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These are the new fish and bugs for June in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

It’s shark season for Northern Hemisphere players

An Animal Crossing character holds up a Whale Shark by the ocean Image: Nintendo EPD/Nintendo via Polygon
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June is here, which means a bunch of new bugs and fish are showing up in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

There’s no rush to catch any of them, as they’ll stick around for much longer than a month, but make sure you donate any new finds to Blathers to complete your Museum. You can tell when you’ve caught a new creature because your character will exclaim “Yes!” before they say the bug or fish’s name.

You can also check in your Critterpedia to see if you’ve donated the bug fish or not. If you have, there will be a little owl icon next to the critter name. (Note that these emblems won’t show up if you’re on someone else’s island.)

Most notably, the Northern Hemisphere will be getting sharks. Collecting sharks can be lucrative and they’re quite easy to spot, since a fin will be sticking out of the water. (But beware of Suckerfish!)

You can take a look at the fish and bugs returning to your islands below. We’ve separated the lists by hemisphere.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons new fish and bugs in June (Northern Hemisphere)

Critter type Critter Location Size Time
Critter type Critter Location Size Time
Bug Emperor Butterfly Flying N/A 5 p.m. - 8 a.m.
Bug Drone Beetle On trees N/A All day
Bug Goliath Beetle On coconut trees N/A 5 p.m. - 8 a.m.
Bug Rainbow Stag On trees N/A 7 p.m. - 8 a.m.
Bug Mosquito Flying N/A 5 p.m. - 4 a.m.
Bug Firefly Flying N/A 7 p.m. - 4 a.m.
Fish Giant Snakehead Pond X Large 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Fish Tilapia River Medium All day
Fish Piranha River Small 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., 9 p.m. - 4 a.m.
Fish Arowana River Large 4 p.m. - 9 a.m.
Fish Dorado River X Large 4 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Fish Gar Pond Largest 4 p.m. - 9 a.m.
Fish Arapaima River Largest 4 p.m. - 9 a.m.
Fish Saddled Bichir River Large 9 p.m. - 4 a.m.
Fish Ribbon Eel Sea Narrow All day
Fish Saw Shark Sea Largest (Fin) 4 p.m. - 9 a.m.
Fish Hammerhead Shark Sea Largest (Fin) 4 p.m. - 9 a.m.
Fish Great White Shark Sea Largest (Fin) 4 p.m. - 9 a.m.
Fish Whale Shark Sea Largest (Fin) All day
Fish Suckerfish Sea Large (Fin) All day
Sea Creature Sea grapes Ocean (diving) N/A All day
Sea Creature Mussel Ocean (diving) N/A All day
Sea Creature Abalone Ocean (diving) N/A 4 p.m. - 9 a.m.
Sea Creature Gazami crab Ocean (diving) N/A All day
Sea Creature Tiger prawn Ocean (diving) N/A 4 p.m. - 9 a.m.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons new fish and bugs in June (Southern Hemisphere)

Critter type Critter Location Size Time
Critter type Critter Location Size Time
Bug Dung Beetle Pushing snowballs N/A All day
Fish Pond Smelt River Small All day
Fish Stringfish River (Clifftop) X Large 4 p.m. - 9 a.m.
Fish Sea Butterfly Sea Smallest All day
Fish Squid Sea Medium All day
Fish Oarfish Sea Largest All day
Sea Creature Lobster Ocean (diving) N/A All day

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