Red dragonfly

"I caught a red dragonfly! I wonder if it can breathe fire..." —Animal Crossing

"I caught a red dragonfly! It's the color of sunset!" —Wild World

"I caught a red dragonfly! It's magic!" —City Folk

"I caught a red dragonfly! Wonder if it breathes fire..." —New Leaf

Red Dragonfly
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Real-world info
Name: Sympetrum fonscolombii Family: Libellulidae
Main appearances
DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
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The Red Dragonfly (アキアカネ, Akiakane) is a common bug in the Animal Crossing series. It can be sold for 80 Bells.

Catch details

Wild World

64px	''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." Size- 38 mm Season- Fall Time- Evening

In Pocket Camp

#19

Event availability	Red Dragonfly Goals
Location	Sunburst Island
Size	35.1 mm - 44.9 mm
Rarity	★
Catch rate	Cannot be caught at this time.
Selling price	10 Bells
Request reward	100 Bells 2 Friendship Points

In New Horizons

#32

"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

Donating to the museum

In Animal Crossing

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

In Wild World

"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

"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

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

"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!"

Further Information

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.

Names in other languages

	アキアカネ aki-akane	Red dragonfly (lit. "fall madder red")
	Feuerlibelle	Scarlet Dragonfly, lit. Fire Dragonfly
	Sympetrum	Latin name