Summary
One of the most beautiful features ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsis the island’s Museum. Curated by the beloved Blathers, the fish, bugs, creatures, and art you donate begin to fill the building in fantastic displays, bringing even more life to your island escape.
But some of these fine specimens look just as good outside the Museum as they do inside of it. While most have bulky fish tanks or display cases, others have unique ways they’re housed, if any enclosure at all. This is the list of all the fish, bugs, and even sea creatures that make decorative additions to your island.
Along with talking about the fish and bugs of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the sea creatures you can catch will also be featured on this list.
10Mitten Crab, Soft Shell Turtle, And Nibble Fish
Unlike other fish and sea creatures, these three have open, blue crates that, grim as it may seem, mimic the kind used in the fish crate and stacked fish crate items you’re able to buy and use as furniture on your island.
If you’re designing a market or restaurant area,including the restaurant in the Happy Home Paradise DLC, having these live creatures in or near your establishment can add some realism to your vision.
9Turban Shell, Spiny Lobster, Snow Crab, And Giant Isopod
Similar to the Mitten Crab, Soft Shell Turtle, and Nibble Fish, these four creatures have open crates. The only difference is that they are yellow in place of the blue the others call home.
Placing them near markets and restaurants again would be a fine idea, but you may also place them near the pier or a fishing spot like you’ve just caught the fish of the day.
8Pond Skater, Diving Beetle, And Giant Water Bug
Moving away from fish and crustaceans for a bit, these bugs don’t live in a dry display case like most of the others do. Instead, they sit in a blue bucket that is filled with water.
Just like you canuse crates and barrels anywhere for decoration, these buckets can be placed in nearly any design and look good. A beach scene would be as much fun as a research area for Blathers, or a playground, or anywhere else you’re able to imagine.
Although these bugs appear in the water, you will still use your bug net to catch them.
7Fly, Flea, Mosquito, And Ant
These pesky bugs have a very cute and versatile display. Anyone who dislikes killing these small creatures may be very used to catching them in a glass to release them later. Well, that’s exactly how they are displayed on your island.
If you have a picnic scene, this can be a cute addition to it, like your villagers wanted to stop the bug from eating their food, but didn’t want to hurt it. Or where an artist is set up, looking to paint these little ones.
To catch a fly, you need to leave garbage around your island. If you don’t see one appear, you can let turnips spoil and both flies and ants will appear on and near them.
6Goldfish, Ranchu Goldfish, And Pop-Eyed Goldfish
These three types of goldfish have identical displays, meaning you don’t have to catch them all or wait for a specific one if you don’t want to. They make their home in beautiful, decorative bowls filled with water.
These white bowls with blue painting would fit right into a display in your villager’s home. And you’re able to place them outside in any area you like or you’d want to keep your new fish pet.
5Cricket, Bell Cricket, And Grasshopper
Perhaps the cutest of the display cases is the small, wooden crates that house the cricket, bell cricket, and grasshopper. There’s really no difference between the three in terms of the cases themselves other than different colored handles, so it boils down to which bug you’d rather have displayed.
These would look great in your home, but can be just as easily integrated into an outside display or scene of your creation. Though you may want to help Blathers out by finding a place far from the Museum.
4Seaweed
Seaweed is considered a sea creature you can dive for, although not a creature at all. And, because it isn’t one, there’s zero need for something to display it in.
However, you can place seaweed anywhere on your island. You can plop some down around your beaches to give them a very realistic feel. Or near a research site, a fishing spot, or anywhere similar you craft.
3Horseshoe Crab
This is another sea creature you can catch while swimming around your island. Similar to seaweed, they have no enclosure and can be placed anywhere around your island.
Different from seaweed, however, you can interact with this crab once you place it. When you approach it and press ‘A’ it will roll over onto it’s back, its legs moving as it lays like this.
2Snapping Turtle
Unlike the Soft Shell Turtle, the Snapping Turtle cannot be contained. That is to say, it doesn’t have a display case or crate. It can be placed anywhere.
You can keep them as if they were pets around your house. Or, you could instead place them outside in the wild, in a pin, or any way you can dream up.
1Spider Crab
The scary and massive Spider Crab does not have a cage, instead is completely free. When you place one on your island, they move and shift, making for an intimidating display.
Of course, they seem most at home on the beaches of your island, but they can be placed on grass or in your home. You could even have them near your airport,greeting people as they land at your island’s entrance.
