Flying ants may seem more formidable than their tiny ant counterparts. Interestingly, though, flying ants—also known as swarmers or alates—aren’t actually a different variety of ant at all. They’re ...

Spotting an ant inside your home is always a headache since it's never just one that makes its way inside. They are social insects, which means they rarely travel alone. But while finding a few ants ...

Now is the season to protect yourself and your home from flying ants, with millions of them taking to the skies in huge swarms. While one or two can’t do any harm, seeing a huge swathe of them can be ...

What Is a Flying Ant? Flying ants, also known as alates, are swarming adult hive members of various ant species. Ants have complex societies that require each subgroup of ants to perform different ...

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Every summer, millions of flying ants swarm around the UK. Flying ants — also known as swarmers or alates — are not harmful, however, their constant swarming on 'flying ant day' can be irritating.

Flying ants and termites are often mistaken for each other during their flying stages. Even before they sprout wings, ants and termites dwell in the same habitats and can appear to be the same shape ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...