diff --git a/data/json/items/comestibles/other.json b/data/json/items/comestibles/other.json
index e17fdd5481181..5f4e5259b2cdc 100644
--- a/data/json/items/comestibles/other.json
+++ b/data/json/items/comestibles/other.json
@@ -84,6 +84,25 @@
     "flags": [ "EDIBLE_FROZEN", "NUTRIENT_OVERRIDE" ],
     "fun": -5
   },
+  {
+    "type": "COMESTIBLE",
+    "id": "honeydew",
+    "name": { "str": "honeydew" },
+    "description": "It's a sugar-rich sticky substance, produced by aphids from plant's sap.  Ants and bees love it.",
+    "weight": "22 g",
+    "color": "green",
+    "symbol": "~",
+    "material": [ "honey" ],
+  "quench": 4,
+    "healthy": 0,
+    "calories": 67,
+  "charges": 16,
+    "stim": 0,
+    "fun": 2  , 
+  "comestible_type": "FOOD" ,
+  "flags": ["NUTRIENT_OVERRIDE"],
+  "volume": "250 ml"  
+ },
   {
     "type": "COMESTIBLE",
     "id": "marloss_berry",
diff --git a/data/json/monster_factions.json b/data/json/monster_factions.json
index bba3a542a97fd..32d4460e0fd71 100644
--- a/data/json/monster_factions.json
+++ b/data/json/monster_factions.json
@@ -374,6 +374,34 @@
     "base_faction": "insect",
     "hate": "fish"
   },
+  {
+    "type": "MONSTER_FACTION",
+    "name": "antlion",
+    "base_faction": "insect",
+    "neutral": [ "antlion" ],
+    "by_mood": [ "zombie", "fungus", "bee" ],
+    "hate": [ "insect", "small_animal", "ant", "acid_ant" ]
+  },
+  {
+   "type": "MONSTER_FACTION",
+    "name": "ladybug",
+    "base_faction": "insect",
+    "by_mood": [ "zombie", "bee", "insect" ],
+    "hate": [ "small_animal", "ant", "acid_ant" ]
+  },
+   {
+    "type": "MONSTER_FACTION",
+    "name": "mantis",
+    "base_faction": "insect",
+    "by_mood": [ "centipede", "spider", "ant", "acid_ant" ],
+    "hate": [ "insect", "small_animal" ]
+  },
+    {
+    "type": "MONSTER_FACTION",
+    "name": "strider",
+    "base_faction": "insect",
+    "hate": [ "small_animal", "fish"]
+  },
   {
     "type": "MONSTER_FACTION",
     "name": "fungus",
diff --git a/data/json/monstergroups/bugs.json b/data/json/monstergroups/bugs.json
index b679a8772e566..940f732f91e63 100644
--- a/data/json/monstergroups/bugs.json
+++ b/data/json/monstergroups/bugs.json
@@ -10,6 +10,21 @@
       { "monster": "mon_ant_queen", "freq": 0, "cost_multiplier": 0 }
     ]
   },
+  {
+    "type": "monstergroup",
+    "name": "GROUP_ANT_SURFACE",
+    "default": "mon_ant_small",
+    "is_animal": true,
+    "monsters": [
+      { "monster": "mon_ant_larva", "freq": 40, "cost_multiplier": 0 },
+      { "monster": "mon_ant_soldier", "freq": 90, "cost_multiplier": 5 },
+      { "monster": "mon_ant_queen", "freq": 0, "cost_multiplier": 0 },
+      { "monster": "mon_aphid", "freq": 40, "pack_size": [ 3, 10 ], "cost_multiplier": 0 },
+      { "monster": "mon_lady_bug_giant", "freq": 10, "pack_size": [ 1, 3 ], "cost_multiplier": 10},
+      { "monster": "mon_antlion_larva", "freq": 5, "cost_multiplier": 10 },
+      { "monster": "mon_antlion_giant", "freq": 3, "cost_multiplier": 10 }
+    ]
+  },
   {
     "type": "monstergroup",
     "name": "GROUP_ANT_ACID",
diff --git a/data/json/monstergroups/fish.json b/data/json/monstergroups/fish.json
index fc90cb1ec820e..517593d829cda 100644
--- a/data/json/monstergroups/fish.json
+++ b/data/json/monstergroups/fish.json
@@ -324,7 +324,8 @@
         "cost_multiplier": 3,
         "conditions": [ "SPRING", "SUMMER" ],
         "pack_size": [ 1, 3 ]
-      }
+      },
+      { "monster": "mon_strider_small", "freq": 35, "cost_multiplier": 3, "pack_size": [ 3, 6 ] }
     ],
     "freq_total": 1740
   },
diff --git a/data/json/monstergroups/lab.json b/data/json/monstergroups/lab.json
index c86bd401acc88..1c7698d128935 100644
--- a/data/json/monstergroups/lab.json
+++ b/data/json/monstergroups/lab.json
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@
       { "monster": "mon_zombie_armored", "freq": 5, "cost_multiplier": 5 },
       { "monster": "mon_zombie_electric", "freq": 50, "cost_multiplier": 3 },
       { "monster": "mon_zombie_necro", "freq": 15, "cost_multiplier": 15 },
-      { "monster": "mon_zombie_brute_shocker", "freq": 10, "cost_multiplier": 5 }
+      { "monster": "mon_zombie_brute_shocker", "freq": 10, "cost_multiplier": 5 },
+      {"monster": "mon_lady_bug_giant", "freq": 15, "cost_multiplier": 2},
+      {"monster": "mon_mole_cricket", "freq": 20, "cost_multiplier": 3}
     ],
     "freq_total": 2592
   },
@@ -162,7 +164,8 @@
       { "monster": "mon_zombie_armored", "freq": 1, "cost_multiplier": 5 },
       { "monster": "mon_zombie_electric", "freq": 10, "cost_multiplier": 3 },
       { "monster": "mon_zombie_necro", "freq": 1, "cost_multiplier": 15 },
-      { "monster": "mon_zombie_brute_shocker", "freq": 1, "cost_multiplier": 5 }
+      { "monster": "mon_zombie_brute_shocker", "freq": 1, "cost_multiplier": 5 },
+      {"monster": "mon_mole_cricket", "freq": 20, "cost_multiplier": 3}
     ]
   }
 ]
diff --git a/data/json/monstergroups/misc.json b/data/json/monstergroups/misc.json
index f7dcb784e3f2c..f25d4e62dd35b 100644
--- a/data/json/monstergroups/misc.json
+++ b/data/json/monstergroups/misc.json
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@
       { "monster": "mon_albino_penguin", "freq": 10, "cost_multiplier": 5, "pack_size": [ 3, 9 ] },
       { "monster": "mon_gator", "freq": 40, "cost_multiplier": 2, "pack_size": [ 1, 2 ] },
       { "monster": "mon_nakedmolerat_giant", "freq": 25, "cost_multiplier": 3 },
-      { "monster": "mon_frog_mother", "freq": 10, "cost_multiplier": 3 }
+      { "monster": "mon_frog_mother", "freq": 10, "cost_multiplier": 3 },
+      {"monster": "mon_mole_cricket", "freq": 30, "cost_multiplier": 3}
     ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/data/json/monstergroups/wilderness.json b/data/json/monstergroups/wilderness.json
index f8e86a648656c..9064ece6899a0 100644
--- a/data/json/monstergroups/wilderness.json
+++ b/data/json/monstergroups/wilderness.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
       { "monster": "mon_bear", "freq": 100, "cost_multiplier": 10, "pack_size": [ 1, 3 ] },
       { "monster": "mon_cougar", "freq": 100, "cost_multiplier": 20, "pack_size": [ 1, 2 ] },
       { "monster": "mon_mutant_experimental", "freq": 25, "cost_multiplier": 3 },
-      { "monster": "mon_nakedmolerat_giant", "freq": 100, "cost_multiplier": 3 }
+      { "monster": "mon_nakedmolerat_giant", "freq": 100, "cost_multiplier": 3 },
+      { "monster": "mon_mole_cricket", "freq": 60, "cost_multiplier": 3 }
     ]
   },
   {
@@ -1870,7 +1871,13 @@
         "conditions": [ "SPRING", "SUMMER", "AUTUMN" ]
       },
       { "monster": "mon_nakedmolerat_giant", "freq": 1, "cost_multiplier": 3, "conditions": [ "DUSK", "NIGHT" ] },
-      { "monster": "mon_mutant_experimental", "freq": 3, "cost_multiplier": 0, "conditions": [ "DUSK", "NIGHT" ] }
+      { "monster": "mon_mutant_experimental", "freq": 3, "cost_multiplier": 0, "conditions": [ "DUSK", "NIGHT" ] },
+      { "monster": "mon_mantis_small", "freq": 8, "cost_multiplier": 10 },
+      { "monster": "mon_lady_bug_giant", "freq": 5, "cost_multiplier": 10},
+      { "monster": "mon_aphid", "freq": 15, "pack_size": [ 1, 5 ], "cost_multiplier": 0 },
+      { "monster": "mon_grasshopper_small", "freq": 15, "pack_size": [1, 3], "cost_multiplier": 0 },
+      { "monster": "mon_antlion_larva", "freq": 7, "cost_multiplier": 10 },
+      { "monster": "mon_antlion_giant", "freq": 2, "cost_multiplier": 10 }
     ]
   },
   {
@@ -2323,7 +2330,8 @@
       },
       { "monster": "mon_fish_blinky", "freq": 5, "cost_multiplier": 3, "pack_size": [ 1, 3 ] },
       { "monster": "mon_dragonfly_naiad", "freq": 10, "cost_multiplier": 2, "ends": 168 },
-      { "monster": "mon_dragonfly_naiad", "freq": 30, "cost_multiplier": 3, "starts": 168, "pack_size": [ 1, 3 ] }
+      { "monster": "mon_dragonfly_naiad", "freq": 30, "cost_multiplier": 3, "starts": 168, "pack_size": [ 1, 3 ] },
+      { "monster": "mon_strider_small", "freq": 15, "cost_multiplier": 3, "pack_size": [ 2, 4 ] }
     ]
   },
   {
@@ -2861,7 +2869,11 @@
         "starts": 360,
         "conditions": [ "SPRING", "SUMMER", "AUTUMN" ]
       },
-      { "monster": "mon_mutant_experimental", "freq": 2, "cost_multiplier": 6 }
+      { "monster": "mon_mutant_experimental", "freq": 2, "cost_multiplier": 6 },
+      {"monster": "mon_mantis_small", "freq": 2, "cost_multiplier": 8},
+      {"monster": "mon_aphid", "freq": 10, "cost_multiplier": 0},
+      { "monster": "mon_antlion_giant", "freq": 4, "cost_multiplier": 10 },
+      { "monster": "mon_strider_small", "freq": 15, "cost_multiplier": 3, "pack_size": [ 4, 8 ] }
     ]
   },
   {
@@ -2891,7 +2903,13 @@
       { "monster": "mon_fox_red", "freq": 50, "cost_multiplier": 0 },
       { "monster": "mon_rabbit", "freq": 50, "cost_multiplier": 0 },
       { "monster": "mon_squirrel", "freq": 50, "cost_multiplier": 0 },
-      { "monster": "mon_squirrel_red", "freq": 50, "cost_multiplier": 0 }
+      { "monster": "mon_squirrel_red", "freq": 50, "cost_multiplier": 0 },
+      { "monster": "mon_mantis_small", "freq": 5, "cost_multiplier": 10 },
+      { "monster": "mon_lady_bug_giant", "freq": 8, "cost_multiplier": 10},
+      { "monster": "mon_aphid", "freq": 20,  "cost_multiplier": 0 },
+      { "monster": "mon_grasshopper_small", "freq": 30, "cost_multiplier": 0 },
+      { "monster": "mon_antlion_larva", "freq": 7, "cost_multiplier": 10 },
+      { "monster": "mon_antlion_giant", "freq": 5, "cost_multiplier": 10 }
     ]
   },
   {
@@ -2974,7 +2992,8 @@
     "monsters": [
       { "monster": "mon_fish_bluegill", "freq": 50, "cost_multiplier": 0 },
       { "monster": "mon_fish_carp", "freq": 50, "cost_multiplier": 0 },
-      { "monster": "mon_fish_sbass", "freq": 50, "cost_multiplier": 0 }
+      { "monster": "mon_fish_sbass", "freq": 50, "cost_multiplier": 0 },
+      { "monster": "mon_strider_small", "freq": 30, "cost_multiplier": 0, "pack_size": [ 3, 6 ] }
     ]
   }
 ]
diff --git a/data/json/monsters/insect_spider.json b/data/json/monsters/insect_spider.json
index cb3837f4b7602..846063e339465 100644
--- a/data/json/monsters/insect_spider.json
+++ b/data/json/monsters/insect_spider.json
@@ -1857,5 +1857,349 @@
     "death_function": [ "NORMAL" ],
     "special_attacks": [ { "type": "leap", "cooldown": 4, "max_range": 4, "allow_no_target": true }, [ "EAT_CROP", 120 ] ],
     "flags": [ "SEES", "HEARS", "SMELLS", "CLIMBS", "LARVA", "STUMBLES", "PATH_AVOID_FIRE" ]
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "mon_aphid",
+    "type": "MONSTER",
+    "name": { "str": "giant aphid", "str_pl": "giant aphids" },
+    "description": "A green aphid about a size of a rabbit.  It is constantly searching for plants to suck from.  Probably you could sate it for a moment with cattle fodder.",
+    "default_faction": "ant",
+    "bodytype": "insect",
+    "species": [ "INSECT" ],
+    "volume": "1600 ml",
+    "weight": "2080 g",
+    "hp": 20,
+    "speed": 120,
+    "material": [ "iflesh" ],
+    "symbol": "a",
+    "color": "light_green",
+    "morale": 20,
+    "aggression": -40,
+    "melee_skill": 1,
+    "melee_dice": 1,
+    "melee_dice_sides": 2,
+    "melee_cut": 2,
+    "dodge": 3,
+    "armor_bash": 2,
+    "armor_cut": 5,
+    "armor_bullet": 3,
+    "vision_day": 10,
+    "vision_night": 5,
+    "harvest": "arachnid",
+    "fear_triggers": [ "FRIEND_ATTACKED", "FRIEND_DIED", "HURT", "FIRE" ],
+    "death_function": [ "NORMAL" ],
+    "special_attacks": [ [ "EAT_FOOD", 60 ], [ "EAT_CROP", 80 ] ],
+    "reproduction": { "baby_monster": "mon_aphid", "baby_count": 1, "baby_timer": 20 },
+    "baby_flags": [ "SPRING", "SUMMER"],
+    "biosignature": { "biosig_item": "honeydew", "biosig_timer": 600 },
+    "flags": [ "SEES", "HEARS", "SMELLS", "CLIMBS", "PATH_AVOID_FIRE", "PATH_AVOID_FALL", "CATTLEFODDER", "PET_WONT_FOLLOW" ]
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "mon_mantis_small",
+    "type": "MONSTER",
+    "name": { "str": "huge praying mantis" },
+    "description": "A green mutant insect with sharp grappling spikes on it's front legs.  It's a little smaller than an adult person.",
+    "copy-from": "mon_mantis_giant",
+    "proportional": { "hp": 0.5, "speed": 1.1, "morale": 0.67, "melee_dice_sides": 0.67 },
+    "volume": "60 L",
+    "weight": "80 kg",
+    "melee_cut": 8,
+    "upgrades": { "half_life": 14, "into": "mon_mantis_giant" }
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "mon_mantis_giant",
+    "type": "MONSTER",
+    "name": { "str": "giant praying mantis", "str_pl": "giant praying mantises" },
+    "description": "An enormous green creature grown about a size of a bear.  It dances weirdly and ready to chop your head off in any moment.",
+    "default_faction": "mantis",
+    "bodytype": "insect",
+    "species": [ "INSECT" ],
+    "volume": "120 L",
+    "weight": "160 kg",
+    "hp": 120,
+    "speed": 100,
+    "material": [ "iflesh" ],
+    "symbol": "M",
+    "color": "light_green",
+    "aggression": 50,
+    "morale": 80,
+    "melee_skill": 8,
+    "melee_dice": 1,
+    "melee_dice_sides": 6,
+    "melee_cut": 12,
+    "dodge": 3,
+    "armor_bash": 10,
+    "armor_cut": 16,
+    "armor_bullet": 13,
+    "vision_day": 15,
+    "vision_night": 5,
+    "harvest": "arachnid",
+    "anger_triggers": [ "PLAYER_WEAK", "PLAYER_CLOSE"],
+    "fear_triggers": [ "FIRE" ],
+    "death_function": [ "NORMAL" ],
+    "special_attacks": [  [ "RANGED_PULL", 30 ], [ "GRAB_DRAG", 10 ], { "type": "leap", "cooldown": 8, "max_range": 5, "allow_no_target": false }],
+    "flags": ["POISON", "SEES", "HEARS", "SMELLS", "CLIMBS", "PATH_AVOID_FIRE","PATH_AVOID_FALL", "STUMBLES" ]
+  }, 
+  {
+    "id": "mon_mantis_mega",
+    "type": "MONSTER",
+    "name": { "str": "great mantis", "str_pl": "great mantises" },
+    "description": "This ferocious creature is lurking through the land.  It's probably capable of killing a moose with it's powerful arms.",
+    "copy-from": "mon_mantis_giant",
+    "proportional": { "hp": 20, "speed": 0.25, "vision_day": 2 },
+    "volume": "625 L",
+    "symbol": "M",
+    "color": "red_green",
+    "weight": "815 kg",
+    "melee_dice": 2,
+    "melee_cut": 20,
+    "dodge": 2,
+    "special_attacks": [
+      {
+        "type": "bite",
+        "cooldown": 4,
+        "accuracy": 5,
+        "damage_max_instance": [ { "damage_type": "stab", "amount": 15, "armor_multiplier": 0.6 } ]
+      }
+    ],
+    "extend": { "flags": [ "DESTROYS", "PUSH_MON", "PUSH_VEH" ] },
+  "delete": { "type": "leap", "cooldown": 8, "max_range": 5, "allow_no_target": false }
+  },
+ {
+    "id": "mon_mole_cricket",
+    "type": "MONSTER",
+    "name": { "str": "giant mole cricket" },
+    "description": "An enormous underground bug.  It's a common garden pest.  Beware ear-splitting screech and strong shovel-like front legs.",
+    "default_faction": "insect",
+    "bodytype": "insect",
+    "species": [ "INSECT" ],
+    "volume": "150 L",
+    "weight": "200 kg",
+    "hp": 160,
+    "speed": 80,
+    "material": [ "iflesh" ],
+    "symbol": "M",
+    "color": "brown",
+    "aggression": -10,
+    "morale": 60,
+    "melee_skill": 6,
+    "melee_dice": 4,
+    "melee_dice_sides": 6,
+    "melee_cut": 10,
+    "dodge": 0,
+    "armor_bash": 15,
+    "armor_cut": 18,
+    "armor_bullet": 20,
+    "vision_day": 10,
+    "vision_night": 15,
+    "harvest": "arachnid",
+    "special_attacks": [ [ "SHRIEK_ALERT", 10 ], [ "SHRIEK_STUN", 5 ], [ "impale", 15 ] ],
+    "anger_triggers": [ "HURT", "SOUND", "STALK" ],
+    "fear_triggers": [ "FIRE" ],
+    "death_function": [ "NORMAL" ],
+    "flags": [ "POISON","ATTACKMON", "BORES", "CAN_DIG", "HEARS", "KEENNOSE", "PATH_AVOID_DANGER_1", "SMELLS", "WARM" ],
+    "//": "Reinsert GOODHEARING when z-level tunneling is possible."
+  },
+    {
+    "id": "mon_lady_bug_giant",
+    "type": "MONSTER",
+    "name": { "str": "giant lady bug" },
+    "description": "A red lady bug covered in black spots about a size of a horse.  Despite cute looks it is a ferocious predator capable of killing swarms of ants and aphids.",
+    "default_faction": "ladybug",
+    "bodytype": "insect",
+    "species": [ "INSECT" ],
+    "volume": "400 L",
+    "weight": "533 kg",
+    "hp": 160,
+    "speed": 110,
+    "material": [ "iflesh" ],
+    "symbol": "B",
+    "color": "red",
+    "morale": 80,
+    "aggression": 40,
+    "melee_skill": 6,
+    "melee_dice": 2,
+    "melee_dice_sides": 6,
+    "melee_cut": 8,
+    "dodge": 1,
+    "armor_bash": 7,
+    "armor_cut": 12,
+    "armor_bullet": 10,
+    "vision_day": 20,
+    "vision_night": 5,
+    "harvest": "arachnid",
+    "anger_triggers": [  "PLAYER_CLOSE" ],
+    "fear_triggers": [ "HURT" ],
+    "death_function": [ "NORMAL" ],
+    "special_attacks": [
+{
+        "type": "bite",
+        "cooldown": 4,
+        "accuracy": 6,
+        "damage_max_instance": [ { "damage_type": "stab", "amount": 15, "armor_multiplier": 0.6 } ]
+ } 
+    ],
+    "flags": ["POISON", "SEES", "HEARS", "SMELLS", "FLIES" , "PATH_AVOID_FIRE", "PATH_AVOID_FALL" ]
+  },
+    {
+    "id": "mon_grasshopper_small",
+    "type": "MONSTER",
+    "name": { "str": "huge grasshopper" },
+    "description": "A large grasshopper a few times bigger than a regular one.",
+    "copy-from": "mon_grasshopper_giant",
+    "proportional": { "hp": 0.5, "speed": 1.1},
+    "volume": "750 ml",
+    "weight": "1 kg",
+    "upgrades": { "half_life": 7, "into": "mon_mantis_giant" }
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "mon_grasshopper_giant",
+    "type": "MONSTER",
+    "name": { "str": "giant grasshopper", "str_pl": "giant grasshoppers" },
+    "description": "A huge green grasshopper about a size of a big dog with long and strong back legs.  It hops, it hops and never stops.",
+    "default_faction": "insect",
+    "bodytype": "insect",
+    "species": [ "INSECT" ],
+    "volume": "25000 ml",
+    "weight": "33 kg",
+    "hp": 40,
+    "speed": 180,
+    "material": [ "iflesh" ],
+    "symbol": "g",
+    "color": "light_green",
+    "aggression": -10,
+    "morale": 10,
+    "melee_skill": 3,
+    "melee_dice": 1,
+    "melee_dice_sides": 4,
+    "melee_cut": 2,
+    "dodge": 4,
+    "armor_bash": 5,
+    "armor_cut": 10,
+    "vision_day": 20,
+    "vision_night": 20,
+    "harvest": "arachnid",
+    "fear_triggers": [ "FIRE", "PLAYER_CLOSE"],
+    "death_function": [ "NORMAL" ],
+     "special_attacks": [ [ "EAT_FOOD", 60 ], [ "EAT_CROP", 80 ], { "type": "leap", "cooldown": 3, "max_range": 10, "allow_no_target": true } ],
+    "flags": ["POISON", "SEES", "HEARS", "SMELLS", "CLIMBS", "PATH_AVOID_FALL", "PATH_AVOID_FIRE" ]
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "mon_antlion_larva",
+    "type": "MONSTER",
+    "name": { "str": "giant antlion larva", "str_pl": "giant antlion larvae" },
+    "description": "This huge grub has powerful mandibles and a hungry look.  It hides in dirt and waits for pray to come clother.",
+    "default_faction": "antlion",
+    "bodytype": "insect",
+    "species": [ "INSECT" ],
+    "volume": "80 L",
+    "weight": "106 kg",
+    "hp": 60,
+    "speed": 100,
+    "material": [ "iflesh" ],
+    "symbol": "u",
+    "color": "yellow",
+    "aggression": 80,
+    "morale": 100,
+    "melee_skill": 8,
+    "melee_dice": 1,
+    "melee_dice_sides": 8,
+    "melee_cut": 6,
+    "dodge": 0,
+    "armor_bash": 4,
+    "armor_cut": 10,
+    "armor_bullet": 10,
+    "vision_day": 8,
+    "vision_night": 5,
+    "harvest": "arachnid",
+    "upgrades": { "half_life": 12, "into": "mon_antlion_giant" },
+    "anger_triggers": [ "PLAYER_WEAK", "PLAYER_CLOSE"],
+    "fear_triggers": [ "FIRE" ],
+    "death_function": [ "NORMAL" ],
+    "special_attacks": [  [ "RANGED_PULL", 10 ], [ "GRAB", 3 ], [ "impale", 10 ], 
+     {
+        "type": "bite",
+        "cooldown": 4,
+        "accuracy": 8,
+        "damage_max_instance": [ { "damage_type": "stab", "amount": 15, "armor_multiplier": 0.6 } ]
+      } 
+    ],
+    "flags": ["POISON", "SEES", "SMELLS", "IMMOBILE", "DIGS", "RANGED_ATTACKER" ]
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "mon_antlion_giant",
+    "type": "MONSTER",
+    "name": { "str": "giant adult antlion" },
+    "description": "A ferocious mutant flying antlion as big as a cat, darting through the air with a cluster of fangs for a mouth.",
+    "default_faction": "antlion",
+    "bodytype": "flying insect",
+    "species": [ "INSECT_FLYING" ],
+    "volume": "30 L",
+    "weight": "40750 g",
+    "hp": 70,
+    "speed": 130,
+    "material": [ "iflesh" ],
+    "symbol": "y",
+    "color": "yellow",
+    "aggression": 20,
+    "morale": 100,
+    "melee_skill": 6,
+    "melee_dice": 1,
+    "melee_dice_sides": 6,
+    "melee_cut": 6,
+    "dodge": 8,
+    "armor_cut": 4,
+    "vision_day": 25,
+    "vision_night": 5,
+    "harvest": "arachnid",
+    "anger_triggers": [ "PLAYER_WEAK" ],
+    "fear_triggers": [ "PLAYER_CLOSE" ],
+    "death_function": [ "NORMAL" ],
+    "flags": [ "SEES", "SMELLS", "FLIES", "HEARS", "HIT_AND_RUN", "PATH_AVOID_FIRE" ]
+  },
+    {
+    "id": "mon_strider_small",
+    "type": "MONSTER",
+    "name": { "str": "big water strider" },
+    "description": "This water bug is a few times bigger, than a reguar one.  It's moves are fast and fluid.",
+    "copy-from": "mon_strider_giant",
+    "proportional": { "hp": 0.5, "speed": 1.1, "morale": 0.67, "melee_dice_sides": 0.50 },
+    "volume": "3 L",
+    "weight": "4 kg",
+    "melee_cut": 8,
+    "upgrades": { "half_life": 14, "into": "mon_mantis_giant" }
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "mon_strider_giant",
+    "type": "MONSTER",
+    "name": { "str": "giant water strider"  },
+    "description": "This water glider is about as big as a domestic cat.  It's legs are more fin-like and a swollen body is mostly submerged underwater.",
+    "default_faction": "strider",
+    "bodytype": "insect",
+    "species": [ "INSECT" ],
+    "volume": "9 L",
+    "weight": "12 kg",
+    "hp": 20,
+    "speed": 200,
+    "material": [ "iflesh" ],
+    "symbol": "s",
+    "color": "light_gray",
+    "aggression": 10,
+    "morale": 30,
+    "melee_skill": 3,
+    "melee_dice": 1,
+    "melee_dice_sides": 2,
+    "melee_cut": 3,
+    "dodge": 4,
+    "armor_bash": 1,
+    "armor_cut": 3,
+    "armor_bullet": 2,
+    "vision_day": 12,
+    "vision_night": 5,
+    "harvest": "arachnid",
+    "anger_triggers": [ "PLAYER_WEAK" ],
+    "fear_triggers": [ "FIRE",  "PLAYER_CLOSE"],
+    "death_function": [ "NORMAL" ],
+    "flags": ["POISON", "SEES", "HEARS", "SMELLS", "SWIMS" ]
   }
 ]
diff --git a/data/json/overmap/overmap_special/specials.json b/data/json/overmap/overmap_special/specials.json
index a967b44cbfa00..9a17915ec5e47 100644
--- a/data/json/overmap/overmap_special/specials.json
+++ b/data/json/overmap/overmap_special/specials.json
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@
     "city_distance": [ 10, -1 ],
     "occurrences": [ 10, 100 ],
     "flags": [ "ANT", "UNIQUE" ],
-    "spawns": { "group": "GROUP_ANT", "population": [ 1000, 2000 ], "radius": [ 10, 30 ] }
+    "spawns": { "group": "GROUP_ANT_SURFACE", "population": [ 1000, 2000 ], "radius": [ 10, 30 ] }
   },
   {
     "type": "overmap_special",
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@
     "occurrences": [ 80, 100 ],
     "flags": [ "ANT", "UNIQUE" ],
     "rotate": false,
-    "spawns": { "group": "GROUP_ANT", "population": [ 1000, 2000 ], "radius": [ 10, 30 ] }
+    "spawns": { "group": "GROUP_ANT_SURFACE", "population": [ 1000, 2000 ], "radius": [ 10, 30 ] }
   },
   {
     "type": "overmap_special",
diff --git a/data/json/recipes/recipe_food.json b/data/json/recipes/recipe_food.json
index 7a36e0ed04bfc..f22754393cce4 100644
--- a/data/json/recipes/recipe_food.json
+++ b/data/json/recipes/recipe_food.json
@@ -4407,6 +4407,7 @@
         [ "corn", 3 ],
         [ "honey_bottled", 1 ],
         [ "honey_glassed", 1 ],
+        [ "honeydew", 3 ],
         [ "honeycomb", 1 ],
         [ "can_corn", 3 ],
         [ "molasses", 1 ],