[1.21.7 Update!] Butterflies and Dragonflies

Butterflies & Dragonflies

This datapack adds 12 unique variants of Butterflies and Dragonflies into your world! You can catch them in a bugnet, or kill them to display their bodies.

Butterflies:

There are 8 kinds of butterflies, and they can spawn almost anywhere other passive mobs can spawn. Here are the butterfly variants:

• Apollo
• Blue Morpho
• Colorado Hairstreak
• Clouded Sulphur
• Malachite
• Monarch
• Red Lacewing
• Zebra Longwing

You can see what each of these types look like in the gallery.

Dragonflies:

There are 4 kinds of dragonflies, and they can spawn around rivers, swamps, and mangrove swamps. The dragonfly has a special ability to hover every little while. Here are the dragonly variants:

• Blue Dasher
• Eastern Pondhawk
• Eight-Spotted Skimmer
• Roseate Skimmer

You can see what each of these types look like in the gallery.

Bugnet:

You can craft yourself a bugnet with two sticks and three string. Here is how to craft it:

Right-click on a butterfly or dragonly with a bugnet to catch it! The bugnet will be displayed as a "Filled Bugnet" and will tell you in the lore of the item what insect has been caught. You can right-click again to release your critter!.

Other Info:

Once the datapack is installed, operators can use the following commands to manually summon butterflies and dragonflies:

Thank you!