All new and leaving fish, bugs, sea creatures in May in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Fully updated with sea creatures! Don't miss a single creature to complete your museum!
Are you still playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons? Because I know I am. I can't stop. It has become a problem. I'm relentlessly talking about Animal Crossing, messaging my girlfriend about it, decorating my town…
I have a full week's worth of developments planned, including demolitions and new builds. Got like 5 million bells in the bank to fund my ambitions. This game is intense.
But of course, the bread and butter of Animal Crossing is fish and bugs, and your primary goal should be to fill up your museum with all of those creepy critters. That is why we've written up this guide, of course.
Take a look through this guide for all the details you need on which fish and bugs are entering and leaving your island in the month of May. There's good news in the form of plenty of brand new creatures, but bad news as plenty of rarer fish and leaving both hemispheres.
If you need help finding any of the fish or bugs we've listed, check out our full Animal Crossing: New Horizons list of fish and list of bugs for full information on where you can find them, and at what time of day.
- Every fish in the game, locations, times, etc.
- Every bug in the game, locations, times, etc.
- Every sea creature in the game, locations, times, etc.
Now that's out of the way, cast your eyes down below for all of the fish and bugs you need to keep an eye out for…
New and leaving fish in the North
In the Northern Hemisphere there are a lot of brand new fish to find, and make sure you catch the Golden Trout and Oarfish before it's too late!
New- Frog
- Catfish
- Nibble Fish
- Angelfish
- Betta
- Rainbowfish
- Giant trevally
- Mahi-mahi
- Loach
- Golden trout
- Oarfish
New and leaving fish in the South
A lot of fish are leaving the Southern hemisphere this month, so make sure to catch them all before it's too late.
New- Bitterling
- Blowfish
- Tuna
- Blue marlin
- Football fish
- Cherry salmon
- Char
- Golden trout
- Mitten crab
- Guppy
- Neon tetra
- Sea horse
- Zebra turkeyfish
- Barred knifejaw
- Ray
New and leaving bugs in the North
See ya later Mole cricket, you loser! Haha, suck it! Can't wait to catch these new butterflies.
New- Great purple emperor
- Queen Alexandra's birdwing
- Banded dragonfly
- Diving beetle
- Violin beetle
- Rosalia batesi beetle
- Scorpion
- Mole cricket
New and leaving bugs in the South
Wave goodbye to a lot of the bugs you find on the ground, they've mostly been replaced by, um, tarantulas… Good luck finding that legendary island while Flick is in town!
New- Damselfly
- Mole cricket
- Tarantula
- Monarch butterfly
- Long locust
- Migratory locust
- Rice grasshopper
- Cricket
- Mantis
- Orchid mantis
- Violin beetle
- Walking stick
New and leaving sea creatures in the North
- Sea urchin
- Slate pencil urchin
- Gigas giant clam
- Vampire squid
- Spotted garden eel
- Turban shell
- Umbrella octopus
- Dungeoness crab
A handful of new sea creatures for you go diving for this month!
New and leaving sea creatures in the South
- Sea cucumber
- Sea pig
- Dungeoness crab
- Snow crab
- Red king crab
- Chambered nautilus
- Umbrella octopus
- Gazami crab
Make sure to get that rare Gazami crab before it's gone!
