
May – Sept
8a – 5p
800

Drone Beetle
Trees / Island
July – Sept
All Day
100

Dung Beetle
Snowballs
Dec – Feb
5p – 8a
800

Emperor Butterfly
Flowers/ Island
June – Sept
7p – 8a
2,500

Evening Cicada
Trees
July – Aug

550

Firefly
Near Ponds / River
June
7p – 4a
300

Flea
Villagers
March – Nov
All Day
70

Fly
Rotten Turnips
Trash
All Year
All Day
60

Fruit Beetle
Trees / Island
July – August
September
All Day
7p – 8a
100

Giant Cicada (NEW)
Trees
July – Aug
8a – 5p
500

Giant Stag
Trees / Island
July – Aug
11p – 8a
10,000

Petaltail Dragonfly
Air
Aug – Oct
5p – 7p
8,000

Golden Stag
Palm Trees / Island
June- Aug
5p – 8a
12,000

Grasshopper
Ground / Island
July – Sept
8a – 5p
160

Goliath Beetle
Palm Tree / Island
June – Sept
7p – 8a
6,000

Horned Atlas
Palm Trees / Island
June – Aug
5p – 8a
8,000

Horned Dynastid
Trees / Island
June – Aug

7p – 8a
1,350

Horned Elephant
Palm Trees / Island
June – Aug

5p – 8a
8,000

Horned Hercules
Palm Trees / Island
June – Aug
5p – 8a
14,500

Hermit Crab (NEW)
Island / Beach
All Year
7p – 8a
1,000

Honeybee
Flowers
March – July
8a – 5p
100

House Centipede (NEW)
Hit Rocks
Aug – Oct
7p – 8a
250

Jewel Beetle
Trees / Island
July – Aug
8a – 5p
2,400

Lady Bug
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March – June;
Oct
8a – 5p
200

Lantern Fly
Trees / Island
June – Sept
4p – 8a
1,800

Locust
Ground
Aug – Nov
8a – 7p
400

Longhorn Beetle
Stumps / Island
July – Aug
11p – 6p
260

Long Locust
Ground / Island
May – Nov
8a – 7p
200

Mantis
Flowers
April – Nov
8a – 5p
430

Migratory Locust
Ground / Island
Aug – Nov
8a – 7p
600

Miyama Stag
Trees / Island
July – Aug
All Day
1,000

Mole Cricket
Underground
Nov – May
All Day
280

Monarch Butterfly
Air by Flowers / Island
July – Nov
9a – 5p
140

Mosquito
Air
June – Sept
5p – 4a
130

Moth
Near Lights / Island
May – Sept
7p – 4a
60

Oak Silk Moth
Trees / Island
June – Sept
7p – 4a
1,200

Orchid Mantis
White Flowers / Island
April – Nov
8a – 7p
2,400

Peacock Butterfly
Flowers – Blue
Black / Purple / Island
March – Sept
4a – 7p
220

Pill Bug
Hit Rocks
All Year
All Day
250

Pondskater
Ponds
May – Sept
8a – 7p
130

Rainbow Stag
Trees
June – Sept
5p – 8a
10,000

Raja Brooke Butterfly
Air by Rivers
May – Sept
8a – 5p
2,500

Red Dragonfly
Air
Sept – Oct
8a – 7p
80

Rice Grasshopper (NEW)
Ground
Aug, BA: October
BA: 8a – 5p
400

Robust Cicada
Trees
July – Aug
8a – 5p
300

Saw Stag
Trees / Island
July – Aug
All Day
2,000

Scarab Beetle
Trees / Island
July – Sept
11p – 8a
6,000

Scorpion
Ground
July – Sept
7p – 4a
8,000

Snail
Shrubs (rainy)
April – Sept
All Day
250

Stinkbug (NEW)
Trees
April – Oct
All Day
120

Spider
Shaken Trees
March – Oct
All Day
300

Tarantula
Ground
June – Aug
7p – 4a
8,000

Tiger Beetle (NEW)
Ground
March – Oct
8a – 5p
4p – 11p
1,500

Tiger Butterfly
Red Flowers / Island
March – Sep
4a – 7p
160

Violin Beetle
Stump
June – Nov
4a – 7p
260

Walker Cicada
Trees
July – Sept
8a – 5p
400

Walking Lead
Ground
July – Sept
8a – 5p
600

Walking Stick
Trees / Island
July – Nov
4a – 7p
600

Wharf Roach (NEW)
Beach / Island
All Year
All Day
200

Yellow Butterfly
Flowers
March – June;
Sept
6p – 4a
90

Credit: Wiki

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