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A quick note

The below list is of ALL fish and bugs that can be donated. The list can be a little overwhelming so if you want to just see what you can catch in March (along with helpful notes on what is leaving this month) then please use the Museum: To-Do guide

All

Agrias Butterfly
Flying
8am - 5pm
3,000
8am - 5pm
3,000
Donate
Anchovy
Sea - Small shadow
4am - 9pm
200
4am - 9pm
200
Donate
Angelfish
River - Small shadow
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
3,000
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
3,000
Donate
Ant
On rotten food
All Day
?
All Day
?
Donate
Arapaima
River - shadow
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
10,000
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
10,000
Donate
Arowana
River - Large shadow
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
10,000
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
10,000
Donate
Atlas Moth
On trees
12am - 4am, 7pm - 12am
3,000
12am - 4am, 7pm - 12am
3,000
Donate
Bagworm
Falls from shaking trees
All Day
600
All Day
600
Donate
Banded Dragonfly
Flying
8am - 5pm
4,500
8am - 5pm
4,500
Donate
Barred Knifejaw
Sea - Medium shadow
All Day
5,000
All Day
5,000
Donate
Barreleye
Sea - Small shadow
12am - 4am, 9pm - 12am
15,000
12am - 4am, 9pm - 12am
15,000
Donate
Bell Cricket
On ground
12am - 8am, 5pm - 12am
430
12am - 8am, 5pm - 12am
430
Donate
Betta
River - Small shadow
9am - 4pm
2,500
9am - 4pm
2,500
Donate
Bitterling
River - Smallest shadow
All Day
900
Leaving this month
All Day
900
Leaving this month Donate
Black Bass
River - Large shadow
All Day
400
All Day
400
Donate
Blowfish
Sea - Medium shadow
12am - 4am, 6pm - 12am
?
12am - 4am, 6pm - 12am
?
Donate
Blue Marlin
Pier - X Large shadow
All Day
10,000
All Day
10,000
Donate
Blue Weevil Beetle
On Trees
All Day
?
All Day
?
Donate
Bluegill
River - Small shadow
9am - 4pm
180
9am - 4pm
180
Donate
Brown Cicada
On trees
8am - 5pm
?
8am - 5pm
?
Donate
Butterfly Fish
Sea - Small shadow
All Day
1,000
All Day
1,000
Donate
Carp
Pond - Large shadow
All Day
300
All Day
300
Donate
Catfish
Pond - shadow
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
800
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
800
Donate
Centipede
Hit rocks
4pm - 11pm
300
4pm - 11pm
300
Donate
Char
River/Pond - Medium shadow
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
3,800
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
3,800
Donate
Cherry Salmon
River - Medium shadow
All Day
1,000
All Day
1,000
Donate
Cicada Shell
On trees
All Day
?
All Day
?
Donate
Citrus Long-horned Beetle
On tree stumps
All Day
350
All Day
350
Donate
Clown Fish
Sea - Smallest shadow
All Day
650
All Day
650
Donate
Coelacanth
Sea (rainy days) - Largest shadow
All Day
15,000
All Day
15,000
Donate
Common Bluebottle
Flying
4am - 7pm
300
4am - 7pm
300
Donate
Common Butterfly
Above Flowers
4am - 8pm
50
4am - 8pm
50
Donate
Crawfish
Pond - Medium shadow
All Day
200
All Day
200
Donate
Cricket
On ground
12am - 8am, 5pm - 12am
130
12am - 8am, 5pm - 12am
130
Donate
Crucian Carp
River - Small shadow
All Day
160
All Day
160
Donate
Cyclommatus Stag
On trees
12am - 8am, 5pm - 12am
?
12am - 8am, 5pm - 12am
?
Donate
Dab
Sea - Medium shadow
All Day
300
All Day
300
Donate
Dace
River - Medium shadow
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
240
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
240
Donate
Damselfly
Flying
All Day
?
All Day
?
Donate
Darner Dragonfly
Flying
8am - 5pm
230
8am - 5pm
230
Donate
Diving Beetle
Ponds and rivers
8am - 7pm
800
8am - 7pm
800
Donate
Dorado
River - X Large shadow
4am - 9pm
15,000
4am - 9pm
15,000
Donate
Drone Beetle
On trees
All Day
?
All Day
?
Donate
Dung Beetle
On ground

?

?
Donate
Earth-boring Dung Beetle
On ground
All Day
300
All Day
300
Donate
Emperor Butterfly
Flying
12am - 8am, 5pm - 12am
4,000
Leaving this month
12am - 8am, 5pm - 12am
4,000
Leaving this month Donate
Evening Cicada
On trees
4am - 8am, 4pm - 7pm
?
4am - 8am, 4pm - 7pm
?
Donate
Firefly
Flying
12am - 4am, 7pm - 12am
?
12am - 4am, 7pm - 12am
?
Donate
Flea
On villagers
All Day
?
All Day
?
Donate
Fly
On trash items
All Day
?
All Day
?
Donate
Football Fish
Sea - Large shadow
12am - 8am, 4pm - 12am
2,500
Leaving this month
12am - 8am, 4pm - 12am
2,500
Leaving this month Donate
Freshwater Goby
River - Small shadow
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
400
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
400
Donate
Frog
Pond - Small shadow
All Day
?
All Day
?
Donate
Gar
Pond - Largest shadow
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
6,000
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
6,000
Donate
Giant Cicada
On trees
8am - 5pm
?
8am - 5pm
?
Donate
Giant Snakehead
Pond - X Large shadow
9am - 4pm
?
9am - 4pm
?
Donate
Giant Stag
On trees
12am - 8am, 11pm
?
12am - 8am, 11pm
?
Donate
Giant Trevally
Pier - Large shadow
All Day
?
All Day
?
Donate
Giant Water Bug
Ponds and rivers
12am - 8am, 7pm - 12am
2,000
12am - 8am, 7pm - 12am
2,000
Donate
Giraffe Stag
On trees
12am - 8am, 5pm - 12am
?
12am - 8am, 5pm - 12am
?
Donate
Golden Stag
On trees
12am - 8am, 5pm - 12am
?
12am - 8am, 5pm - 12am
?
Donate
Golden Trout
River (Clifftop) - Large shadow
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
15,000
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
15,000
Donate
Goldfish
Pond - Smallest shadow
All Day
1,300
All Day
1,300
Donate
Goliath Beetle
On trees
12am - 8am, 5pm - 12am
?
12am - 8am, 5pm - 12am
?
Donate
Grasshopper
On ground
8am - 5pm
160
8am - 5pm
160
Donate
Great Purple Emperor
Flying
4am - 7pm
?
4am - 7pm
?
Donate
Great White Shark
Sea - Largest (fin) shadow
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
15,000
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
15,000
Donate
Guppy
River - Smallest shadow
9am - 4pm
?
9am - 4pm
?
Donate
Hammerhead Shark
Sea - Largest (fin) shadow
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
8,000
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
8,000
Donate
Hermit Crab
Beach
12am - 8am, 7pm - 12am
1,000
12am - 8am, 7pm - 12am
1,000
Donate
Honeybee
Flying near flowers
8am - 5pm
200
8am - 5pm
200
Donate
Horned Atlas
On trees
12am - 8am, 5pm - 12am
?
12am - 8am, 5pm - 12am
?
Donate
Horned Dynastid
On trees
12am - 8am, 5pm - 12am
?
12am - 8am, 5pm - 12am
?
Donate
Horned Elephant
On trees
12am - 8am, 5pm - 12am
?
12am - 8am, 5pm - 12am
?
Donate
Horned Herucles
On trees
12am - 8am, 5pm - 12am
?
12am - 8am, 5pm - 12am
?
Donate
Horse Mackerel
Sea - Small shadow
All Day
150
All Day
150
Donate
Jewel Beetle
On trees
All Day
2,400
All Day
2,400
Donate
Killifish
Pond - Smallest shadow
All Day
?
All Day
?
Donate
King Salmon
River (mouth) - Smallest shadow
All Day
1,800
All Day
1,800
Donate
Koi
Pond - Large shadow
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
4,000
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
4,000
Donate
Ladybug
On flowers
8am - 5pm
200
8am - 5pm
200
Donate
Loach
River - Small shadow
All Day
400
All Day
400
Donate
Long Locust
On ground
8am - 7pm
200
8am - 7pm
200
Donate
Madagascan Sunset Moth
Flying
8am - 4pm
2,500
8am - 4pm
2,500
Donate
Mahi-mahi
Sea - Large shadow
All Day
6,000
All Day
6,000
Donate
Man-faced Stink Bug
On flowers
12am - 8am, 7pm - 12am
1,000
12am - 8am, 7pm - 12am
1,000
Donate
Mantis
On flowers
8am - 5pm
430
8am - 5pm
430
Donate
Migratory Locust
On ground
8am - 7pm
600
8am - 7pm
600
Donate
Mitten Crab
River - Small shadow
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
2,000
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
2,000
Donate
Miyama Stag
On trees
All Day
?
All Day
?
Donate
Mole Cricket
Underground (Listen for chirping)
All Day
500
All Day
500
Donate
Monach Butterfly
Flying
4am - 5pm
140
4am - 5pm
140
Donate
Moray Eel
Sea - X Large shadow
All Day
2,000
All Day
2,000
Donate
Mosquito
Flying
12am - 4am, 5pm - 12am
130
12am - 4am, 5pm - 12am
130
Donate
Moth
Flying by light
12am - 4am, 7pm - 12am
130
12am - 4am, 7pm - 12am
130
Donate
Napoleonfish
Sea - Largest shadow
4am - 9pm
10,000
4am - 9pm
10,000
Donate
Neon Tetra
River - Smallest shadow
9am - 4pm
500
9am - 4pm
500
Donate
Nibble Fish
River - Small shadow
9am - 4pm
1,500
9am - 4pm
1,500
Donate
Oarfish
Sea - Largest shadow
All Day
9,000
All Day
9,000
Donate
Ocean Sunfish
Sea - (Fin) shadow
4am - 9pm
4,000
4am - 9pm
4,000
Donate
Olive Flounder
Sea - Large shadow
All Day
800
All Day
800
Donate
Orchid Mantis
On white flowers
8am - 5pm
2,400
8am - 5pm
2,400
Donate
Pale Chub
River - Smallest shadow
9am - 4pm
160
9am - 4pm
160
Donate
Paper Kite Butterfly
Flying
8am - 7pm
1,000
8am - 7pm
1,000
Donate
Peacock Butterfly
Flying by hybrid flowers
4am - 7pm
2,500
4am - 7pm
2,500
Donate
Pike
River - X Large shadow
All Day
1,800
All Day
1,800
Donate
Pill Bug
Hit rocks
12am - 4pm, 11pm
250
12am - 4pm, 11pm
250
Donate
Piranha
River - Small shadow
12am - 4am, 9am - 4pm, 9pm - 12am
2,500
12am - 4am, 9am - 4pm, 9pm - 12am
2,500
Donate
Pond Smelt
River - Small shadow
All Day
?
All Day
?
Donate
Pondskater
Ponds
8am - 7pm
130
8am - 7pm
130
Donate
Pop-eyed Goldfish
Pond - Smallest shadow
9am - 4pm
1,300
9am - 4pm
1,300
Donate
Puffer Fish
Sea - Medium shadow
All Day
250
All Day
250
Donate
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing
Flying
8am - 4pm
4,000
8am - 4pm
4,000
Donate
Rainbow Stag
On trees
12am - 8am, 7pm - 12am
?
12am - 8am, 7pm - 12am
?
Donate
Rainbowfish
River - Small shadow
9am - 4pm
800
9am - 4pm
800
Donate
Raja Brooke's Birdwing
Flying
8am - 5pm
2,500
8am - 5pm
2,500
Donate
Ranchu Goldfish
Pond - Small shadow
9am - 4pm
4,500
9am - 4pm
4,500
Donate
Ray
Sea - X Large shadow
4am - 9pm
3,000
4am - 9pm
3,000
Donate
Red Dragonfly
Flying
8am - 7pm
180
8am - 7pm
180
Donate
Red Snapper
Sea - Medium shadow
All Day
3,000
All Day
3,000
Donate
Ribbon Eel
Sea - Narrow shadow
All Day
600
All Day
600
Donate
Rice Grasshopper
On ground
8am - 7pm
160
8am - 7pm
160
Donate
Robust Cicada
On trees
8am - 5pm
?
8am - 5pm
?
Donate
Rosalia Batesi Beetle
All Day
?
All Day
?
Donate
Saddled Bichir
River - Large shadow
12am - 4am, 9pm - 12am
4,000
12am - 4am, 9pm - 12am
4,000
Donate
Salmon
River (mouth) - Small shadow
All Day
700
All Day
700
Donate
Saw Shark
Sea - Largest (fin) shadow
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
12,000
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
12,000
Donate
Saw Stag
On trees
All Day
?
All Day
?
Donate
Scarab Beetle
On trees
12am - 8am, 11pm
?
12am - 8am, 11pm
?
Donate
Scorpion
On ground
12am - 4am, 7pm - 12am
?
12am - 4am, 7pm - 12am
?
Donate
Sea Bass
Sea - X Large shadow
All Day
400
All Day
400
Donate
Sea Butterfly
Sea - Smallest shadow
All Day
1,000
Leaving this month
All Day
1,000
Leaving this month Donate
Sea Horse
Sea - Smallest shadow
All Day
1,100
All Day
1,100
Donate
Snail
On rocks (raining)
All Day
250
All Day
250
Donate
Snapping Turtle
River - shadow
9am - 4pm
5,000
9am - 4pm
5,000
Donate
Soft-shelled Turtle
River - shadow
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
3,750
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
3,750
Donate
Spider
Falls from shaking trees
12am - 8am, 7pm - 12am
480
12am - 8am, 7pm - 12am
480
Donate
Squid
Sea - Medium shadow
All Day
500
All Day
500
Donate
Stinkbug
On flowers
All Day
120
All Day
120
Donate
Stringfish
River (Clifftop) - Largest shadow
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
15,000
Leaving this month
12am - 9am, 4pm - 12am
15,000
Leaving this month Donate
Sturgeon
River (mouth) - Largest shadow
All Day
10,000
Leaving this month
All Day
10,000
Leaving this month Donate
Suckerfish
Sea - (Fin) shadow
12am - 9am, 10am - 12am
1,500
12am - 9am, 10am - 12am
1,500
Donate
Surgeonfish
Sea - Small shadow
All Day
1,000
All Day
1,000
Donate
Sweetfish
River - Medium shadow
All Day
900
All Day
900
Donate
Tadpole
Pond - Smallest shadow
All Day
100
All Day
100
Donate
Tarantula
On ground
12am - 4am, 7pm - 12am
8,000
12am - 4am, 7pm - 12am
8,000
Donate
Tiger Beetle
On ground
All Day
1,500
All Day
1,500
Donate
Tiger Butterfly
Flying
4am - 7pm
240
4am - 7pm
240
Donate
Tilapia
- River shadow
All Day
800
All Day
800
Donate
Tuna
Pier - X Large shadow
All Day
7,000
All Day
7,000
Donate
Violin Beetle
On tree stumps
All Day
450
All Day
450
Donate
Walker Cicada
On trees
8am - 5pm
400
8am - 5pm
400
Donate
Walking Leaf
Near trees, disguised as furniture leaf
All Day
600
All Day
600
Donate
Walking Stick
Falls from shaking trees
4am - 8am, 5pm - 7pm
?
4am - 8am, 5pm - 7pm
?
Donate
Wasp
Falls from shaking trees
All Day
2,500
All Day
2,500
Donate
Whale Shark
Sea - Largest (fin) shadow
All Day
13,000
All Day
13,000
Donate
Wharf Roach
On rocks at beach
All Day
200
All Day
200
Donate
Yellow Butterfly
Flying
4am - 7pm
160
4am - 7pm
160
Donate
Yellow Perch
River - Medium shadow
All Day
300
Leaving this month
All Day
300
Leaving this month Donate
Zebra Turkeyfish
Sea - Medium shadow
All Day
500
All Day
500
Donate