Fields of Mistria bug locations, seasons and weather

Fields of Mistria gives bug catching several useful roles. Bugs contribute to villager requests and museum completion, while terrariums and apiaries can use them to produce bug pheromones and honey. They can also be sold, although they cannot be cooked like fish.

This guide covers every bug, including its location, season, weather and available time. The list includes additions from version 0.15; version 1.0 did not add any new bugs.

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How to catch bugs in Fields of Mistria

Bugs do not have a dedicated skill level or skill tree. Some species are limited to particular times, so plan your search around the following windows:

• Morning: 6 am to 11 am
• Day: 6 am to 8 pm
• Night: 8 pm to 2 am

Several underground species appear inside rocks. Use your pickaxe to break the rocks and reveal them. Leaving and re-entering a map can also refresh bug spawns, which is useful when you are targeting one particular entry.

For bugs found away from the mines, setting the display’s in-game scale to 1x makes most of the farm visible at once. If the species can appear there, enter and leave the house to reset spawns quickly.

Complete Fields of Mistria bug list

The entries below are arranged alphabetically, matching the in-game almanac. “All” means every season or time period, while “Any” means every weather condition. Additional reference details are available in the Fields of Mistria Wiki.

• Ancient firefly: Ancient Ruins, mines 81–99; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Ant: any surface map; spring, summer and fall; sunny, windy or rainy; all day.
• Ant queen: any surface map, requires common bug pheromones; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Beach hopper: beach; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Big bee: any surface map; spring, summer and fall; sunny or windy; morning and day.
• Biggest beetle: any surface map, requires legendary bug pheromones; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Brightbulb moth: any surface map; winter; sunny; night.
• Bumblebee: any surface map; spring, summer and fall; sunny or windy; morning and day.
• Butterfly: any surface map; spring; sunny or windy; morning and day.
• Caterpillar: any surface map; spring; sunny, windy or rainy; all day.
• Chillipede: any surface map, inside rocks; fall; any weather; all day.
• Cicada: any surface map; summer; any weather; all day.
• Cicada nymph: any surface map; fall; any weather; night.
• Cooktop beetle: Lava Caves, mines 61–79; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Copper nugget beetle: Upper Mines, mines 1–19; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Coral mantis: Tide Caverns, mines 21–39; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Cricket: any surface map; summer; any weather; night.
• Crystal caterpillar: any surface map; winter; snowy; all day.
• Crystal wing moth: Deep Earth, mines 41–59; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Crystalline cricket: Deep Earth, mines 41–59; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Deep earthworm: Deep Earth, mines 41–59, inside rocks; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Diamond beetle: Lava Caves, mines 61–79; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Dragon horn beetle: Deep Woods; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Dragonfly: any surface map; summer; sunny or rainy; all day.
• Fairy bee: any surface map; fall; sunny or windy; all day.
• Fire wasp: Lava Caves, mines 61–79; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Firefly: any surface map; summer; sunny; night.
• Flower bee: any surface map; all seasons; sunny or windy; morning and day.
• Flower crown beetle: any surface map; spring; sunny or windy; morning and day.
• Frost flutter butterfly: any surface map; winter; sunny; morning and day.
• Fur bee: any surface map; winter; sunny; morning and day.
• Fuzzy moth: any surface map; all seasons; sunny or windy; night.
• Gem shard caterpillar: Deep Earth, mines 41–59; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Grasshopper: any surface map; spring, summer and fall; sunny or windy; day.
• Hermit crab: beach; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Hermit snail: Tide Caverns, mines 21–39; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Hidden beetle: Ancient Ruins, mines 81–99; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Hummingbird hawk moth: any surface map; spring, summer and fall; any weather; all day.
• Icehopper: any surface map; winter; any weather; all day.
• Inchworm: any surface map; fall; any weather; all day.
• Jewel beetle: any surface map, inside rocks; summer; any weather; all day.
• Ladybug: any surface map; spring; sunny, windy or rainy; all day.
• Lantern moth: Upper Mines, mines 1–19, near light sources; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Lava snail: Lava Caves, mines 61–79; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Leafhopper: The Narrows and Eastern Road; fall; any weather; all day.
• Lightning dragonfly: Sweetwater Farm, The Narrows, Eastern Road and Mistria town; spring, summer and fall; stormy; morning and day.
• Loam caterpillar: Deep Woods; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Luna moth: any surface map; spring; sunny or windy; night.
• Magma beetle: any surface map; summer; any weather; all day.
• Mine cricket: Upper Mines, mines 1–19; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Mistmoth: any surface map; fall; sunny or windy; night.
• Monarch butterfly: any surface map; fall; sunny or windy; morning and day.
• Moonlight bee: any surface map; all seasons; sunny or windy; night.
• Mote firefly: Deep Woods; all seasons; sunny or windy; night.
• Orchid mantis: any surface map; spring; sunny, windy or rainy; morning and day.
• Parchment moth: Ancient Ruins, mines 81–99; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Petalhopper: any surface map; spring; any weather; morning and day.
• Polar fly: any surface map; winter; sunny; all day.
• Pond skater: The Narrows, Eastern Road and Mistria, on water; spring, summer and fall; sunny, windy or rainy; all day.
• Praying mantis: any surface map; spring, summer and fall; sunny or windy; morning and day.
• Puddle spider: Tide Caverns, mines 21–39; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Queen’s birdwing: any surface map, requires rare bug pheromones; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Question mark butterfly: any surface map; spring, summer and fall; sunny or windy; morning and day.
• Redhead worm: any surface map, inside rocks; spring, summer and fall; any weather; all day.
• Relic crab: beach; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Rhinoceros beetle: any surface map; spring, summer and fall; any weather; night.
• Rock roach: Deep Earth, mines 41–59, inside rocks; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Roly poly: any surface map, inside rocks; spring; any weather; all day.
• Sand mantis: any surface map, requires uncommon bug pheromones; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Sand bug: beach; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Sea scarab: Tide Caverns, mines 21–39, inside rocks; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Singing katydid: Deep Woods; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Smoke moth: Lava Caves, mines 61–79; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Snail: any surface map; spring; any weather; all day.
• Snowball beetle: any surface map; winter; blizzard; all day.
• Snug bug: any surface map, inside rocks; winter; any weather; all day.
• Speedy snail: any surface map; spring, summer and fall; sunny, windy or rainy; all day.
• Strawhopper: any surface map; summer; any weather; all day.
• Strobe firefly: any surface map; summer; sunny; night.
• Sunset moth: any surface map, requires common bug pheromones; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Surf beetle: beach; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Sweet bee: any surface map; all seasons; sunny or windy; morning and day.
• Tiger swallowtail butterfly: any surface map; fall; sunny or windy; morning and day.
• Tunnel millipede: Upper Mines, mines 1–19, inside rocks; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Void snail: Ancient Ruins, mines 81–99; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Walking leaf: any surface map; fall; any weather; morning and day.
• Walking stick: any surface map; winter; any weather; all day.
• Waterbug: beach; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Waterfly: Tide Caverns, mines 21–39; all seasons; any weather; all day.
• Windleaf butterfly: Deep Woods; all seasons; sunny or windy; all day.
• Winterpillar: any surface map; winter; any weather; all day.
• Worm: Upper Mines, mines 1–19, inside rocks; all seasons; any weather; all day.

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