With January’s arrival, Animal crossing: new horizons players will definitely find a different amount of fish, bugs and marine animals around their islands.
There’s no hurry to catch one of them, as most of them will last longer than a month, but make sure you donate any new find to Blathers to complete your museum. You can see when you caught a new creature because your character ‘Yes!’ before saying the name of the bug or fish.
You can also check in your Critterpedia whether you donated the bugs or not. If you have, a small owl icon will appear next to the critter’s name. (Note that these emblems will not appear if you are on someone else’s island.)
Unfortunately, the islands in the Northern Hemisphere do not get any new insects in January. You can see the list of Southern Hemisphere insects below. Keep in mind that some of these return to your island after being previously available, so if it looks familiar, you probably caught it during an earlier availability.
New insects found in Animal Crossing: New Horizons for January (Southern Hemisphere)
Critter type | Critter | Location | Shadow Size | Time |
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Critter type | Critter | Location | Shadow Size | Time |
Error | Grasshopper | On the ground | Nvt | 08:00 – 17:00 |
Error | Brown Cicada | On trees | Nvt | 08:00 – 17:00 |
Error | Robust Cicada | On trees | Nvt | 08:00 – 17:00 |
Error | Reuse Cicada | On trees | Nvt | 08:00 – 17:00 |
Error | Evening Cicada | On trees | Nvt | 04:00 – 08:00, 16:00 – 19:00 |
Error | Cicada Shell | On trees | Nvt | All day |
Error | Blue Weevil Beetle | On coconut trees | Nvt | All day |
Error | Earthworm | On the ground | Nvt | All day |
Error | Scarab Beetle | On trees | Nvt | 23:00 – 08:00 |
Error | Saw Stag | On trees | Nvt | All day |
Error | Miyama Stag | On trees | Nvt | All day |
Error | Reuse Stag | On trees | Nvt | 23:00 – 08:00 |
Error | Cyclommatus Stag | On coconut trees | Nvt | 17:00 – 08:00 |
Error | Golden Stag | On coconut trees | Nvt | 17:00 – 08:00 |
Error | Giraffe Stag | On coconut trees | Nvt | 17:00 – 08:00 |
Error | Horned Dynasty | On trees | Nvt | 17:00 – 08:00 |
Error | Horned Atlas | On coconut trees | Nvt | 17:00 – 08:00 |
Error | Horned Elephant | On coconut trees | Nvt | 17:00 – 08:00 |
Error | Horned Herucles | On coconut trees | Nvt | 17:00 – 08:00 |
Error | Walking stick | On trees | Nvt | 04:00 – 08:00, 17:00 – 19:00 |
Error | Step leaf | Near trees, disguised as furniture leaf | Nvt | All day |
Fish | Sweet fish | River | Medium | All day |
Fish | Napoleonvis | Sea | Biggest | 04:00 – 21:00 |
Fish | Inflatable fish | Sea | Medium | All day |
Fish | Blue Marlin | Pier | Biggest | All day |
Fish | Ocean Sunfish | Sea | Largest (fin) | 04:00 – 21:00 |
Sea animals | Moon jellyfish | Ocean (diving) | Nvt | All day |
Sea animals | Giant isopod | Ocean (diving) | Nvt | 09:00 – 16:00, 21:00 – 04:00 |
Sea animals | Hoefysterkrab | Ocean (diving) | Nvt | 21:00 – 04:00 |