Ant

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Real-world info
	Name: Unknown; Family: Formicidae
Main appearances
	DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue; WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
	Film HHD aF PC
	Names in other languages アリ; 개미; Formica; Ameise 蚂蚁; Fourmi; Hormiga; Mier 螞蟻; Fourmi; Hormiga; Муравей

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The ant is a bug in the Animal Crossing series introduced in Animal Crossing. Ants will swarm over candy, lollipops, and spoiled turnips, regardless of the season or time of day. Despite there being a large group of ants present on discarded food, only one can be caught at a time; once one has been caught, the other ants disappear. In New Horizons, the ants can be seen marching single-file from the food item back to a tiny ant hill, which also disappears when an ant is caught. Ants sell for 80 Bells.

Catch details[edit]

In Animal Crossing[edit]

#34

"I caught an ant! My uncle will be so happy! (That doesn't even make sense!)"

DnM / iQue

DnM+ / AC

DnMe+

Time of year^{[nb 1]}	All year
Time of day	All day
Location	On candy On spoiled turnips
Weather	Any except rain
Selling price	80 Bells
Furniture size

In Wild World[edit]

#25

"I caught an ant! Ant misbehavin'!"

Description	About 20 percent of worker ants do nothing. Lazy!
Time of year	All year
Time of day	All day
Peak times	N/A
Location	On spoiled turnips/candy
Bug size	5 mm
Rarity	Common
Selling price	80 Bells
Furniture size

In City Folk[edit]

#27

"I caught an ant! Ant ant ant ant ant! I am redund-ant!"

Description	Twenty percent of worker ants actually don't do anything... They are lazy ants.
Time of year	All year
Time of day	All day
Peak times	N/A
Location	On spoiled turnips/candy
Bug size	5 mm
Rarity	Common
Selling price	80 Bells
Furniture size

In New Leaf[edit]

#30

"I caught an ant! I'm exuber-ant! (Well...not really...)"

Time of year	All year
Time of day	All day
Peak times	N/A
Location	On spoiled turnips/candy
Size	6 mm
Rarity	Very common
Selling price	80 Bells
Furniture size

In New Horizons[edit]

#69

"I caught an ant! TELL ME WHERE THE QUEEN IS!"

Time of year	North: All year South: All year
Time of day	All day
Location	On spoiled turnips/candy/lollipops
Weather	Any weather
Spawn requirement	Appears from the start of the game
Selling prices	Nook's Cranny: 80 Bells Flick: 120 Bells
Furniture size

Donating to the museum[edit]

In Animal Crossing[edit]

When the player is donating it to the museum, Blathers will say the following:

"I wonder, how do you think that ants manage to search out their food? Because the question really confounds me! I mean, really. Come now. If ants were our size, the area they traverse in their search for sustenance... ...would FAR exceed the entire size of our fair village. Can you imagine it, wot? Hiking that far for a snack? What is going on in their tiny little ant-minds, hm? Do they have some specific target in mind? Could it be they're just wandering about aimlessly? Hoo-rrrumph! Ridiculous and revolting! Hooo... But I digress..."

In Wild World[edit]

Upon donating to the museum in Wild World, Blathers the curator will say:

"Tell me, did you know that ants leave scent everywhere they trundle about? Indeed, they do this in order to make sure they can get back to their nest. But from just WHERE on the ant does this stench come? Blech. I'd rather not know..."

Once donated in Wild World, a trail of ants can be found marching amongst the trees in the second room of the insect exhibit.

In City Folk[edit]

Upon donating to the museum in City Folk, Blathers the curator will say:

"Most people seem to regard ants as peaceful creatures, but the truth is that they're quite savage insects, wot? Indeed, when I was but a fledgling, I once sat on an ant nest by accident. The wretched things set upon me within moments. My poor tail feathers took forever to grow back. "

In City Folk, ants form a trail along the path on the central terrace of the insect exhibit. The Ants emerge from a hole in the wall and swarm over a pile of sugar that lies on the path some distance away.

In New Leaf[edit]

Upon donating to the museum in New Leaf, Blathers will say:

"Ants are small but very powerful and are able to carry items far heavier than they are. In the nest, there is a queen and also worker ants, making them somewhat similar to bees. In some habitats, ants actually make up between 15-20% of the areas total terrestrial-animal biomass."

In New Horizons[edit]

When asked about the bug, Blathers will say the following:

"I warn you, the ant may be a small bug, but it finds scary strength in numbers. You see, the ant itself is the strongest creature in the world in relation to its size. One of these diminutive fiends can carry 50 times its own bodyweight! And if it wants to lift something even larger... Why, it simply calls on its ant friends to join the effort. Creepy cooperation, I say..."

Once donated, the ant can be seen in the bug farms exhibit, alongside the long locust and mole cricket, and can also be seen in a trail going into the lab exhibit.

Gallery[edit]

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Animal Crossing
(furniture sprite)
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Real-world information[edit]

A real-life ant

Ants, from the family Formicidae, are insects that have existed for at least 110 million years. They are widespread throughout the world and are easily identified by their long antennae, large abdomen, and sectioned bodies. There are thought to be at least ten thousand species of ants world-wide.

Trivia[edit]

In Animal Crossing: Wild World, the player makes a reference to the song, "Ain't Misbehavin'," when catching an ant.

Names in other languages[edit]

	アリ ari	Ant

	개미 gaemi	Ant

	蚂蚁 mǎyǐ	Ant

	螞蟻 Unknown

	Муравей Muravey	Ant

	Mier	Ant

	Ameise	Ant

	Hormiga	Ant

	Fourmi	Ant

	Formica	Ant

Notes[edit]

↑ 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.

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