
Animal Crossing New Horizons: How to Catch Ants
One of the smallest bugs in Animal Crossing are also one of the hardest to find. Here's where you can catch your own ants.
While there's all manner of insects just crawling around in Animal Crossing New Horizons, finding something as simple as an ant can prove surprisingly difficult. We've outlined here how to catch an ant and what you'll need to make them appear.
On this page:
How to Catch Ants in Animal Crossing New Horizons
Ants are different because they require a very specific trick to draw them out. In this case they won't spawn randomly at certain times or places, instead appearing in the presence of Rotten Turnips (you can find our full turnip guide here). To catch an ant, do as follows:

- Buy turnips from Daisy Mae on Sunday morning when she appears on your island.
- Keep at least one turnip until the following Sunday, that is, for one week or more.
- The turnip will rot at this point, whether in your inventory or placed on the ground. It won't disappear, but it will change into a rotten turnip item and lose all its value as a commodity.
- Take the rotten turnip outside and leave it on the ground. Then walk away.
- Return to the turnip periodically. Eventually you should see ants crawling up to it.
- Approach with your net and hit the ants with it. You'll catch one!
How Much Are Ants Worth?
Ants are worth 80 bells each, and while that isn't great, it's made even worse by the fact that you'll have to waste perfectly good turnips trying to get them. If you missed the opportunity to sell your turnips and they rotted anyway, you might as well lure in some ants to try and make up for the loss a little, but you should never trade in turnips for ants beyond that first catch for Blathers' museum.
If you want all manner of Animal Crossing content, USgamer is here to oblige. We've got Caty's review of New Horizons for you to enjoy right here, or check this link to see how people are reflected in the islands they make.
In other news
Marvel's Avengers Has Yet to Make Back Its Development Costs
Square Enix is saying it will continue pushing toward making the game profitable, however.
Kate Bishop's Marvel's Avengers DLC Has a New Launch Date and Time Travel Shenanigans
The first story content drop from Crystal Dynamics and company is coming next month.
The Last of Us Part 2 and Hades Lead 2020's Game Awards Nominees
Supergiant and Naughty Dog have racked up the nods at this year's Keighley-tastic show.
Ubisoft's Skull and Bones Studio Just Lost Its Managing Director, but He Hasn't Been Fired
Hugues Ricour, once the boss at Ubisoft Singapore, will remain employed in a different position after a leadership audit.
You may also like
Cyberpunk 2077 Review: Death by a Thousand Cyber-Cuts
Even if you get beyond the bugs, it's just not worth it.
PlayStation 5 Update Lets You Know If You're About to Play the PS4 Version of Game
Check yourself before you last-gen yourself.
Stardew Valley Just Got Beaches, Fish Tanks, Swimming Ducks, and a Whole Lot More
Nearly five years on, Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone just pushed what he says is Stardew's "biggest update yet."
Alien: Isolation Is Free on Epic and Just As Good as It Was in 2014
Get the motion tracker and don't go in the vents.