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Bugs: April
Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Bugs: April

Discover which bugs appear in April in Animal Crossing: New Horizons for both Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Find locations, times, and prices to complete your Critterpedia!

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Discover which bugs appear in April in Animal Crossing: New Horizons for both Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Find locations, times, and prices to complete your Critterpedia!

This guide lists all the bugs available to catch in April in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, separated by hemisphere. Find out where and when to catch them, and their selling price.

Northern Hemisphere

April is Spring in the Northern Hemisphere.

BugLocationTime of DayPrice
Agrias ButterflyFlying4am - 7pm3,000
AntRotten FoodAll day80
Atlas MothOn Trees7pm - 4am3,000
BagwormShaking treesAll day600
Banded DragonflyFlying8am - 5pm4,500
CentipedeHitting rocks4pm - 11pm300
Citrus Long-Horned BeetleOn tree stumpsAll day350
Common BluebottleFlying4am - 7pm300
Common butterflyFlying4am - 7pm160
Darner DragonflyFlying8am - 5pm230
Diving BeetleOn Freshwater8am - 7pm
FleaOn VillagersAll Day70
FlyOn TrashAll day60
Giant Water BugOn Freshwater7pm - 8am2,000
Great Purple EmperorFlying4am - 7pm3,000
Hermit CrabHidden in Shells7pm - 8am1,000
HoneybeeFlying8am - 5pm200
Jewel BeetleOn Tree StumpsAll day2,400
LadybugOn Flowers8am - 5pm200
Long LocustOn the Ground8am - 7pm200
Madagascan Sunset MothFlying8am - 4pm2,500
Man-Faced StinkbugOn Flowers7pm - 8am1,000
MantisOn flowers8am - 5pm430
Mole CricketUndergroundAll day500
MothFlying Near Light7pm - 4am130
Orchid MantisOn White Flowers8am - 5pm2,400
Paper Kite ButterflyFlying8am - 7pm1,000
Peacock ButterflyNear Hybrid Flowers4am - 7pm2,500
Pill BugHit Rocks11pm - 4pm250
Rajah Brooke’s BirdwingFlying8am - 5pm2,500
SnailRocks/Bushes (rain)All day250
SpiderShaking Trees7pm - 8am480
StinkbugOn FlowersAll day120
TarantulaOn the Ground7pm - 4am8,000
Tiger BeetleOn the GroundAll day1,500
Tiger ButterflyFlying4am - 7pm240
WaspShaking TreesAll day2,500
Wharf RoachOn Beach RocksAll day200
Yellow ButterflyFlying4am - 7pm160

Southern Hemisphere

April is Autumn/Fall in the Southern Hemisphere.

BugLocationTime of DayPrice
AntRotten FoodAll day80
BagwormShake TreesAll day600
Banded DragonflyFlying8am - 5pm4,500
Bell CricketOn the Ground5pm - 8am430
CentipedeHit Rocks4pm - 11pm300
Citrus Long-Horned BeetleOn StumpsAll day350
Common ButterflyFlying4am - 7pm160
CricketOn the Ground5pm - 8am130
Darner DragonflyFlying8am - 5pm230
FleaOn VillagersAll Day70
FlyOn TrashAll Day60
Hermit CrabHidden in Shells7pm - 8am1,000
LadybugOn Flowers8am - 5pm200
Long LocustOn the Ground8am - 7pm200
Man-faced StinkbugOn Flowers7pm - 8am1,000
MantisOn Flowers8am - 5pm430
Migratory LocustOn the Ground8am - 7pm600
Monarch ButterflyFlying4am - 5pm140
MothFlying Near Light7pm - 4am130
Orchid MantisOn White Flowers8am - 5pm2,400
Paper Kite ButterflyFlying8am - 7pm1,000
Pill BugHit Rocks11pm - 4pm250
Red DragonflyFlying8am - 7pm180
Rice GrasshopperOn the Ground8am - 7pm160
ScorpionOn the Ground7pm - 4am8,000
SnailRocks/Bushes (rain)All day250
SpiderShaking Trees7pm - 8am480
StinkbugOn FlowersAll day120
Tiger ButterflyFlying4am - 7pm240
Violin BeetleOn Tree stumpsAll day450
Walking StickOn Trees4am - 8am, 5pm - 7pm600
WaspShaking TreesAll day2,500
Wharf RoachOn Beach RocksAll day200
Yellow ButterflyFlying4am - 7pm160

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