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Ants are flying at this time of year. While we normally see these common insects on the ground they take to the air once ...
Flying ants and termites are often mistaken for each other during their flying stages. Even before they sprout wings, ants ...
Viewers on social media rushed to poke fun at the photo of ants piling debris around a poison trap to outsmart their captor.
AS temperatures climb to 33C across the UK, early signs of flying ant season are already being spotted — and a £5 gadget from ...
It has been dubbed Flying Ant Day and it wreaks havoc on Brits forced to swat away amorous swarms gathering for their annual ...
Once they’ve mated, the role of the male ants is over and they tend to die within a week. Female ants, uh, chew off their ...
No creature embodies the idea that “it takes a village” quite like ants. Using chemical signals and other ephemeral ...
Pouring boiling water into visible nest entrances can kill ants on contact, but it may take repeated treatments. Use ...
One reason flying ants emerge in larger numbers is because it gives them protection from predators. Another reason flying ...
Ant genomes reveal how social insects evolved cooperation, preserved caste genes, and rewired chromosomes over 100 million ...
While commonly referred to as one specific day, the Royal Society of Biology found that there is no single day that ants fly ...