Flying ants and termites are often mistaken for each other when they are in their flying stages.  Even before they sprout ...

Photo: istockphoto.com 7. Flying ants are the reproductive members of an ant colony, and they can appear to be black flying bugs. At first glance, it’s easy to mistake flying ants for carpenter ...

Flying ants are not confined to any specific ant species ... pinched waists and hind wings smaller than their front wings. Their bodies can be black, brown or a reddish color.

Flying ants are either black or brown in color and can be differentiated from other common flying pests by their two sets of wings. Flying ants are not found in a specific geographic area.

Flying ants are known as alates. In the UK, particularly in urban areas, the winged insects you see are almost always the sexually mature queens and males of the black garden ant, Lasius niger. The ...

When the conditions are just right, thousands of black ants will erupt out of lawns ... The researchers put out a call in June for the public to report sightings of flying ant outbreaks, as well as ...

On Wednesday, (July 17) lots of people posted on social media announcing the return of "flying ants", with some even ... mature queens and males of the black garden ant." The queens are the ...

Huge swarms of flying ants have been spotted across the UK as "Flying Ants Day" has arrived. Despite its name, it can actually happen over a number of summer days, with giant black clouds of ...

The summer weather may be bugging more Hilo residents than usual this year as ants take to the sky in swarms. The bugs are most likely dark rover ants, said Darcy Oishi, acting manager of the ...