This page shows all of the bugs you can catch in August on Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH). In addition to the time of day and location that bugs appear, you can find other information here to help you complete your bug encyclopedia.
| All August Guides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August Events | August Fish | August Bugs | August Sea Creatures |
| Name | Rarity | Location / Times | Sell Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 |  Tiger Butterfly | ★☆☆☆☆ | Flying 4 AM to 7 PM | 240 |
| 5 |  Common Bluebottle | ★☆☆☆☆ | Flying 4 AM to 7 PM | 300 |
| 6 |  Paper Kite Butterfly | ★☆☆☆☆ | Flying 8 AM to 7 PM | 1,000 |
| 7 |  Great Purple Emperor | ★☆☆☆☆ | Flying 4 AM to 7 PM | 3,000 |
| 9 |  Emperor Butterfly | ★★☆☆☆ | Flying 5 PM to 8 AM | 4,000 |
| 10 |  Agrias Butterfly | ★☆☆☆☆ | Flying 8 AM to 5 PM | 3,000 |
| 11 |  Rajah Brooke's Birdwing | ★☆☆☆☆ | Flying 8 AM to 5 PM | 2,500 |
| 12 |  Queen Alexandra's Birdwing | ★★★☆☆ | Flying 8 AM to 4 PM | 4,000 |
| 13 |  Moth | ★☆☆☆☆ | Flying next to lights 7 PM to 4 AM | 130 |
| 14 |  Atlas Moth | ★★☆☆☆ | On trees 7 PM to 4 AM | 3,000 |
| 15 |  Madagascan Sunset Moth | ★★☆☆☆ | Flying 8 AM to 4 PM | 2,500 |
| 16 |  Long Locust | ★☆☆☆☆ | On the ground 8 AM to 7 PM | 200 |
| 17 |  Migratory Locust | ★★☆☆☆ | On the ground 8 AM to 7 PM | 600 |
| 18 |  Rice Grasshopper | ★☆☆☆☆ | On the ground 8 AM to 7 PM | 400 |
| 19 |  Grasshopper | ★☆☆☆☆ | On the ground 8 AM to 5 PM | 160 |
| 22 |  Mantis | ★☆☆☆☆ | On flowers 8 AM to 5 PM | 430 |
| 23 |  Orchid Mantis | ★☆☆☆☆ | On flowers 8 AM to 5 PM | 2,400 |
| 25 |  Wasp | ★☆☆☆☆ | Inside trees All Day | 2,500 |
| 26 |  Brown Cicada | ★☆☆☆☆ | On trees 8 AM to 5 PM | 250 |
| 27 |  Robust Cicada | ★☆☆☆☆ | On trees 8 AM to 5 PM | 300 |
| 28 |  Giant Cicada | ★☆☆☆☆ | On trees 8 AM to 5 PM | 500 |
| 29 |  Walker Cicada | ★☆☆☆☆ | On trees 8 AM to 5 PM | 400 |
| 30 |  Evening Cicada | ★☆☆☆☆ | On trees 4 AM to 8 AM, 4 PM to 7 PM | 550 |
| 31 |  Cicada Shell | ★☆☆☆☆ | On trees All Day | 10 |
| 33 |  Darner Dragonfly | ★☆☆☆☆ | Flying 8 AM to 5 PM | 230 |
| 34 |  Banded Dragonfly | ★★☆☆☆ | Flying 8 AM to 5 PM | 4,500 |
| 38 |  Pondskater | ★☆☆☆☆ | On ponds 8 AM to 7 PM | 130 |
| 39 |  Diving Beetle | ★☆☆☆☆ | On ponds 8 AM to 7 PM | 800 |
| 40 |  Giant Water Bug | ★☆☆☆☆ | On ponds 7 PM to 8 AM | 2,000 |
| 41 |  Stinkbug | ★☆☆☆☆ | On flowers All Day | 120 |
| 42 |  Man-Faced Stink Bug | ★☆☆☆☆ | On flowers 7 PM to 8 AM | 1,000 |
| 44 |  Tiger Beetle | ★★★☆☆ | On the ground All Day | 1,500 |
| 45 |  Jewel Beetle | ★☆☆☆☆ | On tree stumps All Day | 2,400 |
| 47 |  Citrus Long-Horned Beetle | ★☆☆☆☆ | On tree stumps All Day | 350 |
| 48 |  Rosalia Batesi Beetle | ★★☆☆☆ | On tree stumps All Day | 3,000 |
| 49 |  Blue Weevil Beetle | ★★★☆☆ | On palm trees All Day | 800 |
| 51 |  Earth-Boring Dung Beetle | ★☆☆☆☆ | On the ground All Day | 300 |
| 52 |  Scarab Beetle | ★★★☆☆ | On trees 11 PM to 8 AM | 10,000 |
| 53 |  Drone Beetle | ★☆☆☆☆ | On trees All Day | 200 |
| 54 |  Goliath Beetle | ★★★☆☆ | On palm trees 5 PM to 8 AM | 8,000 |
| 55 |  Saw Stag | ★★☆☆☆ | On trees All Day | 2,000 |
| 56 |  Miyama Stag | ★☆☆☆☆ | On trees All Day | 1,000 |
| 57 |  Giant Stag | ★★★☆☆ | On trees 11 PM to 8 AM | 10,000 |
| 58 |  Rainbow Stag | ★★★☆☆ | On trees 7 PM to 8 AM | 6,000 |
| 59 |  Cyclommatus Stag | ★★★★☆ | On palm trees 5 PM to 8 AM | 8,000 |
| 60 |  Golden Stag | ★★★★★ | On palm trees 5 PM to 8 AM | 12,000 |
| 61 |  Giraffe Stag | ★★★★☆ | On palm trees 5 PM to 8 AM | 12,000 |
| 62 |  Horned Dynastid | ★☆☆☆☆ | On trees 5 PM to 8 AM | 1,350 |
| 63 |  Horned Atlas | ★★★★☆ | On palm trees 5 PM to 8 AM | 8,000 |
| 64 |  Horned Elephant | ★★★★☆ | On palm trees 5 PM to 8 AM | 8,000 |
| 65 |  Horned Hercules | ★★★★★ | On palm trees 5 PM to 8 AM | 12,000 |
| 66 |  Walking Stick | ★★☆☆☆ | On trees 4 AM to 8 AM, 5 PM to 7 PM | 600 |
| 67 |  Walking Leaf | ★☆☆☆☆ | Under trees All Day | 600 |
| 68 |  Bagworm | ★☆☆☆☆ | Inside trees All Day | 600 |
| 69 |  Ant | ★☆☆☆☆ | On rotten turnips All Day | 80 |
| 70 |  Hermit Crab | ★☆☆☆☆ | On the shore 7 PM to 8 AM | 1,000 |
| 71 |  Wharf Roach | ★☆☆☆☆ | On the rocky shore All Day | 200 |
| 72 |  Fly | ★★★★★ | On rotten turnips and trash All Day | 60 |
| 73 |  Mosquito | ★☆☆☆☆ | Flying 5 PM to 4 AM | 130 |
| 74 |  Flea | ★★☆☆☆ | On villagers All Day | 70 |
| 75 |  Snail | ★☆☆☆☆ | On rocks during rain All Day | 250 |
| 78 |  Spider | ★☆☆☆☆ | Inside trees 7 PM to 8 AM | 600 |
| 80 |  Scorpion | ★★★☆☆ | On the ground 7 PM to 4 AM | 8,000 |
| Name | Rarity | Location / Times | Sell Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Common Butterfly | ★☆☆☆☆ | Flying 4 AM to 7 PM | 160 |
| 6 | Paper Kite Butterfly | ★☆☆☆☆ | Flying 8 AM to 7 PM | 1,000 |
| 9 | Emperor Butterfly | ★★☆☆☆ | Flying 5 PM to 8 AM | 4,000 |
| 11 | Rajah Brooke's Birdwing | ★☆☆☆☆ | Flying 8 AM to 5 PM | 2,500 |
| 13 | Moth | ★☆☆☆☆ | Flying next to lights 7 PM to 4 AM | 130 |
| 25 | Wasp | ★☆☆☆☆ | Inside trees All Day | 2,500 |
| 35 |  Damselfly | ★☆☆☆☆ | Flying All Day | 500 |
| 37 |  Mole Cricket | ★★★☆☆ | Underground All Day | 500 |
| 44 | Tiger Beetle | ★★★☆☆ | On the ground All Day | 1,500 |
| 47 | Citrus Long-Horned Beetle | ★☆☆☆☆ | On tree stumps All Day | 350 |
| 50 |  Dung Beetle | ★★☆☆☆ | On snowballs All Day | 3,000 |
| 68 | Bagworm | ★☆☆☆☆ | Inside trees All Day | 600 |
| 69 | Ant | ★☆☆☆☆ | On rotten turnips All Day | 80 |
| 70 | Hermit Crab | ★☆☆☆☆ | On the shore 7 PM to 8 AM | 1,000 |
| 71 | Wharf Roach | ★☆☆☆☆ | On the rocky shore All Day | 200 |
| 72 | Fly | ★★★★★ | On rotten turnips and trash All Day | 60 |
| 75 | Snail | ★☆☆☆☆ | On rocks during rain All Day | 250 |
| 76 |  Pill Bug | ★☆☆☆☆ | Underneath rocks 11 PM to 4 PM | 250 |
| 77 |  Centipede | ★☆☆☆☆ | Underneath rocks 4 PM to 11 PM | 300 |
| 78 | Spider | ★☆☆☆☆ | Inside trees 7 PM to 8 AM | 600 |
| 79 |  Tarantula | ★★★☆☆ | On the ground 7 PM to 4 AM | 8,000 |
| Bugs by Month (Northern and Southern Hemisphere) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| January | February | March | April |
| May | June | July | August |
| September | October | November | December |
| Bugs: Related Articles | |||
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