Ants were a large family of insects that could be found in many places and variations across the Forgotten Realms.
Species[]
- Abyss ant
- Found on many layers of the Abyss, and occasionally on the Prime Material Plane if summoned by spellcasters or other magic.[1]
- Honey ant
- A species of ant that had specialized workers whose abdomens swelled with a sweet, nectar-like fluid from the plants they ate for the purposes of storage. This species was endemic to the lands of Chult and Tashalar[2]
- Piranha ant
- A species of 1 inch (0.025 meters) long ants that could group together in thousands in order to strip flesh from living beings.[3]
- Red ant
- Otherwise known as fire ants, this species could be found in the rimwood area of the forest of Cormanthor[4] and in the Raurin desert.[5]
Ecology[]
Habitats[]
Large swarms of ants could be found in the Crowded Sea region, on the island of Djinni's Claws.[6]
Like most mundane animals, ants could be found in the Beastlands.[7]
Relationships[]
The humans and wild dwarves that inhabited the lands of Chult and Tashlar were known to harvest and eat honey ants,[2] except for during the winter season.[2]
In the land of Semphar, people were known to harvest large quantities of ants, douse them in herbed oils, and then fry them into a sort of cake. The oil made it so that the ants would stick together into an easily movable mass. This custom was practiced during all but the winter season.[2]
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- ↑ Randy Maxwell (May 1993). “The Dragon's Bestiary: They came from the Outer Planes!”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Dragon #193 (TSR, Inc.), p. 97.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ed Greenwood (4-27-2019). Ant Entomophagy (Tweet). theedverse. Twitter. Archived from the original on 5-16-2021. Retrieved on 5-16-2021.
- ↑ Johnathan M. Richards (1998). “The Dragon's Bestiary: Urban Pests”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon Annual #3 (TSR, Inc.) (3)., p. 108.
- ↑ James Butler, Elizabeth T. Danforth, Jean Rabe (September 1994). “Cormanthor”. In Karen S. Boomgarden ed. Elminster's Ecologies (TSR, Inc), p. 10. ISBN 1-5607-6917-3.
- ↑ Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman, Philip Meyers, Peter Rice, William John Wheeler (May 1987). Desert of Desolation. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 87–88. ISBN 978-0880383974.
- ↑ David Cook (October 1992). “The Djinni's Claws”. In Bill Slavicsek ed. Golden Voyages (TSR, Inc.), p. 2. ISBN 978-1560763314.
- ↑ Dale Donovan (December 1995). “Liber Benevolentiae”. In Michele Carter ed. Planes of Conflict (TSR, Inc.), p. 8. ISBN 0-7869-0309-0.