Red dragonfly

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Artwork of red dragonfly
Real-world info
Name: Sympetrum fonscolombii
Family: Libellulidae
Main appearances

Other appearances
Names in other languages
 アキアカネ
 红蜻蜓
 Sympetrum
 Libélula roja
 Libellula rossa
 Красная стрекоза
 고추잠자리
 紅蜻蜓
 Libellule rouge
 Libélula roja
 Feuerlibelle
 Rode libel

The red dragonfly[nb 1] is a bug in the Animal Crossing series that has appeared in every game to date.

In the games that the red dragonfly appears in, it is the most common bug that the player can encounter, and can be found flying. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it can be caught during the first two months of fall.

Catch details[edit]

In Animal Crossing[edit]

#9
Red dragonfly
"I caught a red dragonfly! I wonder if it can breathe fire..."

Time of year[nb 2] Sep – Oct
Time of day 8 AM – 7 PM
Location Flying
Weather Any except rain
Selling price  80 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In Wild World[edit]

#22

Red dragonfly
"I caught a red dragonfly! It's the color of sunset!"

Description In the summer, they flit around the mountains, but in the fall they come back to ground level. Like leaves, they turn redder in the fall.
Time of year Sep – Nov
Time of day 8 AM – 7 PM
Peak times 4 PM – 5 PM
Location Flying
Bug size 38 mm
Selling price  80 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In City Folk[edit]

#23

Red dragonfly
"I caught a red dragonfly! It's magic!"

Description These live in the mountains in summer and the valleys in fall.
Time of year Sep – Oct
Time of day 8 AM – 7 PM
Peak times N/A
Location Flying
Bug size 38 mm
Rarity Uncommon
Selling price  80 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In New Leaf[edit]

#26

Red dragonfly
"I caught a red dragonfly! Wonder if it breathes fire..."

Time of year Sep – Oct
Time of day 8 AM – 7 PM
Peak times 4 PM – 5 PM
Location Flying
Size 40 mm
Rarity Common
Selling price  80 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


In Pocket Camp[edit]

#19

Red dragonfly

Availability Not currently available
  • 2019-09-08 – 2019-09-11 (Rad Red Dragonfly Goals)
  • 2020-09-09 – 2020-12-28
  • 2021-08-29 – 2021-12-24
  • 2022-09-19 – 2022-12-26
  • 2023-09-15 – 2023-12-26
Location Sunburst Island PC Map Icon.png Sunburst Island
Size 35.1 mm – 44.9 mm
Rarity
Selling price  10 Bells
Version added Unknown
Villager gift data Tier: 1 (Common)

Rewards:

  •  100 Bells
  • +2 Heart PC Icon.png Friendship points


In New Horizons[edit]

#32

Red dragonfly
"I caught a red dragonfly! Didn't even have to roll for initiative!"

Time of year North: Sep – Oct
South: Mar – Apr
Time of day 8 AM – 7 PM
Location Flying near water
Weather Any except rain
Spawn requirement Appears from the start of the game
Selling prices  Nook's Cranny 180 Bells
 Flick 270 Bells
Furniture size 1.0 x 1.0


Donating to the museum[edit]

In Animal Crossing[edit]

"<Player>, have you ever peered closely into a dragonfly's eyes? Blech! Ghastly, really. Hoo, but I digress..."

In Wild World[edit]

"Ever looked into the eyes of a red dragonfly, or any dragonfly, for that matter? They've "compound eyes," where multiple eyeballs are stuck together, wot! Just think of all those beady little eyes on you! Blech! How very vile... To be honest, bugs with only TWO eyes make me gag."

The red dragonfly can be found flying around the second insect room in the museum.

In City Folk[edit]

"Since red dragonflies can't regulate their body temperatures, they only come out in the fall. They actually perish when the heat climbs over 86 degrees Fahrenheit. No summer fun for them, wot?"

The red dragonfly can be seen in the lower tier of the insect exhibition, flying around the small pool of water in the exhibit closest to the entrance.

In New Leaf[edit]

Upon being donated, the red dragonfly can be found in the first room of the bug exhibit, flying around the pond and occasionally resting on the fence. The exhibit has this to say about the red dragonfly:

"Red dragonflies are seen in the fall, as they're rather sensitive to the heat of summer. They stay in the mountains during the summer and come down to the plains in cooler weather. The males' bodies turn red when they're mature, but their heads and thoraxes are brownish. The females have a more yellowish color and aren't as red as the males, making them easy to tell apart."

In New Horizons[edit]

"I won't deny that the wretched red dragonfly is an elegant aeronaut. It manipulates its four wings quite uniquely so it can hover and maneuver through the air with ease. But the veins on its wings! What ghastly things! One can't help but gasp at the sight of them... Appalling aerodynamics, indeed!"

Once donated to the museum, the red dragonfly can be found flying near the waterfall in the upper section of the main bug exhibit with the darner dragonfly and the damselfly.

Gallery[edit]

Real-world information[edit]

Male specimen of the dragonfly Sympetrum flaveolum, perched. Red-bodied with red tips on its wings, with an indigo underbelly and saffron yellow in the basal areas of its wings.
Male specimen of the dragonfly Sympetrum flaveolum.

The red dragonfly featured in Animal Crossing is most likely a male specimen of Sympetrum flaveolum, colloquially known as the yellow-winged darter. The yelllow-winged darter can grow to be 32-37 mm long, and can be found through the southern half of Great Britain (though not exactly established there), parts of southern Europe, and in central and northern China. Only the males sport the bright red coloration seen in Animal Crossing — females are a golden brown. The species can breed only with stagnant water, such as in peat bogs and still river backwaters. It can be difficult to tell apart the yellow-winged darter from other dragonflies, especially in female specimens.

Trivia[edit]

  • The red dragonfly's catch quote in New Horizons references tabletop role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons. In the game, red dragons are enemies that players can face, and in combat, players roll initiative to determine the order of turns.

Names in other languages[edit]

Japanese アキアカネ
Aki-akane
Red dragonfly (lit. "fall madder red")

Simplified Chinese 红蜻蜓
Hóngqīngtíng
Red dragonfly

Traditional Chinese 紅蜻蜓
Unknown

German Feuerlibelle Scarlet Dragonfly (lit. "Fire Dragonfly")

European French Sympetrum Latin name

Notes[edit]

  1. Japanese: アキアカネ Hepburn: Akiakane
  2. All bugs and fish in the first-generation games can appear at a lower spawn rate up to five days before the start of their first month of availability.