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 ...

What Is a Flying Ant? Flying ants, also known as alates, are swarming adult hive members of various ant species. Ants have complex societies that require each subgroup of ants to perform different ...

Taking to the skies for what is often referred to as their “nuptial flight,” a flying ant (AKA winged or swarming ant) is a reproducing member of the species, or what entomologists call an “alate.” A ...

At entomologist parties, flying ants are discussed with words such as “nuisance” or “irritating.” Termites, however, are on the other side of this spectrum; whole sentences are used, as in, “Have you ...

Flying ants and termites are often mistaken for each other during their flying stages. Even before they sprout wings, ants and termites dwell in the same habitats and can appear to be the same shape ...

Laura Punzone stepped outside her Oceanside home after dinner Tuesday and saw what she thought were thousands of tiny scraps of paper falling from the sky. “It looked like snow, but it was 85 degrees ...

Flying ant day is just days away and experts say this year's swarms will be big - possibly the biggest in recent memory. Experts are warning of a major increase in flying ant swarms triggered by the ...

Boston area residents concerned about scores of flying ants shooting through the skies should know that while it is their mating season, there’s ways to have them stop being pests. Residents around ...

You’ve heard the phrase “raining cats and dogs” - well in the U.K. right now it’s raining ants. At least that’s what the U.K.’s weather radar thinks. The Met Office’s weather radar system has been ...

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, ...