Flying ants

[toomuchchocolate]

I guess it's been hot. There seems to be an abundance of giant flying ants today. I think they're ants...they're big. Creepy.

[OliviaDee]

yip - ants. lots of nookie on the wing. not easy cycling though.

and one just dropped out of my hair!

[toomuchchocolate]

(shiver) have closed all windows

[HonaloochieB]

That means it's going to rain. Fact.

[OliviaDee]

rain ants?

good job i've got very big pants.

fact.

[DulwichFox]

Flying Ants can be a sign of imminent rain and thunder.

They appear when the temp. and humidity rises.

detail here if interested.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7525028.stm

[Mamma Mia]

I had a swarm of them in the kitchen a couple of weeks ago. They were crawling everywhere! Hundreds of them! The door and windows were closed so I guess they must have got in through the extractor fan.

*Shudders*

[BeccaL]

There are millions of them in Herne Hill as well - must be taking over the south east of London...

[Alec John Moore]

I uncovered a nest in the garden which had a number of the winged mini beasts. This item from the interweb may help explain:

Where do flying ants come from?

During the late summer the nest produces winged ants, often called flying ants. These are not a different type of ant, but are the new queen ants and males. These can be produced in large quantities and although they can cause alarm and short-term nuisance, they are harmless. If flying ants get into your house then open your windows to allow them to fly out.

The new queens and males mate and the queens establish new nests. After mating, the males die but the females shed their wings and dig a cell in the soil where they may start new nests. The whole process only lasts for between two and three hours.

[Ant]

I feel I ought to make some sort of joke here...

[ratty]

It is the day of the ants!

[brum]

Alec John Moore Wrote:

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> I uncovered a nest in the garden which had a

> number of the winged mini beasts. This item from

> the interweb may help explain:

>

> Where do flying ants come from?

> During the late summer the nest produces winged

> ants, often called flying ants. These are not a

> different type of ant, but are the new queen ants

> and males. These can be produced in large

> quantities and although they can cause alarm and

> short-term nuisance, they are harmless. If flying

> ants get into your house then open your windows to

> allow them to fly out.

>

> The new queens and males mate and the queens

> establish new nests. After mating, the males die

> but the females shed their wings and dig a cell in

> the soil where they may start new nests. The

> whole process only lasts for between two and three

> hours.

I started to think how amazing it would be if we too could sprout wings for just one day in the year. Then I read what happens to the males after mating.

[OliviaDee]

it still works for me...

[gwod]

I love flying ant day....it's fantastic that they all come out on the same day all over the country, like an ancient ant flash mob.

[KalamityKel]

and then they bugger off to make homes elsewhere :))

[OliviaDee]

millions of dead ones all over my living room carpet this morning - all clapped out males i presume

[Sue]

I have hated flying ants ever since I walked into a swarm of them coming home from school and got loads tangled up in my hair (td)

[DJKillaQueen]

OliviaDee Wrote:

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> millions of dead ones all over my living room

> carpet this morning - all clapped out males i

> presume

Are you running a brothel? :-S

[OliviaDee]

DJKillaQueen Wrote:

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> OliviaDee Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > millions of dead ones all over my living room

> > carpet this morning - all clapped out males i

> > presume

>

>

> Are you running a brothel? :-S

not a very good one if this is the aftermath...

[Loz]

OliviaDee Wrote:

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> millions of dead ones all over my living room

> carpet this morning - all clapped out males i

> presume

Yeah, but any ants?

[OliviaDee]

they're all dead too Loz. i take no prisoners

[Loz]

OliviaDee Wrote:

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> they're all dead too Loz. i take no prisoners

But it sounds like you throw one hell of a party.

[OliviaDee]

it has been said

by those who live to tell the tale...

[????]

A party at OD's house is like an SE22 version of 'Dusk til Dawn'

[OliviaDee]

i knew i shouldn't have let you go ????

how am i going to get more in if you give me away?