Bugs in Coral Island: All Insects & How to Catch Them

Quit the aimless wandering in Startlet Town and figure out the spawning rules for Coral Island’s critters.

Coral Island Bug Guide

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Early on in Coral Island, you’ll be swamped with various tasks. There is so much to do, in fact, that I got hooked on different mechanics and barely squeezed in time for bug-catching in the early game. 

Whenever you get around to it, you’ll notice it’s not as simple as it looks. For one, bugs keep darting away from me. Plus, I never seem to be able to catch the bugs I’m actually looking for since they all apparently have a fixed set of conditions to spawn. It also doesn’t help that I couldn’t find any machine that would let me turn my bugs into a more artisanal profit. Nonetheless, to complete the Lake Temple offerings, you’ll want to learn where you can find every bug in Coral Island.

How Bug Catching Works in Coral Island

winter bugs coral island
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Bug catching in Coral Island requires a Net, which Sunny and Eleanor will hand you on Day 3 of Spring. This enables you to catch all sorts of moths, caterpillars, and worms all over the island.

However, much like fishing comes with its own minigame, but catching has its own sets of complexities: to catch a bug, it’s better not to alert them. Sure, you’ll get away with quick movements with more common bugs like the fly. However, rarer insects will either fly or squirm away from you as soon as they spot you.

Your Bug Net can be upgraded in exchange for Ore Kelp, whether that’s Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Osmium, and a bit of wood at Sunny’s Beach Shack.

All Spring Bugs in Coral Island

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ImageSpring BugWeatherTime of the DayLocation
Ghost mantisSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
AnyGarden Lane
Forest
Leaf beetleSunny
Windy
AnyForest
Vineyard
Hot Spring
Deep Forest
Luna mothSunny
Windy
AnyTown, Forest
Deep Forest
Magnolia green jumperRainy
Stormy
AnyLake
Forest
Pine sphinxSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
AnyTown
Lookout
Beach
Puss mothSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
AnyLake
Forest
Vineyard
Hot Spring
SnailRainy
Stormy
Windy
AnyBeach
Lake
Woodlands
Town
Vineyard
Forest
Striped garden caterpillarSunny
Windy
AnyGarden Lane
Beach
Hot Spring
WaspSunnyAnyVineyard
Hot Spring
Forest
Cecropia caterpillarSunny
Windy
Evening
Night
Garden Lane, Lake, Lookout, Forest, Vineyard
CentipedeSunny
Windy
Evening
Night
Garden Lane
Beach
Woodlands
Town
Forest
Vineyard
CricketSunny
Rainy
Windy
Evening
Night
Garden Lane
Beach
Lake
Woodlands
Lookout
Vineyard
Forest
FireflySunnyEvening
Night
Garden Lane
Lake
Woodlands
Forest
Deep Forest
Hickory horned devilSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Evening
Night
Woodlands
Lookout
Forest
MothSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Evening
Night
Garden Lane
Town
Vineyard
Hot Spring
Polyphemus mothRainy
Stormy
Windy
Evening
Night
Beach
Town
Lookout
Scarites beetleSunny
Windy
Evening
Night
Garden Lane
Woodlands
Vineyard
Forest
Widow spiderSunny
Windy
Evening
Night
Beach
Woodlands
Town
Lookout
Assam silk mothSunny
Rainy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Lookout
Vineyard
Hot Spring
Forest
FlySunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Beach
Lake
Woodlands
Town
Lookout
Dump
Harpalus beetleSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Town
Lookout
Forest
Vineyard
Hot Spring
Lady beetleSunny
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Town, Lookout
Hot Spring
Deep Forest
Little wood satyr butterflySunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Lake
Woodlands
Pipevine swallowtail butterflySunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Lake
Woodlands
Forest
Praying mantisSunny
Rainy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Beach
Forest
Red admiralSunny
Rainy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Forest
Vineyard
Spicebush swallowtail butterflySunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Beach
Woodlands
Tiger beetleSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Beach
Lake
Woodlands
Lookout
Town
Tiger swallowtail butterflySunny
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Woodlands
Vineyard
Hot Spring
Forest
Yucca mothSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Beach
Town
Hot Spring

All Summer Bugs in Coral Island

summer bugs coral island
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ImageSummer BugWeatherTime of DayLocation
Ghost mantisSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
AnyGarden Lane
Forest
Puss mothSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
AnyLake
Forest
Vineyard
Hot Spring
Violin beetleSunny
Windy
AnyWoodlands
Forest
Vineyard
Crowned hairstreak butterflySunnyAnyBeach
Forest
Soldier beetleSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
AnyGarden Lane
Beach
Lake
Woodlands
Town
Lookout
Hot Spring
Maple leafcutter mothSunny
Rainy
Windy
AnyGarden Lane
Beach
Lake
Woodlands
SnailRainy
Stormy
Windy
AnyBeach
Lake
Woodlands
Town
Vineyard
Forest
WaspSunnyAnyVineyard
Hot Spring
Forest
Magnolia green jumperRainy
Stormy
AnyLake
Forest
Pine sphinxSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
AnyTown
Lookout
Beach
Luna mothSunny
Windy
AnyTown
Forest
Deep Forest
Striped garden caterpillarSunny
Windy
AnyGarden Lane
Beach
Hot Spring
SaddlebackSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
AnyBeach
Lookout
Forest
Gulf fritillarySunny
Rainy
Storm
Windy
AnyGarden Lane
Woodlands
Lookout
Vineyard
Polyphemus mothRainy
Stormy
Windy
Evening
Night
Beach
Town
Lookout
FireflySunnyEvening
Night
Garden Lane
Lake
Woodlands
Forest
Deep Forest
Wolf spiderSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
Evening
Night
Forest
Vineyard
Hot Spring
Scarites beetleSunny
Windy
Evening
Night
Garden Lane
Woodlands
Vineyard
Forest
Cecropia caterpillarSunny
Windy
Evening
Night
Garden Lane
Lake
Lookout
Forest
Vineyard
Man-faced stink bugSunny
Windy
Evening
Night
Lookout
Forest
Deep Forest
CricketSunny
Rainy
Windy
Evening
Night
Garden Lane
Beach
Lake
Woodlands
Lookout
Vineyard
Forest
CentipedeSunny
Windy
Evening
Night
Garden Lane
Beach
Woodlands
Town
Forest
Vineyard
MothSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Evening
Night
Garden Lane
Town
Vineyard
Hot Spring
Hickory horned devilSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Evening
Night
Woodlands
Lookout
Forest
Pipevine swallowtail butterflySunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Lake
Woodlands
Forest
Little wood satyr butterflySunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Lake
Woodlands
Yucca mothSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Beach
Town
Hot Spring
Lady beetleSunny
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Town
Lookout
Hot Spring
Deep Forest
Orchid mantisSunny
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Forest
Deep Forest
FlySunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Beach
Lake
Woodlands
Town
Lookout
Dump
Blue morpho butterflyWindyMorning
Afternoon
Lake
Forest
DragonflySunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Beach
Lake
Town
Tiger swallowtail butterflySunny
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Woodlands
Vineyard
Hot Spring
Forest
Western tiger swallowtailSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Lake
Town
Hot Spring
Red admiralSunny
Rainy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Forest
Vineyard

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All Fall Bugs in Coral Island

fall bugs coral island
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ImageFall BugWeatherTime of DayLocation
Ghost mantisSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
AnyGarden Lane
Forest
Violin beetleSunny
Windy
AnyWoodlands
Forest
Vineyard
Soldier beetleSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
AnyGarden Lane
Beach
Lake
Woodlands
Town
Lookout
Hot Spring
GrasshopperAnyAnyGarden Lane
Beach
Lake
Woodlands
Forest
Maple leafcutter mothSunny
Rainy
Windy
AnyGarden Lane
Beach
Lake
Woodlands
SnailRainy
Stormy
Windy
AnyBeach
Lake
Woodlands
Town
Vineyard
Forest
WaspSunnyAnyVineyard
Hot Spring
Forest
Pine sphinxSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
AnyTown
Lookout
Beach
Luna mothSunny
Windy
AnyTown
Forest
Deep Forest
Striped garden caterpillarSunny
Windy
AnyGarden Lane
Beach
Hot Spring
SaddlebackSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
AnyBeach
Lookout
Forest
Gulf fritillarySunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
AnyGarden Lane
Woodlands
Lookout
Vineyard
Olivewing butterflySunny
Windy
AnyLake
Woodlands
Forest
Deep Forest
Widow spiderSunny
Windy
Evening
Night
Beach
Woodlands
Town
Lookout
Rove beetleSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Evening
Night
Garden Lane
Vineyard
TarantulaSunnyEvening
Night
Beach
Town
Atlas mothSunny
Windy
Evening
Night
Forest
Ground beetleAnyEvening
Night
Garden Lane
Lake
Town
Lookout
Vineyard
Man-faced stink bugSunny
Windy
Evening
Night
Lookout
Forest
Deep Forest
CentipedeSunny
Windy
Evening
Night
Garden Lane
Beach
Woodlands
Town
Forest
Vineyard
MothSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Evening
Night
Garden Lane
Town
Vineyard
Hot Spring
Eastern black swallowtailRainy
Stormy
Evening
Night
Beach
Lake
Lookout
Forest
Hot Spring
Harpalus beetleSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Town
Lookout
Forest
Vineyard
Hot Spring
Pipevine swallowtail butterflySunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Lake
Woodlands
Forest
Lady beetleSunny
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Town
Lookout
Hot Spring
Deep Forest
Orchid mantisSunny
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Forest
Deep Forest
FlySunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Beach
Lake
Woodlands
Town
Lookout
Dump
Assam silk mothSunny
Rainy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Lookout
Vineyard
Hot Spring
Forest
DragonflySunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Beach
Lake
Town
Praying mantisSunny
Rainy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Beach
Forest
Tiger swallowtail butterflySunny
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Woodlands
Vineyard
Hot Spring
Forest
Janetta forester butterflySunny
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Vineyard
Hot Spring
Forest
Monarch caterpillarSunny
Snowy
Rainy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Beach
Woodlands
Red admiralSunny
Rainy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Forest
Vineyard
Banded woollybearSunny
Snowy
Windy
Blizzard
Morning
Afternoon
Lake
Woodlands
Town
Lookout

All Winter Bugs in Coral Island

winter bugs coral island
Screenshot by Gamepur
ImageWinter BugWeatherTime of DayLocation
GrasshopperAnyAnyGarden Lane
Beach
Lake
Woodlands
Forest
Leaf beetleSunny
Windy
AnyForest
Vineyard
Hot Spring
Deep Forest
WaspSunnyAnyVineyard
Hot Spring
Forest
Olivewing butterflySunny
Windy
AnyLake
Woodlands
Forest
Deep Forest
Rove beetleSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Evening
Night
Garden Lane
Vineyard
Atlas mothSunny
Windy
Evening
Night
Forest
Ground beetleAnyEvening
Night
Garden Lane
Lake
Town
Lookout
Vineyard
CentipedeSunny
Windy
Evening
Night
Garden Lane
Beach
Woodlands
Town
Forest
Vineyard
MothSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Evening
Night
Garden Lane
Town
Vineyard
Hot Spring
Pipevine swallowtail butterflySunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Lake
Woodlands
Forest
FlySunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Beach
Lake
Woodlands
Town
Lookout
Dump
Praying mantisSunny
Rainy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Beach
Forest
Janetta forester butterflySunny
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Vineyard
Hot Spring
Forest
Monarch caterpillarSunny
Snowy
Rainy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Beach
Woodlands
Spicebush swallowtail butterflySunny
Rainy
Stormy
Windy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Beach
Woodlands
Birdwing butterflySunny
Rainy
Morning
Afternoon
Lookout
Forest
Western tiger swallowtailSunny
Rainy
Stormy
Morning
Afternoon
Garden Lane
Lake
Town
Hot Spring
Banded woollybearSunny
Snowy
Windy
Blizzard
Morning
Afternoon
Lake
Woodlands
Town
Lookout