The much-maligned "flying ant day", a summer phenomenon in Britain and Ireland, is poised to return as warmer weather persists across the UK. Swarms of winged black garden ants, typically Lasius niger ...

Flying ants are known to make an appearance when the weather gets warmer. Flying ants are the reproductive members of an ant colony. They include both male ants and future queen ants, their purpose is ...

Every summer, millions of flying ants take to the skies to mate in the air and establish new colonies. It has been dubbed Flying Ant Day and it wreaks havoc on Brits forced to swat away amorous swarms ...

After a queen ant successfully mates with multiple males, she chews off her wings, returns to the ground and starts a new colony Clint Budd via Flickr under CC BY-SA 2.0 Every summer, flying queen ...

Though the humidity in the Boston area has significantly calmed down over the past few days, those trying to enjoy the weather on Monday night were in for a bug-filled nightmare. This past Monday, ...

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Look, up in the sky. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a... fire ant? OK, fine, fire ant queens are probably way too small to see when they’re 400 feet above the ground, but flying is a vital part of ...

A large swarm of flying ants is expected to make its way across Ireland in the coming weeks. The flying insects take to the skies at this time every year in a phenomenon known as "Flying Ant Day" and ...

The much-loathed 'flying ant day', a summer phenomenon, is set to return to Britain and Ireland as warmer weather persists across the UK. Swarms of winged black garden ants, typically Lasius niger, ...