“Flying ant day” might sound like the invention of a particularly deranged marketing department but, alas, it is an all too real summer phenomenon in Britain and Ireland. Every year, swarms of winged ...

Picture the scene, it's a nice sunny afternoon and then suddenly an ANT FLIES AT YOUR FACE... Every summer there is a day when thousands of giant flying ants emerge from their nests roughly at the ...

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 ...

Summer is well underway, bringing longer days, heatwaves and plenty of time spent outdoors. But along with the sunshine and open windows comes the return of something far less welcome: bugs. What’s ...

If you've been in London or the South of England over the past few days, you've probably found yourself accidentally breathing in — and then coughing up — an increasing number of flying ants as the ...

The UK will soon be hit with Flying Ant Day, but what actually is it and when does it take place? Flying ants, which are larger queens and males, are typically lured out of their nests by humid ...

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, ...

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 ...