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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

So what exactly are those flying insects that swarmed the Philadelphia area Monday and where did they come from? Members of the Academy of Natural Sciences have the answers. Entomology Curator Dr. Jon ...

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, ...