New Fish and Bugs in July: Everything arriving and leaving this month in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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Guide by Lottie Lynn Guides Editor

Updated on March 31, 2021

July marks the arrival, and departure, of a range of new fish, bugs and sea creatures in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Much like June and the upcoming August, you'll be able to catch these new critters on your island.

Catching every fish, bug and sea creatures in New Horizons will not only help complete the Museum, but will unlock the DIY recipes for two of the Golden Tools.

The Critterpedia details when each creature appears on your island, but, to gain this information, you must first catch the creature in question. To help you out, this page explains exactly which fish and bugs arrive and vanish in July.

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New Animal Crossing bugs, fish and sea creatures arriving in July
Animal Crossing bugs, fish and sea creatures leaving in July

New Animal Crossing bugs, fish and sea creatures arriving in July

Each month in New Horizons brings at least one new fish, bug or sea creatures for you to hunt down on your island.

Successfully catching these creatures will help you complete the exhibits at the Museum and your own Critterpedia, so it's always a good idea to know which critters are heading to your island.

It should be noted that the following only applies to the northern hemisphere.

All new bugs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons in July:

Animal Crossing Bugs	Months available	Times available	Location	Bug Price
Grasshopper	July to September	8am to 5pm	On the ground	160
Brown Cicada	July to August	8am to 5pm	On trees	250
Robust Cicada	July to August	8am to 5pm	On trees	300
Giant Cicada	July to August	8am to 5pm	On trees	500
Evening Cicada	July to August	4am to 8am 4pm to 7pm	On trees	550
Cicada Shell	July to August	All day	On trees	10
Blue Weevil Beetle	July to August	All day	Appears on a tree stump	800
Earth-boring Dung Beetle	July to September	All day	On the ground	300
Scarab Beetle	July to August	11pm to 8am	On trees	10000
Saw Stag	July to August	All day	On trees	2000
Miyama Stag	July to August	All day	On trees	1000
Giant Stag	July to August	11pm to 8am	On trees	10000
Cyclommatus Stag	July to August	5pm to 8am	On coconut trees	8000
Golden Stag	July to August	5pm to 8am	On coconut trees	12000
Giraffe Stag	July to August	5pm to 8am	On coconut trees	12000
Horned Dynastid	July to August	5pm to 8am	On trees	1350
Horned Atlas	July to August	5pm to 8am	On coconut trees	8000
Horned Elephant	July to August	5pm to 8am	On coconut trees	8000
Horned Hercules	July to August	5pm to 8am	On coconut trees	12000
Walking Stick	July to November	4am to 8am 5pm to 7pm	On trees	600
Walking Leaf	July to September	All day	Under trees disguised as leaves	600

All new fish in Animal Crossing: New Horizons in July:

Animal Crossing Fish	Months available	Times available	Location	Fish Price
Sweetfish	July to September	24 hours	River	900
Napoelonfish	July to August	4am to 9pm	Sea	10000
Puffer Fish	July to September	24 hours	Sea	250
Blue Marlin	November to April July to September	24 hours	Pier	10000
Ocean Sunfish	July to September	4am to 9pm	Sea	4000

All new sea creatures in Animal Crossing: New Horizons in July:

Animal Crossing Sea Creatures	Months available	Times available	Sea Creature Price
Moon Jellyfish	July to September	24 hours	600
Giant Isopod	July to October	9am to 4pm 9pm to 4am	12000
Horseshoe Crab	July to September	9pm to 4am	2500

The Animal Crossing 2.0 update and Happy Home Paradise is here! We can help you with the new additions - including where to find Brewster, Gyroids, new villagers, ordinances, new fences, storage shed, new hairstyles, Froggy Chair, group stretching and Kapp'n boat tours. Cooking is now unlockable, so you need to know how to make both flour and sugar, as well as how to grow carrots, potatoes and tomatoes. Meanwhile, if you're new to Animal Crossing, our New Horizons tips can help with the basics. From the off, there's fish and bugs to catch, flowers and fruit to grow with. One long term goal is building your Happy Home Academy score. Finally, you need tools such as the new ladder and vaulting pole to fully explore.

Animal Crossing bugs, fish and sea creatures leaving in July

There's only so much room on your island in New Horizons, so, for more bugs, fish and sea creatures to arrive, some have to leave. You'll want to ensure you've caught at least one of these creatures before they leave, because you'll have to wait a couple of months for them to return.

Don't worry too much if you do miss a fish, bug or sea creature - they will return to your island eventually.

If you want to ensure that you don't miss anyone though, then it's a good idea to try catching these creatures closer to the beginning of the month. This will prevent the end-of-the-month bug, fish or sea creature hunt rush.

Tadpoles are leaving at the end of July.

Our dedicated guides for both fish, bugs and sea creatures will also supply you with a host of bug hunting or fishing tips.

It should be noted that the following only applies to the northern hemisphere.

All Animal Crossing bugs leaving at the end of July:

Animal Crossing Bugs	Months available	Times available	Location	Bug Price
Honeybee	March to July	8am to 5pm	Flying around flowers	200

All Animal Crossing fish leaving at the end of July:

Animal Crossing Fish	Months available	Times available	Location	Fish Price
Tadpole	March to July	24 hours	Pond	100

All Animal Crossing sea creatures leaving at the end of July:

Animal Crossing Sea Creatures	Months available	Times available	Sea Creature Price
Seaweed	October to July	24 hours	600

If you want to know more about the entries in your Critterpedia, then our respective fish list, bug list and sea creatures pages display every species that can be found throughout the year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.