Spring has sprung for the Northern Hemisphere, and with the changes in seasons, new fish and bugs have been added into the Nintendo Switch's Animal Crossing: New Horizons. This also means that some of the bugs and fish players have gotten used to seeing will be gone for at least a few months. So players can finally pack away their frustrations at the hard to catch String Fish and instead invest their time in collecting new specimens to donate to Blathers' museum, sell for some quick Bells or keep for their own personal collections.
Spring has brought with it grotesque flies players will find attached to villagers. And for the players terrified of the game's aggressive tarantulas, sadly they are still going to be sticking around. As for the Southern Hemisphere, they will only be getting two new fish including the Yellow Perch in the Rivers and the Dab in the seas. Both are worth 300 Bells and can be caught all day.
When fishing at the rivers in the Northern Hemisphere, players can now catch the new Snapping Turtle (5000 Bells), Guppy (1500 Bells) and Neon Tetra (500 Bells). Both the Guppy and Neon Tetra are available 9 AM until 4 PM, while the Snapping Turtle appears from 9 PM until 4 AM. Fishing at ponds will also yield Crawfish and Killifish all day. They sell for 200 and 300 Bells, respectively. The island seas will feature new fish available all day for some hefty prices, including the Seahorse (1,100 Bells), Clownfish (650 Bells), Surgeonfish (1000 Bells), Butterflyfish (1000 Bells) and Zebra Turkeyfish (500 Bells).
Meanwhile, for bugs, players can catch the Darners Dragonfly (230 Bells), Raja Brooke's Birdwing (2500 Bells) and the Agrias Butterfly (3000 Bells) from 8 AM to 5 PM. The Madagascan Sunset Moth (2500 Bells) comes out at 8 AM until 4 PM and Common Bluebottle (300 Bells), which are available from 8 AM until 4 PM and 4 AM until 7 PM, respectively. On the ground, Long Locusts (200 Bells) are also available from 4 AM until 7 PM.
If players are at the water's edge of ponds and rivers, they can find the Giant Water Bug (2000 Bells) from 7 PM to 8 AM. Lastly, there are two new bugs found on trees and their worth a decent sum of change. They are the Atlas Moth (3000 Bells) and the Jewel Beetle (2400 Bells). The moth comes out during the warm Spring nights from 7 PM to 4 AM while the Jewel Beetle is found all day.
Players will not have to worry about rushing to catch these new specimens of fish and bugs because they will be around for much longer than the previous species. When their avatars say "Yes!" before announcing the fish's or bug's name, that is how to tell when something new has been caught. As with the other things players can catch, it is very worthwhile to donate to the museum. Filling up Blathers' museum with donations of new creatures not only makes the wise owl happy, but yields rewards for the player. It is also a difficult year long task to accomplish that only the most diligent and committed players would be able to do it.
Of course players can also keep their own personal collection of fish and bugs. They can keep the multiple different kinds of creatures in tanks to observe, or sell them to someone like Flick. That new character is a red lizard and and the bug merchant, one of the many different kinds of vendors that appear randomly on player islands. Selling bugs to him will give players 1.5x their normal amount or he can also be hired to make bug models for decorating.