Animal Crossing: New Horizons June fish and bugs: Everything arriving and leaving your island this month

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The month of June has officially started and that means all kinds of new Animal Crossing: New Horizons fish and bugs have arrived. With catches big and small to reel in or net, this month has plenty of exciting additions that you can marvel at in your museum once you land that all important catch. We've put together a list of every new Animal Crossing: New Horizons June fish or bug broken down by hemisphere, with the locations of these new critters and what times you can find them on your island. And, if you want to make sure you've caught every bug or fish before they make an exit at the end of June, we've also listed every critter that will be leaving at the end of the month.

So without further ado, here's everything you need to know about all of the fish and bugs making an appearance in June in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

New N.Hem

Northern Hemisphere - New for June

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Type	Name	Location	Availability
Fish	Tilapia	River	All hours
Fish	Piranha	River	9 am - 4pm / 9pm - 4am
Fish	Dorado	River	4am - 9pm
Fish	Arowana	River	4pm - 9am
Fish	Saddled Bichir	River	9pm - 4am
Fish	Arapaima	River	4pm - 9am
Fish	Giant Snakehead	Pond	9am - 4pm
Fish	Gar	Pond	4pm - 9am
Fish	Ribbon Eel	Sea	All hours
Fish	Suckerfish	Sea	All hours
Fish	Whale Shark	Sea	All hours
Fish	Saw Shark	Sea	4pm - 9am
Fish	Hammerhead Shark	Sea	4pm - 9am
Fish	Great White Shark	Sea	4pm - 9am
Bug	Drone Beetle	On trees	All hours
Bug	Rainbow Stag	On trees	5pm - 8am
Bug	Goliath Beetle	On trees	5pm - 8am
Bug	Firefly	Flying	7pm - 4am
Bug	Mosquito	Flying	5pm - 4am
Bug	Emperor Butterfly	Flying	5pm - 8am

New S.Hem

Southern Hemisphere - New for June

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Type	Name	Location	Availability
Fish	Pond Smelt	River	All hours
Fish	Stringfish	River (Clifftop)	4pm - 9am
Fish	Sea Butterfly	Sea	All hours
Fish	Oarfish	Sea	All hours
Fish	Squid	Sea	All hours
Bug	Rajah Brooke's birdwing	Flying	8am - 5pm
Bug	Emperor Butterfly	Flying	5pm - 8am
Bug	Dung Beetle	Snow balls	All hours

Leaving N.Hem

Northern Hemisphere - Leaving in June

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Type	Name	Location	Availability
Fish	Cherry Salmon	River (Clifftop)	4am - 9am / 4pm- 9pm
Fish	Char	River (Clifftop)	4pm - 9am
Bug	Common butterfly	Flying	4am - 7pm
Bug	Yellow butterfly	Flying	4am - 7pm
Bug	Peacock butterfly	Flying	4am - 7pm
Bug	Firefly	Flying	7pm - 4am
Bug	Ladybug	On flowers	8am - 5pm
Bug	Pill Bug	Rocks	11pm - 4pm
Bug	Centipede	Rocks	4pm - 11pm
Bug	Violin Beetle	On trees	All hours

Leaving S.Hem

Southern Hemisphere - Leaving in June

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Type	Name	Location	Availability
Fish	Pike	River	All hours

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