No need to waste your time catching each and every bug that crosses your path. Below is a chart containing bugs worth 2,000 to 12,000 bells. Catch these bugs on your island and sell them to earn more bells with this simple guide. Please note the table below contains information for the Northern Hemisphere.
| BUG NAME | TIME AVAILABLE | SELL PRICE |
| Agrias Butterfly | April to September 8am to 5pm | 3000 |
| Atlas Moth | April to September 7pm to 4am | 3000 |
| Wasp | all year all times | 2500 |
| Banded Dragonfly | May to October 8am to 5pm | 4500 |
| Emperor Butterfly | December to March June to September 5pm to 8am | 4000 |
| Cyclommatus Stag | July to August 8am to 5pm | 8000 |
| Great Purple Emperor | May to August 4am to 7pm | 3000 |
| Horned Atlas | July to August 5pm to 8am | 8000 |
| Golden Stag | July to August 5pm to 8am | 12000 |
| Goliath Beetle | December to March 5pm to 8am | 8000 |
| Horned Elephant | July to August 5pm to 8am | 8000 |
| Madagascan Sunset Moth | April to September 8am to 4pm | 2500 |
| Jewel Beetle | April to August all times | 2400 |
| Scorpion | May to October 7pm to 4am | 8000 |
| Rosalia Batesi Beetle | May to September all times | 3000 |
| Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing | May to September 8am to 4pm | 4000 |
| Rainbow Stag | June to September 8am to 7pm | 6000 |
| Scarab Beetle | July to August 11pm to 8am | 10000 |
| Orchid Mantis | March to November 8am to 5pm | 2400 |
| Peacock Butterfly | March to June 4am to 7pm | 2500 |
| Tarantula | November to April 7pm to 4am | 8000 |
Bugs will come and go out of season in Animal Crossing. If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, check out this comprehensive post by Gamespot or visit Fandom’s wiki for the correct times to find bugs.
EARN MORE BELLS BY SELLING BUGS THIS WAY
While Blathers hates bugs, Flick will buy them at a markup. Flick is a red lizard character that will randomly appear on your island and stay until the morning of the next day.
Flick buys bugs at a 50% markup. That means you will earn more bugs if you save them and sell them to Flick rather than the boys at Nook’s Cranny.
STOP PUTTING AWAY YOUR BUGS IN STORAGE
Bugs take up space. Instead of storing your creepy crawlies, free up some valuable, much-needed space by placing them on the ground outside your home. Certain bugs can be stacked, which frees up even more space. Once Flick arrives to your island, you can walk over to your bug containers, pick them up, and sell them to him from your own inventory, without the hassle of going home (or to storage unit), finding them, and adding them back to your pockets.
GET THE FREE ANIMAL CROSSING PLANNER
Track your Critterpedia progress with this free Animal Crossing New Horizons bug tracker planner! Check off which bugs you have caught and donated to the Museum. This PDF file is ready to print or use digitally and is available in full color as well as black-and-white.
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