New Leaf in July: Fish, Bugs, Diving & Events Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Summer nights are the best time for valuable beetles on trees and palm trees, in town and on the island. Here is everything you can catch in July, what’s new, what’s about to leave, and the events and birthdays on the calendar.
- Fish
- 53
- Bugs
- 57
- Deep-sea
- 20
- Events
- 1
- Birthdays
- 30
Best earners this month
- Fish
Dorado 
Shark 
Coelacanth- Diving
Giant isopod 
Lobster 
Pearl oyster
Arriving & leaving
- New in July
Arapaima 
Napoleonfish 
Blue marlin 
Ray 
Sweetfish 
Puffer fish 
Giant stag 
Cyclommatus stag 
Scorpion 
Scarab beetle 
Banded dragonfly 
Jewel beetle 
Saw stag 
Horned dynastid 
Miyama stag 
Walking leaf 
Walking stick 
Evening cicada 
Giant cicada 
Walker cicada 
Robust cicada 
Longhorn beetle 
Brown cicada 
Grasshopper 
Cicada shell 
Fruit beetle 
Horseshoe crab
Tortimer Island is always summer, so its fish, bugs and sea creatures don’t follow this calendar. Creatures marked “Island only” never appear in town.
Events in July
| Event | When | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Bug-Off | 3rd Saturday of June, July, August and September (9 AM–6 PM) | Nat judges the bugs you catch. New records earn Insect furniture, and the top three win trophies. |
53 fish in July
| Fish | Sells for | Where | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorado | 15,000 | RiverShadow: Very large | 4 AM–9 PM |
| Shark | 15,000 | SeaShadow: Huge (fin) | 4 PM–9 AM |
| Coelacanth | 15,000 | Sea (rain or snow)Shadow: Huge | 4 PM–9 AM |
 Whale sharkIsland only | 13,000 | Tortimer IslandShadow: Huge (fin) | All day |
 Saw shark | 12,000 | SeaShadow: Huge (fin) | 4 PM–9 AM |
 Arowana | 10,000 | RiverShadow: Large | 4 PM–9 AM |
| Arapaima | 10,000 | RiverShadow: Huge | 4 PM–9 AM |
| Napoleonfish | 10,000 | SeaShadow: Huge | 4 AM–9 PM |
| Blue marlin | 10,000 | SeaShadow: Huge | All day |
 Hammerhead shark | 8,000 | SeaShadow: Huge (fin) | 4 PM–9 AM |
 Gar | 6,000 | River poolShadow: Huge | 4 PM–9 AM |
 Giant snakehead | 5,500 | River poolShadow: Very large | 9 AM–4 PM |
 Barred knifejaw | 5,000 | SeaShadow: Medium | All day |
 Giant trevallyIsland only | 4,500 | Tortimer IslandShadow: Very large | All day |
 Koi | 4,000 | RiverShadow: Large | 4 PM–9 AM |
 Saddled bichir | 4,000 | RiverShadow: Large | 9 PM–4 AM |
 Ocean sunfish | 4,000 | SeaShadow: Huge (fin) | 4 AM–9 PM |
 Angelfish | 3,000 | RiverShadow: Small | 4 PM–9 AM |
 Red snapper | 3,000 | SeaShadow: Medium | All day |
| Ray | 3,000 | SeaShadow: Very large | 4 AM–9 PM |
 Piranha | 2,500 | RiverShadow: Small | 9 AM–4 PM, 9 PM–4 AM |
 Eel | 2,000 | RiverShadow: Long and thin | 4 PM–9 AM |
 Moray eel | 2,000 | SeaShadow: Very large | All day |
 Nibble fish | 1,500 | RiverShadow: Small | 9 AM–4 PM |
 Goldfish | 1,300 | RiverShadow: Tiny | All day |
 Popeyed goldfish | 1,300 | RiverShadow: Tiny | 9 AM–4 PM |
 Guppy | 1,300 | RiverShadow: Tiny | 9 AM–4 PM |
 Seahorse | 1,100 | SeaShadow: Tiny | All day |
 Surgeonfish | 1,000 | SeaShadow: Small | All day |
 Butterfly fish | 1,000 | SeaShadow: Small | All day |
| Sweetfish | 900 | RiverShadow: Medium | All day |
 Catfish | 800 | River poolShadow: Large | 4 PM–9 AM |
 Olive flounder | 800 | SeaShadow: Large | All day |
 Clownfish | 650 | SeaShadow: Tiny | All day |
 Ribbon eelIsland only | 600 | Tortimer IslandShadow: Long and thin | All day |
 Neon tetra | 500 | RiverShadow: Tiny | 9 AM–4 PM |
 Zebra turkeyfish | 400 | SeaShadow: Medium | All day |
 Squid | 400 | SeaShadow: Medium | All day |
 Carp | 300 | RiverShadow: Large | All day |
 Killifish | 300 | PondShadow: Tiny | All day |
 Freshwater goby | 300 | RiverShadow: Small | 4 PM–9 AM |
 Black bass | 300 | RiverShadow: Large | All day |
| Puffer fish | 240 | SeaShadow: Medium | All day |
 Pale chub | 200 | RiverShadow: Tiny | 9 AM–4 PM |
 Dace | 200 | RiverShadow: Medium | 4 PM–9 AM |
 Barbel steed | 200 | RiverShadow: Medium | All day |
 Crawfish | 200 | PondShadow: Small | All day |
 Sea bass | 200 | SeaShadow: Very large | All day |
 Horse mackerel | 150 | SeaShadow: Small | All day |
 Crucian carp | 120 | RiverShadow: Small | All day |
 Frog | 120 | PondShadow: Small | All day |
 Bluegill | 120 | RiverShadow: Small | 9 AM–4 PM |
 Tadpole | 100 | PondShadow: Tiny | All day |
57 bugs in July
| Bug | Sells for | Where | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 Golden stag | 12,000 | On palm trees | 5 PM–8 AM |
 Horned hercules | 12,000 | On palm trees | 5 PM–8 AM |
| Giant stag | 10,000 | On trees | 11 PM–8 AM |
 Rainbow stag | 10,000 | On trees | 5 PM–8 AM |
| Cyclommatus stag | 8,000 | On palm trees | 5 PM–8 AM |
 Horned atlas | 8,000 | On palm trees | 5 PM–8 AM |
 Horned elephant | 8,000 | On palm trees | 5 PM–8 AM |
 Tarantula | 8,000 | On the ground | 7 PM–4 AM |
| Scorpion | 8,000 | On the ground | 7 PM–4 AM |
| Scarab beetle | 6,000 | On trees | 11 PM–8 AM |
 Goliath beetle | 6,000 | On palm trees | 5 PM–8 AM |
| Banded dragonfly | 4,500 | Flying | 8 AM–5 PM |
 Birdwing butterfly | 4,000 | Flying near flowers | 8 AM–4 PM |
 Agrias butterfly | 3,000 | Flying near flowers | 8 AM–5 PM |
 Emperor butterfly | 2,500 | Flying near flowers | 8 PM–7 AM |
 Raja Brooke butterfly | 2,500 | Flying near river | 8 AM–5 PM |
 Bee | 2,500 | In trees | All day |
 Orchid mantis | 2,400 | On white flowers | 8 AM–5 PM |
| Jewel beetle | 2,400 | On trees | 8 AM–5 PM |
| Saw stag | 2,000 | On trees | All day |
 Lantern fly | 1,800 | On trees | 4 PM–8 AM |
 Tiger beetle | 1,500 | On the ground | 8 AM–11 PM |
| Horned dynastid | 1,350 | On trees | 5 PM–8 AM |
 Oak silk moth | 1,200 | On trees | 7 PM–4 AM |
 Hermit crabIsland only | 1,000 | Tortimer Island beach | 7 PM–8 AM |
| Miyama stag | 1,000 | On trees | All day |
 Diving beetle | 800 | Swimming on river or pond | 8 AM–5 PM |
| Walking leaf | 600 | On the ground | 8 AM–5 PM |
| Walking stick | 600 | On trees | 4 AM–7 PM |
| Evening cicada | 550 | On trees | 4 PM–7 PM |
| Giant cicada | 500 | On trees | 8 AM–5 PM |
 Mantis | 430 | On flowers | 8 AM–5 PM |
| Walker cicada | 400 | On trees | 8 AM–5 PM |
| Robust cicada | 300 | On trees | 8 AM–5 PM |
 Centipede | 300 | Under rocks | 4 PM–11 PM |
 Spider | 300 | In trees | All day |
| Longhorn beetle | 260 | Tree stumps | 11 PM–7 PM |
 Snail | 250 | On bushes (rain) | All day |
 Pill bug | 250 | Under rocks | All day |
 Peacock butterfly | 220 | Flying near flowers (purple, black and blue) | 4 AM–7 PM |
 Long locust | 200 | On the ground | 8 AM–7 PM |
| Brown cicada | 200 | On trees | 8 AM–5 PM |
 Darner dragonfly | 200 | Flying | 8 AM–5 PM |
 Ladybug | 200 | On flowers | 8 AM–5 PM |
 Wharf roach | 200 | On the beach | All day |
 Tiger butterfly | 160 | Flying near flowers (red, pink) | 8 AM–7 PM |
| Grasshopper | 160 | On the ground | 8 AM–5 PM |
 Pondskater | 130 | Swimming on river or pond | 8 AM–7 PM |
 Mosquito | 130 | Flying | 5 PM–4 AM |
 Stinkbug | 120 | On trees | All day |
 Honeybee | 100 | Flying near flowers | 8 AM–5 PM |
| Cicada shell | 100 | On trees | All day |
| Fruit beetle | 100 | On trees | All day |
 Ant | 80 | On rotten food | All day |
 Flea | 70 | On villagers | All day |
 Moth | 60 | Flying near lights | 7 PM–4 AM |
 Fly | 60 | Flying near trash | All day |
20 deep-sea creatures in July
| Creature | Sells for | Shadow | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giant isopodIsland only | 9,000 | Medium shadow, slowTortimer Island only | All day |
| Lobster | 2,500 | Large shadow, fast | All day |
| Pearl oyster | 1,600 | Small shadow, medium | All day |
 Tiger prawn | 1,600 | Small shadow, medium | 4 PM–9 AM |
| Horseshoe crab | 1,500 | Medium shadow | 9 PM–4 AM |
 Mantis shrimp | 1,250 | Small shadow, erratic | 4 PM–9 AM |
 Scallop | 1,000 | Medium shadow, slow | All day |
 Octopus | 1,000 | Medium shadow, slow | All day |
 Chambered nautilusIsland only | 900 | Medium shadow, mediumTortimer Island only | All day |
 Sea urchin | 800 | Small shadow, slow | All day |
 Sea grapes | 600 | Small shadow, stationary | All day |
 Spotted garden eelIsland only | 600 | Small shadow, slowTortimer Island only | All day |
 Abalone | 400 | Medium shadow, medium | 4 PM–9 AM |
 Ear shell | 300 | Small shadow, slow | 4 PM–9 AM |
 Seaweed | 200 | Large shadow, stationary | All day |
 Acorn barnacle | 200 | Very small shadow, stationary | All day |
 Sea slug | 200 | Small shadow, very slow | All day |
 Flatworm | 200 | Small shadow, very slow | 4 PM–9 AM |
 Sea anemone | 100 | Medium shadow, stationary | All day |
 Sea star | 100 | Small shadow, very slow | All day |
Villager birthdays in July
CurtJuly 1
Agent SJuly 2
BlaireJuly 3
ApolloJuly 4
SamsonJuly 5
MiraJuly 6
BreeJuly 7
JeremiahJuly 8
StaticJuly 9
MottJuly 10
VictoriaJuly 11
TwiggyJuly 13
DizzyJuly 14
CarolineJuly 15
FritaJuly 16
JayJuly 17
CroqueJuly 18
NibblesJuly 19
YukaJuly 20
PrinceJuly 21
ChowJuly 22
ElvisJuly 23
O'HareJuly 24
PeckJuly 25
CurlyJuly 26
ErikJuly 27
TrufflesJuly 28
LionelJuly 29
FrankJuly 30
GrizzlyJuly 31FAQ
What fish can you catch in July in Animal Crossing: New Leaf?
53 fish. The most valuable are Dorado (15,000 Bells), Shark (15,000 Bells), Coelacanth (15,000 Bells).
What bugs can you catch in July?
57 bugs. The most valuable are Golden stag (12,000 Bells), Horned hercules (12,000 Bells), Giant stag (10,000 Bells).
What deep-sea creatures are there in July?
20 deep-sea creatures. The most valuable are Giant isopod (9,000 Bells), Lobster (2,500 Bells), Pearl oyster (1,600 Bells).
What events are in July?
Bug-Off: 3rd Saturday of June, July, August and September (9 AM–6 PM).
Which villagers have birthdays in July?
30 villagers, including Curt (1), Agent S (2), Blaire (3), Apollo (4), Samson (5), Mira (6), Bree (7), Jeremiah (8) and more.
Sources & picture credits
- Fish (New Leaf), Nookipedia
- Bugs (New Leaf), Nookipedia
- Deep-sea creatures (New Leaf), Nookipedia
- Fish (New Leaf), Animal Crossing Wiki
- Bugs (New Leaf), Animal Crossing Wiki
- Deep-sea creatures (New Leaf), Animal Crossing Wiki
- Events (New Leaf), Animal Crossing Wiki
- Villager list (New Leaf), Animal Crossing Wiki
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