Animal Crossing: New Horizons – bugs, fish, and sea creatures leaving in February

Posted on February 28, 2021 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch

With just a day remaining in February, there isn’t much time left to catch the current critters in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The game’s bugs, fish, and sea creatures will be cycled out when the month ends.

We have a recap of what’s leaving at the end of February below, courtesy of Polygon. Charts are available for both the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.

Fish and bugs leaving Animal Crossing: New Horizons after February (Northern Hemisphere)

Critter Type	Name	Location	Size	Time
Bug	Raja Brooke’s Birdwing	Flying by purple flowers	N/A	8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Bug	Damselfly	Flying	N/A	All day
Bug	Dung Beetle	Pushing snowballs	N/A	All day
Fish	Pond Smelt	River	Small	All day
Fish	Blowfish	Sea	Medium	9 p.m. – 4 a.m.
Sea creature	Sea pig	Ocean diving	N/A	4 p.m. – 9 a .m.
Sea creature	Oyster	Ocean diving	N/A	All day
Sea creature	Sweet shrimp	Ocean diving	N/A	4 p.m. – 9 a.m.
Sea creature	Venus’ flower basket	Ocean diving	N/A	All day

Fish and bugs leaving Animal Crossing: New Horizons after February (Southern Hemisphere)

Critter Type	Name	Location	Size	Time
Bug	Common Bluebottle	Flying	N/A	4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Bug	Great Purple Emperor	Flying	N/A	4 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Bug	Brown Cicada	On trees	N/A	8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Bug	Robust Cicada	On trees	N/A	8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Bug	Giant Cicada	On trees	N/A	8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Bug	Evening Cicada	On trees	N/A	4 a.m. – 8 a.m., 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Bug	Cicada Shell	On trees	N/A	All day
Bug	Jewel Beetle	On tree stumps	N/A	All day
Bug	Blue Weevil Beetle	On coconut trees	N/A	All day
Bug	Scarab Beetle	On trees	N/A	11 p.m. – 8 a.m.
Bug	Drone Beetle	On trees	N/A	All day
Bug	Saw Stag	On trees	N/A	All day
Bug	Miyama Stag	On trees	N/A	All day
Bug	Giant Stag	On trees	N/A	11 p.m. – 8 a.m.
Bug	Cyclommatus Stag	On coconut trees	N/A	5 p.m. – 8 a.m.
Bug	Golden Stag	On coconut trees	N/A	5 p.m. – 8 a.m.
Bug	Giraffe Stag	On coconut trees	N/A	5 p.m. – 8 a.m.
Bug	Horned Dynastid	On trees	N/A	5 p.m. – 8 a.m.
Bug	Horned Atlas	On coconut trees	N/A	5 p.m. – 8 a.m.
Bug	Horned Elephant	On coconut trees	N/A	5 p.m. – 8 a.m.
Bug	Horned Herucles	On coconut trees	N/A	5 p.m. – 8 a.m.
Bug	Walking Leaf	Near trees, disguised as furniture leaf	N/A	All day
Fish	Killifish	Pond	Smallest	All day
Fish	Frog	Pond	Small	All day
Fish	Giant Snakehead	Pond	X Large	9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Fish	Napoleonfish	Sea	Largest	4 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Fish	Squid	Sea	Medium	All day
Sea creature	Vampire squid	Ocean diving	N/A	4 p.m. – 9 a.m.

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