Whether or not an Fossils. While finding real Art and complete Fossil collections tend to be largely a matter of luck and a keen eye, players can catch Fish and Bugs year-round, though some of these creatures are seasonal, only available at certain times and in certain regions, making it just a little more of a challenge for players to complete their exhibits.
Players who enjoy the calming act of catching and collecting Bugs in the game will almost always donate their first catch of a new creature to the Museum to complete the Bug Gallery. At the time of writing, there are 80 possible bugs to collect, divided between regions and seasons, with more possible in future game updates. Players will need to catch and donate every single one to complete that wing of the Museum. Here is every bug players need to catch and bring to Blathers to contribute to a complete Museum.
All Bugs Needed to Complete the Museum in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
So far, 80 bugs have flown or crawled their way to islands in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Each month, players can expect to find a few new bugs, or to lose some until the following year. Because of this, players will either need to wait or time travel to catch them all. Here is the complete Bug list:
- Agrias Butterfly
- Ant
- Atlas Moth
- Bagworm
- Banded Dragonfly
- Bell Cricket
- Blue Weevil Beetle
- Brown Cicada
- Centipede
- Cicada Shell
- Citrus Long-Horned Beetle
- Common Bluebottle
- Common Butterfly
- Cricket
- Cyclommatus Stag
- Damselfly
- Darner Dragonfly
- Diving Beetle
- Drone Beetle
- Dung Beetle
- Earth-boring Dung Beetle
- Emperor Butterfly
- Evening Cicada
- Firefly
- Flea
- Fly
- Giant Cicada
- Giant Stag
- Giant Water Bug
- Giraffe Stag
- Golden Stag
- Goliath Beetle
- Grasshopper
- Great Purple Emperor
- Hermit Crab
- Honeybee
- Horned Atlas
- Horned Dynastid
- Horned Elephant
- Horned Hercules
- Jewel Beetle
- Ladybug
- Long Locust
- Madagascan Sunset Moth
- Man-faced Stink Bug
- Mantis
- Migratory Locust
- Miyama Stag
- Mole Cricket
- Monarch Butterfly
- Mosquito
- Moth
- Orchid Mantis
- Paper Kite Butterfly
- Peacock Butterfly
- Pill Bug
- Pondskater
- Queen Alexandra's Birdwing
- Rainbow Stag
- Rajah Brooke's Birdwing
- Red Dragonfly
- Rice Grasshopper
- Robust Cicada
- Rosalia Batesi Beetle
- Saw Stag
- Scarab Beetle
- Scorpion
- Snail
- Spider
- Stinkbug
- Tarantula
- Tiger Beetle
- Tiger Butterfly
- Violin Beetle
- Walker Cicada
- Walking Leaf
- Walking Stick
- Wasp
- Wharf Roach
- Yellow Butterfly
Players will particularly want to pay attention to the cycle of bugs to make sure they don't miss any before they fly or scurry away. They will also want to be sure to watch for future updates to the game that may introduce new critters.
What Happens When the Bug Gallery is Complete in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Players are currently a little disappointed to find that nothing happens when they complete a gallery or the entire Museum in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. While Blathers will express gratitude for a while upon receiving the final needed donation, players do not receive a reward. Some are hoping this changes and that a new reward will be added in future updates.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available for the Nintendo Switch.
