After completing the whole list of fish (of which you can find the complete guide here on Gameplay Cafè), it's time to take a sparkling net and go in search of all the insects featured in the Nintendo Switch exclusive life simulator.
The guide that you can find below is dynamic and allows you to sort insects by month of appearance, by rarity or by price, offering a dynamic tool based on the monthly needs of searching for the rarest animals. As for fish, also for insects it must be taken into account that some of them appear in specific places or having particular conditions of objects, flowers or atmospheric.

As with the fish fauna collections, they were created two tables different for the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere, to cope with the habit of some player who has chosen an island located beyond the equator.
NB If you find English names of some insects know that they will be updated as soon as their Italian versions are revealed.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Insect List (Northern Hemisphere)
# | Your name | Rarity | Price | Location | January | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Set | October | Nov | Dec | Hours | ||
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1 | Common Butterfly | ![]() | β ββββ | 160 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 4:00 - 19:00 | |||
2 | Yellow Butterfly | ![]() | β ββββ | 160 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | x | 4:00 - 19:00 | |||||||
3 | Tiger Butterfly | ![]() | β ββββ | 240 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 4:00 - 19:00 | ||||||
4 | Vanessa butterfly me | ![]() | β ββββ | 2500 | Fly among hybrid flowers | x | x | x | x | 4:00 - 19:00 | |||||||||
5 | Graphinum sarpendon | ![]() | β ββββ | 300 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | 4:00 - 19:00 | ||||||||
6 | Rice paper butterfly | ![]() | β ββββ | 1000 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 19:00 | |
7 | Purple butterfly | ![]() | β ββββ | 3000 | Vola | x | x | x | x | 4:00 - 19:00 | |||||||||
8 | Monarch butterfly | ![]() | β ββββ | 140 | Vola | x | x | x | 4:00 - 17:00 | ||||||||||
9 | Blue morpho butterfly | ![]() | β β βββ | 4000 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 17:00 - 8:00 | |||||
10 | Farfalla Agrias | ![]() | β ββββ | 3000 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | |||||||
11 | Raja Brooke butterfly | ![]() | β ββββ | 2500 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | ||||
12 | Butterfly of Queen Alexandra | ![]() | β β β ββ | 4000 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 16:00 | ||||||||
13 | Moth | ![]() | β ββββ | 130 | Fly close to the lights | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 19:00 - 4:00 | |
14 | Cobra butterfly | ![]() | β β βββ | 3000 | On the trees | x | x | x | x | x | x | 19:00 - 4:00 | |||||||
15 | Urania of Madagascar | ![]() | β β βββ | 2500 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 16:00 | |||||||
16 | Adrida cinerea | ![]() | β ββββ | 200 | To the ground | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 19:00 | |||||
17 | Migratory locust | ![]() | β β βββ | 600 | To the ground | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 19:00 | |||||||||
18 | Locust | ![]() | β ββββ | 160 | To the ground | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 19:00 | |||||||||
19 | Grasshopper | ![]() | β ββββ | 160 | To the ground | x | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | ||||||||||
20 | Cricket | ![]() | β ββββ | 130 | To the ground | x | x | x | 17:00 - 8:00 | ||||||||||
21 | Suzumushi | ![]() | β ββββ | 430 | To the ground | x | x | 17:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||||
22 | Mantis | ![]() | β ββββ | 430 | About flowers | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | ||||
23 | Orchid mantis | ![]() | β ββββ | 2400 | On white flowers | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | ||||
24 | Worker bee | ![]() | β ββββ | 200 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | ||||||||
25 | Vespa | ![]() | 2500 | Shaking the trees | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | ||
26 | Brown cicada | ![]() | β ββββ | 250 | On the trees | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | |||||||||||
27 | Robust cicada | ![]() | β ββββ | 300 | On the trees | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | |||||||||||
28 | Giant cicada | ![]() | β ββββ | 500 | On the trees | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | |||||||||||
29 | Spitting cicada | ![]() | β ββββ | 400 | On the trees | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | |||||||||||
30 | Night cicada | ![]() | β ββββ | 550 | On the trees | x | x | 4: 00 - 8: 00 / 16: 00 - 19: 00 | |||||||||||
31 | Cicada Esuvius | ![]() | β ββββ | 10 | On the trees | x | x | Everlasting | |||||||||||
32 | Red dragonfly | ![]() | β ββββ | 180 | Vola | x | x | 8:00 - 19:00 | |||||||||||
33 | Depressed dragonfly | ![]() | β ββββ | 230 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | ||||||
34 | Striped dragonfly | ![]() | β β βββ | 4500 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | |||||||
35 | Giant dragonfly | ![]() | β ββββ | 500 | Vola | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | |||||||||
36 | Lucciola | ![]() | β ββββ | 300 | Vola | x | 19:00 - 4:00 | ||||||||||||
37 | grillotalpa | ![]() | β β β ββ | 500 | Digging (hum) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Semre | ||||||
38 | Gerride | ![]() | β ββββ | 130 | Surface of the water (ponds and rivers) | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 19:00 | ||||||||
39 | Dytisk | ![]() | β ββββ | 800 | Surface of the water (ponds and rivers) | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 19:00 | ||||||||
40 | Giant water bug | ![]() | β ββββ | 2000 | Surface of the water (ponds and rivers) | x | x | x | x | x | x | 19:00 - 8:00 | |||||||
41 | CIMIC | ![]() | β ββββ | 120 | About flowers | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | |||||
42 | Catacanthus | ![]() | β ββββ | 1000 | About flowers | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 19:00 - 8:00 | |||||
43 | Ladybug | ![]() | β ββββ | 200 | About flowers | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | ||||||||
44 | Be careful | ![]() | β β β ββ | 1500 | To the ground | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | ||||
45 | Stigmodera | ![]() | β ββββ | 2400 | On the cut logs | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | ||||||||
46 | carabo fiddle | ![]() | β ββββ | 450 | On the cut logs | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | ||||||||
47 | Asian woodworm | ![]() | β ββββ | 350 | On the cut logs | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | |
48 | Rosalia Alpina / Beech Cerambice | ![]() | β β βββ | 3000 | On the cut logs | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | ||||||||
49 | Blue Weevil Beetle (ENG) | ![]() | β β β ββ | 800 | On the cut stumps (coconut) | x | x | Everlasting | |||||||||||
50 | Dung beetle | ![]() | β β βββ | 3000 | On the ground (snowballs) | x | x | x | Everlasting | ||||||||||
51 | Earth-Boring Dung Beetle (ENG) | ![]() | β ββββ | 300 | To the ground | x | x | x | Everlasting | ||||||||||
52 | Dorifera | ![]() | β β β ββ | 10000 | On the trees | x | x | 23:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||||
53 | Golden Cetonia | ![]() | β ββββ | 200 | On the trees | x | x | x | Everlasting | ||||||||||
54 | Goliath beetle | ![]() | β β β ββ | 8000 | On the trees (coconut) | x | x | x | x | 17:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||
55 | Deer beetle | ![]() | β β βββ | 2000 | On the trees | x | x | Everlasting | |||||||||||
56 | Lucanid beetle | ![]() | β ββββ | 1000 | On the trees | x | x | Everlasting | |||||||||||
57 | Giant beetle | ![]() | β β β ββ | 10000 | On the trees | x | x | 23:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||||
58 | Rainbow beetle | ![]() | β β β ββ | 6000 | On the trees | x | x | x | x | 19:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||
59 | Cyclommatus beetle | ![]() | β β β β β | 8000 | On the trees (coconut) | x | x | 17:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||||
60 | Golden beetle | ![]() | β β β β β | 12000 | On the trees (coconut) | x | x | 17:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||||
61 | Giraffe beetle | ![]() | β β β β β | 12000 | On the trees (coconut) | x | x | 17:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||||
62 | Scarabeo kabutomushi | ![]() | β ββββ | 1350 | On the trees | x | x | 17:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||||
63 | Scarabeo atlas | ![]() | β β β β β | 8000 | On the trees (coconut) | x | x | 17:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||||
64 | Elephant beetle | ![]() | β β β β β | 8000 | On the trees (coconut) | x | x | 17:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||||
65 | Hercules beetle | ![]() | β β β β β | 12000 | On the trees (coconut) | x | x | 17:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||||
66 | Stick insect | ![]() | β β βββ | 600 | On the trees | x | x | x | x | x | 4: 00 - 8: 00 / 17: 00 - 19: 00 | ||||||||
67 | Leaf insect | ![]() | β ββββ | 600 | Under the trees | x | x | x | Everlasting | ||||||||||
68 | Caterpillar from the sheath | ![]() | β ββββ | 600 | Shaking the trees | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | |
69 | Formica | ![]() | β ββββ | 80 | On rotten food (turnips) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | |
70 | Hermit crab | ![]() | β ββββ | 1000 | On the beach (shell) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 19:00 - 8:00 | |
71 | Exotic ligia | ![]() | β ββββ | 200 | On the rocks (beach) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | |
72 | Moscow | ![]() | β β β β β | 60 | On rotten food (turnips) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | |
73 | Mosquito | ![]() | β ββββ | 130 | Vola | x | x | x | x | 17:00 - 4:00 | |||||||||
74 | Flea | ![]() | β β βββ | 70 | On the heads of the inhabitants | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | |||||
75 | Snail | ![]() | β ββββ | 250 | On the rocks | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | |
76 | Piglet of earth | ![]() | β ββββ | 250 | Hitting the rocks | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 23:00 - 4:00 | |||
77 | centipede | ![]() | β ββββ | 300 | Hitting the rocks | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 16:00 - 23:00 | |||
78 | Spider | ![]() | β ββββ | 480 | Shaking the trees | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 19:00 - 8:00 | |
79 | Tarantola | ![]() | β β β β β | 8000 | To the ground | x | x | x | x | x | x | 19:00 - 4:00 | |||||||
80 | Scorpio | ![]() | β β β β β | 8000 | To the ground | x | x | x | x | x | x | 19:00 - 4:00 |
Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Insect List (Southern Hemisphere)
# | Your name | Rarity | Price | Location | January | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Set | October | Nov | Dec | Time | ||
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1 | Common Butterfly | ![]() | β ββββ | 160 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 4:00 - 19:00 | |||
2 | Yellow Butterfly | ![]() | β ββββ | 160 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | x | 4:00 - 19:00 | |||||||
3 | Tiger Butterfly | ![]() | β ββββ | 240 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 4:00 - 19:00 | ||||||
4 | Vanessa butterfly me | ![]() | β ββββ | 2500 | Fly among hybrid flowers | x | x | x | x | 4:00 - 19:00 | |||||||||
5 | Graphinum sarpendon | ![]() | β ββββ | 300 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | 4:00 - 19:00 | ||||||||
6 | Rice paper butterfly | ![]() | β ββββ | 1000 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 19:00 | |
7 | Purple butterfly | ![]() | β ββββ | 3000 | Vola | x | x | x | x | 4:00 - 19:00 | |||||||||
8 | Monarch butterfly | ![]() | β ββββ | 140 | Vola | x | x | x | 4:00 - 17:00 | ||||||||||
9 | Blue morpho butterfly | ![]() | β β βββ | 4000 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 17:00 - 8:00 | |||||
10 | Farfalla Agrias | ![]() | β ββββ | 3000 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | |||||||
11 | Raja Brooke butterfly | ![]() | β ββββ | 2500 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | ||||
12 | Butterfly of Queen Alexandra | ![]() | β β β ββ | 4000 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 16:00 | ||||||||
13 | Moth | ![]() | β ββββ | 130 | Fly close to the lights | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 19:00 - 4:00 | |
14 | Cobra butterfly | ![]() | β β βββ | 3000 | On the trees | x | x | x | x | x | x | 19:00 - 4:00 | |||||||
15 | Urania of Madagascar | ![]() | β β βββ | 2500 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 16:00 | |||||||
16 | Adrida cinerea | ![]() | β ββββ | 200 | To the ground | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 19:00 | |||||
17 | Migratory locust | ![]() | β β βββ | 600 | To the ground | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 19:00 | |||||||||
18 | Locust | ![]() | β ββββ | 160 | To the ground | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 19:00 | |||||||||
19 | Grasshopper | ![]() | β ββββ | 160 | To the ground | x | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | ||||||||||
20 | Cricket | ![]() | β ββββ | 130 | To the ground | x | x | x | 17:00 - 8:00 | ||||||||||
21 | Suzumushi | ![]() | β ββββ | 430 | To the ground | x | x | 17:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||||
22 | Mantis | ![]() | β ββββ | 430 | About flowers | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | ||||
23 | Orchid mantis | ![]() | β ββββ | 2400 | On white flowers | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | ||||
24 | Worker bee | ![]() | β ββββ | 200 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | ||||||||
25 | Vespa | ![]() | 2500 | Shaking the trees | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | ||
26 | Brown cicada | ![]() | β ββββ | 250 | On the trees | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | |||||||||||
27 | Robust cicada | ![]() | β ββββ | 300 | On the trees | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | |||||||||||
28 | Giant cicada | ![]() | β ββββ | 500 | On the trees | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | |||||||||||
29 | Spitting cicada | ![]() | β ββββ | 400 | On the trees | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | |||||||||||
30 | Night cicada | ![]() | β ββββ | 550 | On the trees | x | x | 4: 00 - 8: 00 / 16: 00 - 19: 00 | |||||||||||
31 | Cicada Esuvius | ![]() | β ββββ | 10 | On the trees | x | x | Everlasting | |||||||||||
32 | Red dragonfly | ![]() | β ββββ | 180 | Vola | x | x | 8:00 - 19:00 | |||||||||||
33 | Depressed dragonfly | ![]() | β ββββ | 230 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | ||||||
34 | Striped dragonfly | ![]() | β β βββ | 4500 | Vola | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | |||||||
35 | Giant dragonfly | ![]() | β ββββ | 500 | Vola | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | |||||||||
36 | Lucciola | ![]() | β ββββ | 300 | Vola | x | 19:00 - 4:00 | ||||||||||||
37 | grillotalpa | ![]() | β β β ββ | 500 | Digging (hum) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Semre | ||||||
38 | Gerride | ![]() | β ββββ | 130 | Surface of the water (ponds and rivers) | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 19:00 | ||||||||
39 | Dytisk | ![]() | β ββββ | 800 | Surface of the water (ponds and rivers) | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 19:00 | ||||||||
40 | Giant water bug | ![]() | β ββββ | 2000 | Surface of the water (ponds and rivers) | x | x | x | x | x | x | 19:00 - 8:00 | |||||||
41 | CIMIC | ![]() | β ββββ | 120 | About flowers | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | |||||
42 | Catacanthus | ![]() | β ββββ | 1000 | About flowers | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 19:00 - 8:00 | |||||
43 | Ladybug | ![]() | β ββββ | 200 | About flowers | x | x | x | x | x | 8:00 - 17:00 | ||||||||
44 | Be careful | ![]() | β β β ββ | 1500 | To the ground | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | ||||
45 | Stigmodera | ![]() | β ββββ | 2400 | On the cut logs | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | ||||||||
46 | carabo fiddle | ![]() | β ββββ | 450 | On the cut logs | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | ||||||||
47 | Asian woodworm | ![]() | β ββββ | 350 | On the cut logs | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | |
48 | Rosalia Alpina / Beech Cerambice | ![]() | β β βββ | 3000 | On the cut logs | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | ||||||||
49 | Blue Weevil Beetle (ENG) | ![]() | β β β ββ | 800 | On the cut stumps (coconut) | x | x | Everlasting | |||||||||||
50 | Dung beetle | ![]() | β β βββ | 3000 | On the ground (snowballs) | x | x | x | Everlasting | ||||||||||
51 | Earth-Boring Dung Beetle (ENG) | ![]() | β ββββ | 300 | To the ground | x | x | x | Everlasting | ||||||||||
52 | Dorifera | ![]() | β β β ββ | 10000 | On the trees | x | x | 23:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||||
53 | Golden Cetonia | ![]() | β ββββ | 200 | On the trees | x | x | x | Everlasting | ||||||||||
54 | Goliath beetle | ![]() | β β β ββ | 8000 | On the trees (coconut) | x | x | x | x | 17:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||
55 | Deer beetle | ![]() | β β βββ | 2000 | On the trees | x | x | Everlasting | |||||||||||
56 | Lucanid beetle | ![]() | β ββββ | 1000 | On the trees | x | x | Everlasting | |||||||||||
57 | Giant beetle | ![]() | β β β ββ | 10000 | On the trees | x | x | 23:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||||
58 | Rainbow beetle | ![]() | β β β ββ | 6000 | On the trees | x | x | x | x | 19:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||
59 | Cyclommatus beetle | ![]() | β β β β β | 8000 | On the trees (coconut) | x | x | 17:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||||
60 | Golden beetle | ![]() | β β β β β | 12000 | On the trees (coconut) | x | x | 17:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||||
61 | Giraffe beetle | ![]() | β β β β β | 12000 | On the trees (coconut) | x | x | 17:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||||
62 | Scarabeo kabutomushi | ![]() | β ββββ | 1350 | On the trees | x | x | 17:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||||
63 | Scarabeo atlas | ![]() | β β β β β | 8000 | On the trees (coconut) | x | x | 17:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||||
64 | Elephant beetle | ![]() | β β β β β | 8000 | On the trees (coconut) | x | x | 17:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||||
65 | Hercules beetle | ![]() | β β β β β | 12000 | On the trees (coconut) | x | x | 17:00 - 8:00 | |||||||||||
66 | Stick insect | ![]() | β β βββ | 600 | On the trees | x | x | x | x | x | 4: 00 - 8: 00 / 17: 00 - 19: 00 | ||||||||
67 | Leaf insect | ![]() | β ββββ | 600 | Under the trees | x | x | x | Everlasting | ||||||||||
68 | Caterpillar from the sheath | ![]() | β ββββ | 600 | Shaking the trees | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | |
69 | Formica | ![]() | β ββββ | 80 | On rotten food (turnips) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | |
70 | Hermit crab | ![]() | β ββββ | 1000 | On the beach (shell) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 19:00 - 8:00 | |
71 | Exotic ligia | ![]() | β ββββ | 200 | On the rocks (beach) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | |
72 | Moscow | ![]() | β β β β β | 60 | On rotten food (turnips) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | |
73 | Mosquito | ![]() | β ββββ | 130 | Vola | x | x | x | x | 17:00 - 4:00 | |||||||||
74 | Flea | ![]() | β β βββ | 70 | On the heads of the inhabitants | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | |||||
75 | Snail | ![]() | β ββββ | 250 | On the rocks | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Everlasting | |
76 | Piglet of earth | ![]() | β ββββ | 250 | Hitting the rocks | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 23:00 - 4:00 | |||
77 | centipede | ![]() | β ββββ | 300 | Hitting the rocks | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 16:00 - 23:00 | |||
78 | Spider | ![]() | β ββββ | 480 | Shaking the trees | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 19:00 - 8:00 | |
79 | Tarantola | ![]() | β β β β β | 8000 | To the ground | x | x | x | x | x | x | 19:00 - 4:00 | |||||||
80 | Scorpio | ![]() | β β β β β | 8000 | To the ground | x | x | x | x | x | x | 19:00 - 4:00 |