“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 ...

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 ...

Flying ant day is expected to come earlier this year with swarms set to be "larger than usual", according to experts. Although it is named flying ant day, the phenomenon doesn't actually take place ...

There are over 12,000 species of ants. Most are seen as pests that invade homes and take over pantries in their search for food. The majority of these ants are found marching on the floor, up walls, ...

Flying Ant season is on the way with millions of insects gearing up to take to the skies for the annual nuptial flight (Picture: Shutterstock) Every summer, millions of flying ants take to the skies ...

Out of nowhere, flying ants have arrived in Hull. People have noticed the creatures 'everywhere' in the city over the weekend. You might have already noticed some flying ants this summer, but there ...

Pavement ants took flight around Eugene this week, responding to the right summer conditions. If you noticed the winged ants, Jim LaBonte, an entomologist with the Oregon Department of Agriculture, ...

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 ...