If you're looking to complete your critterpedia, you'll need to be aware of the fish and bugs leaving Animal Crossing: New Horizons in March. Some won't be back until at least the tail end of this year, some early next, so you'll want to hunker down and find them all now while you still can.
There are 80 Animal Crossing: New Horizons fish to catch across the entire year, and the same goes for the 80 Animal Crossing: New Horizons bugs species too.
Below, you will find every bug and fish that will not be available after March 31 in Animal Crossing: New Horizons - organised by hemisphere, and by critterpedia entry order. Use the links above and to your left to jump to any specific segment you need.
Northern hemisphere fish
Northern Hemisphere fish leaving in March
Name | Availability | Location | Returning in | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bitterling | All hours | River | Nov |
2 | Yellow Perch | All hours | River | Oct |
3 | Stringfish | 4PM - 9AM | River (Clifftop) | Dec |
4 | Sturgeon | All hours | River (Mouth) | Sep |
5 | Sea Butterfly | All hours | Sea | Dec |
6 | Football Fish | 4PM - 9AM | Sea | Nov |
Northern hemisphere bugs
Northern Hemisphere bugs leaving in March
Name | Availability | Location | Returning in | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Emperor Butterfly | 5PM - 8AM | Flying | June |
Southern hemisphere fish
Southern Hemisphere fish leaving in March
Name | Availability | Location | Returning in | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Crawfish | All hours | Pond | Oct |
2 | Soft-shelled Turtle | 4PM - 9AM | River | Feb 2021 |
3 | Sweetfish | All hours | River | Jan 2021 |
4 | Salmon | All hours | River (Mouth) | Mar 2021 |
5 | King Salmon | All hours | River (Mouth) | Mar 2021 |
6 | Nibble Fish | 9AM - 4PM | River | Nov |
7 | Piranha | 9AM - 4PM AND 9PM - 4AM | River | Dec |
8 | Arowana | 4PM - 9AM | River | Dec |
9 | Dorado | 4PM - 9AM | River | Dec |
10 | Arapaima | 4PM - 9AM | River | Dec |
11 | Saddled Bichir | 9PM - 4AM | River | Dec |
12 | Clown Fish | All hours | Sea | Oct |
13 | Surgeonfish | All hours | Sea | Oct |
14 | Butterfly Fish | All hours | Sea | Oct |
15 | Puffer Fish | All hours | Sea | Jan 2021 |
16 | Ocean Sunfish | 4AM - 9PM | Sea | Jan 2021 |
17 | Saw Shark | 4PM - 9AM | Sea | Dec |
18 | Hammerhead Shark | 4PM - 9AM | Sea | Dec |
19 | Great White Shark | 4PM - 9AM | Sea | Dec |
20 | Whale Shark | All hours | Sea | Dec |
21 | Suckerfish | All hours | Sea | Dec |
Southern hemisphere bugs
Southern Hemisphere bugs leaving in March
Name | Availability | Location | Returning in | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tiger Butterfly | 4AM - 7PM | Flying | Sep |
2 | Great Purple Emperor | 4AM - 7PM | Flying | Dec |
3 | Agrias Butterfly | 8AM - 5PM | Flying | Nov |
4 | Queen Alexandra's Birdwing | 8AM - 4PM | Flying | Nov |
5 | Atlas Moth | 7PM - 4AM | Flying | Oct |
6 | Madagascan Sunset Moth | 8AM - 4PM | Flying | Oct |
7 | Grasshopper | 8AM - 5PM | Ground | Jan 2021 |
8 | Walker Cicada | 8AM - 5PM | On trees | Feb 2021 |
9 | Pondskater | 8AM - 7PM | On ponds | Nov |
10 | Diving Beetle | 8AM - 7PM | On ponds and rivers | Nov |
11 | Giant Water Bug | 7PM - 8AM | On ponds and rivers | Oct |
12 | Stinkbug | All hours | On flowers | Sep |
13 | Rosalia Batesi Beetle | All hours | Tree stumps | Nov |
14 | Earth-boring Dung Beetle | All hours | On the ground | Jan 2021 |
15 | Goliath Beetle | 5PM - 8AM | On trees | Dec |
16 | Rainbow Stag | 7PM - 8AM | On trees | Dec |
17 | Walking Leaf | All hours | At the base of trees (looks like furniture leaf) | Jan 2021 |
18 | Mosquito | 5PM - 4AM | Flying | Dec |
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