A new month always breaths new excitement into an Animal Crossing New Horizons island with all new critters arriving in December!

Every day is special in Animal Crossing New Horizons and if you want to keep your critterpedia up to date you might want to take a look at all the fish and coming and leaving this month!

November was a pretty mellow month in terms of critters for the northern hemisphere. You can check here to see if you got all the November bugs in your critterpedia.

If you have been clocking hours on New Horizons, chances are you are also trying to complete your critterpedia. Unless you choose to time travel it is essential you keep track of all the fish and insects coming and leaving each and every month of the year.

In addition to the upcoming first Toy Day in New Horizons, there are also plenty of new critters to look forward to this month! Take a look at the list below for all the fish and insects that may roam around your island for a while now!

New Seasonal Items

In addition to new critters this month Nintendo also realized a few new limited time seasonal items, check them out right here.

New Critters in Animal Crossing New Horizons for December ( Northern Hemisphere)

Critter Type	Name	Location	Shadow Size	Time
Bug	Emperor Butterfly	Flying	N/A	5 p.m. – 8 a.m.
Bug	Raja Brooke’s Birdwing	Flying by purple flowers	N/A	8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Fish	Pond Smelt	River	Small	All day
Fish	Stringfish	River (Clifftop)	X Large	All day
Fish	Sea Butterfly	Sea	Smallest	All day
Fish	Squid	Sea	Medium	All day
Fish	Oarfish	Sea	Largest	All day

New Critters in Animal Crossing New Horizons for December ( Southern Hemisphere)

Critter Type	Name	Location	Shadow Size	Time
Bug	Emperor Butterfly	Flying	N/A	5 p.m. – 8 a.m.
Bug	Firefly	Flying	N/A	7 p.m. – 4 a.m.
Bug	Drone Beetle	On trees	N/A	All day
Bug	Goliath Beetle	On coconut trees	N/A	5 p.m. – 8 a.m.
Bug	Rainbow Stag	On trees	N/A	7 p.m. – 8 a.m.
Bug	Mosquito	Flying	N/A	5 p.m. – 4 a.m.
Fish	Tilapia	River	Medium	All day
Fish	Piranha	River	Small	9 a.m. – 4 p.m., 9 p.m. – 4 a.m.
Fish	Arowana	River	Large	4 p.m. – 9 a.m.
Fish	Dorado	River	X Large	4 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Fish	Gar	Pond	Largest	4 p.m. – 9 a.m.
Fish	Arapaima	River	Largest	4 p.m. – 9 a.m.
Fish	Saddled Bichir	River	Large	9 p.m. – 4 a.m.
Fish	Ribbon Eel	Sea	Narrow	All day
Fish	Saw Shark	Sea	Largest (Fin)	4 p.m. – 9 a.m.
Fish	Hammerhead Shark	Sea	Largest (Fin)	4 p.m. – 9 a.m.
Fish	Great White Shark	Sea	Largest (Fin)	4 p.m. – 9 a.m.
Fish	Whale Shark	Sea	Largest (Fin)	All day
Fish	Suckerfish	Sea	Large (Fin)	All day
Sea Creature	Sea grapes	Ocean (diving)	N/A	All day
Sea Creature	Mussel	Ocean (diving)	N/A	All day
Sea Creature	Abalone	Ocean (diving)	N/A	4 p.m. – 9 a.m.
Sea Creature	Gazami crab	Ocean (diving)	N/A	All day
Sea Creature	Tiger prawn	Ocean (diving)	N/A	4 p.m. – 9 a.m.
Sea Creature	Sea pineapple	Ocean (diving)	N/A	All day

Animal Crossing New Horizons gets first snow

Its the most wonderful time to hop back into Animal Crossing New Horizons as the first snowflakes started falling!