Characters / Drunk on Nectar

The ecosystem of Drunk on Nectar is filled with all manner of colorful species.

Ants

Small but tenacious npcs. Keep away from their mealybugs if you don't want a Zerg Rush on your hands.

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• Cannon Fodder: Will give themselves up en masse to protect the mealybugs.
• The Swarm: Teams of them can be found patrolling the undergrowth and defending the mealybugs that they feed on from possible threats.

Blue Mud Dauber

The beautiful but waspish nemesis of the jumping spider. Builds mud nests inside of logs, in which it stores its paralyzed arachnid captives.

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• Ascended to Carnivorism: Are generally nectar sippers and pollinators, but will attack spiders to feed their grubs.
• Fate Worse than Death: Will paralyze their prey and entomb it in their nest.
• The Paralyzer: Hunts with this method.

Dragonfly

A swift and deadly assassin. Dragonflies scour the garden from the skies, either grappling with kills in midair or swooping down on unsuspecting walkers.

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• Graceful in Their Element: Is clumsy once grounded and can be easily picked off by land based threats. In the air, it's swift and deadly.
• Mêlée à Trois: The dragonfly, tiger beetle, and jumping spider each play a part of a 3-sided rivalry, serving as both predator and prey for each other.

Grasshopper

A large, but agile herbivore. Can instantly launch itself from its perch and away from predators, although it's a slow walker and a weak flier.

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• Escape Artist: Due to their ability to instantly ricochet away, they can be quite difficult to corner. Once grabbed, they struggle quite a lot and often break free.
• In a Single Bound: Their most notable ability. Granted, they can fly as well.

Japanese Tiger Beetle

Durable, fast, and polychromatic. Blurring speed, flight, and a huge appetite make for a rough contender.

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• Mêlée à Trois: The dragonfly, tiger beetle, and jumping spider each play a part of a 3-sided rivalry, serving as both predator and prey for each other.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Able to take down a huge variety of prey regardless of size.

Jumping Spider

Flightless but nevertheless tactical. Jumping spiders are agile climbers and jumpers that ambush pollinators from above and below.

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• Friendly Neighborhood Spider: In lifecycles mode, your spider mother and siblings are this. Spiders as a whole will also peacefully mingle with other critters so long as they're neither a predator nor a prey item.
• Hidden Supplies: Can build web nests to stash extra food and protect themselves against predators.
• Mêlée à Trois: The dragonfly, tiger beetle, and jumping spider each play a part of a 3-sided rivalry, serving as both predator and prey for each other.
• Pale Females, Dark Males: Due to their sexual dimorphism, male spiders are much darker.
• Spring Jump: Possess this in the place of flight.

Ladybug

A persistent and stealthy hunter of mealybugs..of which it must swipe from stinging squadrons of ants. Luckily its buzzing wings make it hard to pin down.

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• Poisonous Person: Are unpalatable to larger creatures.
• Killer Rabbit: Rather small and dainty looking at first, but is really a specialized hunter.

Leafhoppers

Diminutive npcs that can be found settling on leaves. They serve as a beginner food source for early instar predators.

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• Airborne Mook: The mature ones possess wings.
• Harmless Enemy: They make easy meals for younger predators, but are so miniscule that bigger ones don't seem bother them at all. They're a bit better at getaways than the mealybugs at least.
• In a Single Bound: Much like grasshoppers, leafhoppers are quite good jumpers as nymphs but can fly as adults.
• Mooks: Serve as a basic food source for young predators and are high in abundance.

Mealybug

Colonies of fragile npc scale insects that dwell amongst ants for protection.

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• Harmless Enemy: Does no damage and can barely fight back once grabbed.
• The Symbiote: Have a mutual form of this with the ants.

Monarch Butterfly

A large and colorful visitor to the game's flowers. Their innate poison keeps them protected against predators, so they can fearlessly flock to blooms.

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• Four-Legged Insect: Have this in reference to real monarchs, which have a tendency to tuck away their front legs.
• Poisonous Person: Are completely inedible for this reason.
• Pretty Butterflies: Along with the viceroy.

Nocturnal Wasp

A nighttime predator that forages under the cover of darkness.

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• Cartoon Creature: An amalgamation of various nocturnal wasp species. Appears to be mostly inspired by the wasps of Apoica and Brachycistidinae.
• Nocturnal Mooks: The nocturnal counterpart to the mud dauber.
• Palette Swap: A red variation of the other wasp's model, seeing as they're both very similar insects.

Solitary Bee

Stingless and hiveless, these small pollinators make quick snacks for any hunters. Still, their agility is a saving grace.

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• Airborne Mook: Are the basic flying prey item along with the viceroy.
• Virtuous Bees: Is actually one of the more peaceful species.

Viceroy Butterfly

Mimics the wings of the monarch, and hopefully any enemies will think it copies the poison too. Unfortunately the illusion can be easily broken with chem vision, which allows predators to sense the various species around them.

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• Airborne Mook: Shares this role with the bee.
• Four-Legged Insect: Have this in reference to real viceroys; the front legs of which are rarely displayed.
• Pretty Butterflies: Along with the monarch.