Animal Crossing: New Horizons has a wide range of exciting features that closely represent the real world. Anyone who has played the game knows how immersive and fun the experience is to catch bugs and fishes. Moreover, the social simulation game takes place in real-time and includes natural phenomena like the change of seasons and weather.

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Monthly changes and updates are frequent occurrences in the world of New Horizons. The game has new fish, bugs, and sea creatures that cycle in our out every month. Therefore, an assortment of critters is set to depart both the north and south hemisphere islands after September 30. Some of these critters might not become available for quite some time, so players are advised to catch as many as they can before time runs out.

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With autumn in full swing, many bugs, fish, and sea creatures will take their leave from islands in the northern hemisphere. Meanwhile, southern hemisphere players will not experience as many critter departures due to the pleasant spring months. All the Animal Crossing critters leaving both hemispheres after September are listed below. Players need to keep an eye out so that they don’t miss out on adding to their collection.

List of critters departing Northern Hemisphere after September

Departing fishes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Name Price Location Shadow size Time
Crawfish 200 Pond  Small All-day
Soft-shelled turtle 3750 River  Medium-large 4 pm-9 am
Sweetfish 900 River Medium-small All-day
Salmon 700 River (Mouth) Medium-large All-day
King salmon 1800 River (Mouth) Huge All-day
Nibble fish 1500 River Tiny 9 am-4 pm
Piranha 2500 River Small 9 am-4 pm & 9 pm-4 am
Arowana 10000 River Medium-large 4 pm-9 am
Dorado 15000 River Large 4 am-9 pm
Gar 6000 Pond Huge 4 pm-9 am
Arapaima 10000 River Huge 4 pm-9 am
Saddled bichir 4000 River Medium-large 9 pm-4 am
Clownfish 650 Sea Tiny All-day
Surgeonfish 1000 Sea Small All-day
Butterfly fish 1000 Sea Small All-day
Puffer fish 250 Sea Medium-small All-day
Blue marlin 1000 Pier Huge All-day
Ocean sunfish 4000 Sea Huge with fin 4 am-9 pm
Saw shark 12000 Sea Huge with fin 4 pm-9 am
Hammerhead shark 8000 Sea Huge with fin 4 pm-9 am
Great white shark 15000 Sea Huge with fin 4 pm-9 am
Whale shark 13000 Sea Huge with fin All-day
Suckerfish 1500 Sea Medium with fin All-day

Departing bugs in New Horizons

Name Price Location Time
Tiger butterfly 240 Flying 4 am-7 pm
Emperor butterfly 4000 Flying 5 pm-8 am
Agrias butterfly 3000 Flying 8 am-5 pm
Rajah Brooke’s birdwing 2500 Flying 8 am-5 pm
Queen Alexandra’s birdwing 4000 Flying 8 am-4 pm
Atlas moth 3000 On trees 7 pm-4 am
Madagascan sunset moth 2500 Flying 8 am -4 pm
Grasshopper 160 On the ground 8 am-5 pm
Walker cicada 400 On trees 8 am-5 pm
Pondskater 130 On fresh water 8 am-7 pm
Diving beetle 800 On fresh water 8 am-7 pm
Giant water bug 2000 On fresh water 7 pm-8 am
Rosalia batesi beetle 3000 On tree stumps All-day
Earth-boring dung beetle 300 On the ground All-day
Goliath beetle 8000 On palm trees 5pm-8am
Rainbow stag 6000 On trees 7 pm-8 am
Walking leaf 600 Disguised as leaves All-day
Mosquito 130 Flying 5pm-4am

Departing deep-sea creatures in New Horizons

Name Price Shadow size Swimming pattern Time
Sea grapes 900 Small Stationary All day
Sea urchin 1700 Small Slow consistent movement All day
Slate pencil urchin 2000 Medium Medium consistent movement 4 pm-9 am
Moon jellyfish 600 Small Slow consistent movement All day
Gigas giant clam 15000 Large Quick short lunges All day
Tiger prawn 3000 Large Moderate consistent movement 4 pm-9 am
Horseshoe crab 2500 Medium Quick short lunges 9 pm-4 am
Flatworm 700 Tiny Slow short movement 4 pm-9 am

List of critters departing Southern Hemisphere after September

Departing fishes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Name Price Location Shadow size Time
Bitterling 900 River Tiny All-day
Yellow perch 300 River Medium-small All-day
Stringfish 15000 River (Clifftop) Large 4 pm-9 am
Sturgeon 10000 River (Mouth) Huge All-day
Sea butterfly 1000 Sea Tiny All-day
Football fish 2500 Sea Medium-large 4 pm-9 am

Departing bugs in Animal: Crossing New Horizons

Name Price Location Time
Emperor Butterfly 4000 Flying 5 pm-8 am

Departing deep-sea creatures in New Horizons

Name Price Shadow size Swimming pattern Time
Red king crab 8000 Large Quick All-day

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