Ant

Ant
Scientific Name	Formicidae
Appearances	Animal Crossing Animal Crossing: Wild World Animal Crossing: City Folk
Location	Atop pieces of candy left on the ground.
Date Availability	All Year
Time Availability	All Day
Sales Price	80 Bells
Size	5mm

The Ant is one of the most common and smallest breeds of bugs found in this game.

[edit] How to Catch

As would be stereotypically obvious, Ants can only be caught through the classic "Picnic Method". In elaboration, this involves leaving a piece of candy anywhere on the ground throughout your Town(as long as it isn't indoors, of course)and leaving it where it lay for at least one full day. After said duration, you will find your piece of candy completely swarmed with moving black spots. From there, you simply swipe at this piece of candy with your Net and you've just caught yourself an Ant.

[edit] Player

This is what your player says when you catch an Ant:

[edit] Animal Crossing

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

[edit] Animal Forest e+

"アりを　つかまえた! てごたえアリ!"

[edit] Animal Crossing: Wild World

"I caught an ant! Ant misbehavin'!"

[edit] Animal Crossing: City Folk

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

[edit] Menu

When looking at the Ant in the bug menu it will say this:

[edit] Animal Crossing: Wild World

About 20 percent of worker ants do nothing. Lazy!

[edit] Animal Crossing: City Folk

Twenty percent of worker ants actually don't do anything ... They are lazy ants.

[edit] Museum

If you donate this bug to the Museum, Blathers will say this:

[edit] Animal Crossing

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[edit] Animal Crossing: Wild World

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 from? Blech. I'd rather not know...

[edit] Animal Crossing: City Folk

H-h-hoo... I daresay that is an ant. STOP! Do NOT free it! Leave the beast caged! Insects rather bother me. Touching them strikes as quite revolting, wot? Most people seem to regard ants as peaceful creatures, but the truth is that they are 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... Bleh enough, I say... Our thanks for the donation. We shall endeavor to keep the wretch safe and happy.

[edit] Real Life

In real life, the Ant is one of the most common insects in all the world and have existed for roughly 110 million years, rivaling Cockroaches. If that wasn't enough, there is apparently 10,000 different species of Ant existent worldwide.

[edit] Appearance

An Ant in real life