Red Dragonfly
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- "I caught a red dragonfly! I wonder if it can breathe fire..." —Animal Crossing
- "アキアカネだ! ゆうやけ こやけの ア力ネいろ!" —Animal Forest
- "I caught a red dragonfly! It's the color of sunset!" —Wild World
- "I caught a red dragonfly! It's magic!" —City Folk
(アキアカネ)The Red Dragonfly is a common insect in the dragonfly family. It can be sold for 80 bells, which, with the Ant, holds the lowest selling price of any bug. In Animal Crossing they appeared in groups of five, however in Animal Forest e+ which came out later on, and in Animal Forest before, they were found singly.
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In Animal CrossingEdit
"Player, have you ever peered closely into a dragonfly's eyes? Blech! Ghastly, really. Hoo, but I digress..."
In Wild WorldEdit
"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."
In City FolkEdit
"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 exhibit, flying around the small pool of water in the area closest to the entrance.
In New LeafEdit
Encyclopedia InformationEdit
When the player has caught the red dragonfly, they can find information about the insect in the bug menu. Below is the information regarding the red dragonfly:
Animal ForestEdit
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| Red Dragonfly |
Wild WorldEdit
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| ''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."
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City FolkEdit
| ''These live in the mountains in summer and the valleys in fall."
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| Species # | |
|---|---|
| Animal Forest | Bug #9 |
| Animal Crossing | Bug #9 |
| Animal Forest e+ | Bug #9 |
| Animal Crossing: Wild World | Bug #22 |
| Animal Crossing: City Folk | Bug #23 |
| Animal Crossing: New Leaf | Bug #26 |
Further InformationEdit
This dragonfly is known as the Autumn Darter in English. It has a very profound seasonal migration throughout various habitats. In the summer it usually stays high in the mountains but near winter it descends to lower elevations.
This dragonfly has a cousin known as Aka-tombo Symeptrum darwinatium(アカトンボ) which is a popular species and one of the most loved due to a well-known Japanese song that goes as follows: 夕焼小焼の、赤とんぼ 負われて見たのは、いつの日か
It and the other Japanese red dragonfly species have many names, with aka-tonbo (赤蜻蛉 赤とんぼ : アカトンボ) and aki-akane (秋茜 "red autumn") being the most frequently used.
Unlike most Japanese 'red' dragonfly species, this one does not occur in two different colour forms regardless of gender; red and yellow.
This dragonfly is noted for congregating in large numbers along streams, which is referenced in the original Animal Crossing where it occurs in groups of 5. However unlike the Animal Crossing series, in real life they start appearing from July onwards, but is not common until it cools down around August and September.
It is closely related to the small Nannophya pygmaea.
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