Animal Crossing New Horizons New Fish and Bugs August 2020: What's Leaving and What's Being Added

All new fish and bugs have been added to Animal Crossing New Horizons for August 2020. These will be different for Northern and Southern Hemispheres, so to help you get them all we've put together this guide. It lists all of the new fish and bugs that have been added for August 2020, broken up into each hemisphere. We've included info on where and when to catch each critter, as well as their availability.

Fish Added to Animal Crossing New Horizons in August (Northern Hemisphere)

A bunch of new fish have been added to Animal Crossing New Horizons for August 2020. You can find info on each one below. Note that this table refers to the northern hemisphere.

Fish	Location	Price	Availibility
Soft-Shelled turtle	River	3750	4pm - 9am
Moray Eel	Ocean	2000	All Day
Ray	Ocean	3000	4am-9pm
Flatworm	Ocean Floor	700	4pm - 9am

Bugs Added in August 2020 (Northern Hemisphere)

Even more bugs have been added to the game for August. Here's what's new in the northern hemisphere:

Name	Location	Price	Availibility
Migratory Locist	Ground	600	8am - 7pm
Rice Grasshopper	Ground	400	8am - 7pm
Walker Cicada	Trees	400	8am - 5pm

Fish Added in August 2020(Southern Hemisphere)

There are no new fish to catch in August for the Southern Hemisphere:

You'll need a fishing rod to catch fish. Head here for info on how to get one.

Bugs Added in August 2020 (Southern Hemisphere)

A few bugs have been added for August in the southern hemisphere. We'll update this page if anything new is discovered.

Name	Location	Price	Availibility
Tiger Beetle	Ground	1500	All day

For more info on catching things with your net, head here.

Bugs and Fish Leaving Animal Crossing New Horizons in August 2020

There are a couple of bugs and fish leaving Animal Crossing New Horizons at the end of August 2020. We've listed them below, and will go into more detail further in the article. We'll split them into bugs and fish, and by hemisphere.

• Frog (North)
• Giant Snakehead
• Killifish
• Napoleonfish
• Squid
• Sea Pineapple
• Vampire Squid
• Blue Weevil Beetle
• Brown Cicada
• Cicada Shell
• Common Bluebottle
• Cyclommatus Stag
• Drone Beetle
• Evening Cicada
• Giant Cicada
• Giant Stag
• Giraffe Stag
• Golden Stag
• Great Purple Emperor
• Horned Atlas
• Horned Dynastid
• Horned Elephant
• Horned Hercules
• Jewel Beetle
• Miyama Stag
• Robust Cicada
• Saw Stag
• Scarab Beetle

• Pond Smelt (South)
• Blowfish
• Rajah Brooke's Birdwing
• Damselfly
• Dung Beetle

Fish Leaving the Northern Hemisphere in August

Name	Location	Price	Availibility
Frog	Pond	120	May-Aug
Giant Snakehead	Pond	5500	Jun-Aug
Killifish	Pond	300	Apr-Aug
Napoleonfish	Sea	10000	Jul-Aug
Squid	Sea	500	Dec-Aug
Sea Pineapple	Deep Sea	1500	May-Aug
Vampire Squid	Deep Sea	10000	Apr-Aug

Bugs Leaving the Northern Hemishere in August 2020

Name	Location	Price	Availibility
Blue Weevil Beetle	tree Stumps	800	Jul-Aug
Brown Cicada	Trees	250	Jul-Aug
Cicada Shell	Trees	10	Jul-Aug
Common Bluebottle	Flying	300	Apr-Aug
Cyclommatus Stag	Coconut Trees	8000	Jul-Aug
Drone Beetle	Trees	200	Jun-Aug
Evening Cicada	Trees	550	Jul-Aug
Giant Cicada	Trees	500	Jul-Aug
Giant Stag	Trees	10000	Jul-Aug
Giraffe Stag	Trees	12000	Jul-Aug
Golden Stag	Coconut Trees	12000	Jul-Aug
Great Purple Emperor	Flying	3000	May-Aug
Horned Atlas	Coconut Trees	8000	Jul-Aug
Horned Dynastid	Trees	1350	Jul-Aug
Horned Elephant	Coconut Trees	8000	Jul-Aug
Horned Hercules	Coconut Trees	12000	Jul-Aug
Jewel Beetle	Tree Stumps	2400	Apr-Aug
Miyama Stag	Trees	1000	Jul-Aug
Robust Cicada	Trees	300	Jul-Aug
Saw Stag	Trees	2000	Jul-Aug
Scarab Beetle	Trees	10000	Jul-Aug

Fish Leaving the Southern Hemisphere in August

Name	Location	Price	Availibility
Pond Smelt	Rivers	N/A	Jun-Aug
Blowfish	Sea	N/A	May-Aug

Bugs Leaving the Southern Hemisphere in August

Name	Location	Price	Availibility
Rajah Brooke's Birdwing	Flying	N/A	Oct-Aug
Damselfly	Flying	N/A	May-Aug
Dung Beetle	Ground	N/A	Jun- Aug

If you're catching these fish to make yourself some Bells, be sure to visit our Bells Making Guide which outlines some other good ways to make money.

That's all you need to know about the bugs and fish for this month. For more on Animal Crossing New Horizons be sure to check out Caty's review. Elsewhere, there's Hirun's writeup of how cloud saving works.