Flying ants day

[8ace]

Looks like its just starting here the little s#%£s are starting to park up on the hives

 

[Helen]

Had ours a few days ago. Yours are obviously late

 

[B+.]

They were flying everywhere when I visited my son in the cemetery today

 

[Gilberdyke John]

Had ours a few days ago. Yours are obviously late

Ours too. Each year they emerge from a gap between the conservatory and the concrete path. I give them a liberal application of ant powder and let things take their course.

 

[Erichalfbee]

I love flying ant day...the house martins and swallows are in heaven
No ant powder for me!

 

[MartinL]

I love flying ant day...the house martins and swallows are in heaven
No ant powder for me!

Same in the Midlands,
why is that???

 

[psafloyd]

Had ours a few weeks ago in London, but I was in Dublin on Sunday evening and they were EVERYWHERE.

 

[BeeJayBee]

I love flying ant day...the house martins and swallows are in heaven
No ant powder for me!

Same in the Midlands,
why is that???

The ants synchronise the mating flights to get the best results.

 

[Erichalfbee]

They are a feast for all sorts though. Not only airborne predators but the wingless survivors are eaten by ground foraging birds, especially green woodpeckers and I once saw a hedgehog munching through a heap of ants that had cornered themselves against a raised manhole cover.

 

[biglongdarren]

yea they were here on sunday also .

Darren

 

[seaknight]

Yesterday there were a load in the house on the carpets, etc.

 

[Gilberdyke John]

Yesterday there were a load in the house on the carpets, etc.

Blessed be the vacuum cleaner makers

 

[bontbee]

Even gulls go mad for them round here...

 

[Erichalfbee]

Do they come in ice cream flavour?
The ants not the gulls

 

[bontbee]

Do they come in ice cream flavour?
The ants not the gulls

Sure to be! Chip flavour, too, no doubt...