Animal Crossing: New Horizons new fish, bugs and marine animals to catch in January

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
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

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