Flying Ant Day

[Thunder Bolt]

There were so many flying ants yesterday, they showed up on the Met Office's radar.

https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/887414211692953600

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[Notters]

It's that time according to Radio 2, though perhaps a bit too cool here.

 

[vegster]

Not much activity around the nests in my back garden.

 

[narly101]

Flying ant day is a common misconception

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40632535

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

Was walking back to the car yesterday and saw a few on the pavement and immediately thought of this thread. Think I may have missed the work Ant day this year but the home one is yet to occur

 

[Washboard Didgets]

I've just realised that this is a bounce of a thread from 5 July 2017 – I'd got through the first page of posts and noticed they were from 5 July and times a few hours ahead of now. Wasted time going through my NSC settings in case I had the time zone or something wrong!

 

[spongy]

Got the big fat arse ones in our back garden in Burgess hill. But the fat ones without wings. Today could be the day. It's muggy but cool enough for it.

 

[spongy]

Definitely is today. Hundreds of them erupting from our garden in BUG.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

No flying shagging ants to report yet in Preston Park.

 

[AmexRuislip]

A few red and bites from their army on the ground, but no Red Ant Force antpast as yet!

 

[jakarta]

A few large ants wandering about in RH20, but most of our nests were emptied last week.

 

[wakeytom]

Over in Eastbourne we had it last week!

 

[Papa Lazarou]

It's happening in Durrington.

 

[jakarta]

I take it back, we obviously have another nest at the bottom of the garden currently discharging their offspring.

 

[Leegull]

They’re here in BN7, the buggers kept landing on my beer so I had to come indoors and tell you all

 

[burnee54]

They are out big time in Portslade.
My Chickens are loving it, the greedy little hens.

 

[studio150]

Just caught a lot of them crawling about on the patio ready to take flight, but they didn't survive the boiling water.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Antfest in Westdene late this afternoon.

 

[Wardy's twin]

I ended up with quite a few biting me , literally ant in my pants.

 

[Bozza]

The little ***** were out in force in and around Findon this evening, collectively having a good effort at ruining my walk with the hound over the Downs.