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Monarch Butterfly Times and How to Catch

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Monarch Butterfly Times

The Monarch Butterfly is a Butterfly from Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH). Learn all about the Monarch Butterfly and how to catch them below!

Monarch Butterfly Sell Price

Monarch Butterfly
Sell Price 140 Bells
Type Butterfly
Rarity ★☆☆☆☆

The Monarch Butterfly is a common bug and sells for 140 Bells.

Monarch Butterfly Location and Times

Monarch Butterfly Times

Location Flying
Time September to November
North Hemisphere
4 AM to 3 PM
March to May
South Hemisphere
4 AM to 3 PM

You can find the Monarch Butterfly flying from 4 AM to 3 PM.

Find it from September to November on the Northern Hemisphere, or from March to May on the Southern Hemisphere.

Monarch Butterfly Months

Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Monarch Butterfly
Northern Hemisphere Calendar
January July
February August
March September ACNH - Monarch Butterfly
April October ACNH - Monarch Butterfly
May November ACNH - Monarch Butterfly
June December
Monarch Butterfly
Southern Hemisphere Calendar
January July
February August
March ACNH - Monarch Butterfly September
April ACNH - Monarch Butterfly October
May ACNH - Monarch Butterfly November
June December

How to Catch the Monarch Butterfly

Steps Directions
1
  Equip your Net ACNH - Net
2   Approach the Monarch Butterfly
3   Swing your net!

1. Equip Your Net

To catch a bug, you'll need to equip your net! Press the X Button to go into your pockets and select your net.

You can also select it from your Tool Ring!

2. Approach Bug

You'll find the Monarch Butterfly flying in the air. Some bugs fly faster the others, so you may have to chase them down.

3. Swing Your Net

Once you're close enough, press the A Button to swing your net. You'll then be a proud owner of the Monarch Butterfly!

Monarch Butterfly Additional Info

Dialogue When Caught

I caught a monarch butterfly! Guess the butterflies are a democracy now!

Dialogue When Donated to Blathers

  Did you know the monarch butterfly migrates south for the winter and returns north for the summer?

 Indeed, these horrid orange beasties do not tolerate the cold and travel 3,000 miles to escape the winter.

  During the journey, they cluster together in trees by the thousands just to stay warm.

 Imagine! Hordes of the foul flittering fiends huddled together in one place! If only they'd put on tiny coats instead.

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