It's that horrible time again

[Ruvio]

Here in Lincolnshire, the flying ants have come out this evening.
Horrible things, never seen this many before in my life, literally swarms all the way down the paths and lawn.
Any sight of them elsewhere?

 

[Shewie]

Funnily enough we've had the annual invasion of what I think are corn flies at work today, we're on a greenfield site surrounded by farms so we get hit from all sides. Horrible little things about 0.5 x 3mm, if you wear anything light coloured you just get covered in seconds. They even get through the air-con system in the office and somehow manage to get behind the glass on the monitors.
I've never seen the smoke shelter so quiet

 

[Mesquite]

Yup, just starting to make an appearance round here.

 

[Fizzy]

Yup, there were swarms of them in Bunhill Fields Cemetery in London at lunchtime

 

[Muddypaws]

Its big ant day down here in Southampton, loads of them all over the paths of my afternoon dog walk.

 

[scr206]

im at work in west malling kent, and there are thousands!!

 

[mattweasel]

No flying ants in Hertfordshire yet, but aint nature wonderful. I heard once that thousands take to the sky but only a few make new ant colonies. When I see them I 'll let you know, it'll be interesting to see if this happens in some kind of order across the country.

 

[Retired Member southey]

not seen here yet.

 

[Mesquite]

No flying ants in Hertfordshire yet, but aint nature wonderful. ....

Not in your part of Hertfoirdshire but they out in my part

 

[JDO330]

No flying ants in Hertfordshire yet, but aint nature wonderful. I heard once that thousands take to the sky but only a few make new ant colonies. When I see them I 'll let you know, it'll be interesting to see if this happens in some kind of order across the country.

Got a load of them here, had to get them out of my daughters hair after her bike ride home from school today! Horrid things...

ATB, Jon.

 

[Hugo]

Plenty down here in Hove.
I've been watching them get ready to take to the sky's for a few days now.
The first ones to appear were small to comparison to today's ones.

 

[mattweasel]

Not in your part of Hertfoirdshire but they out in my part

I reckon I might be seeing them tomorrow then, maybe we have lazy ants up here, or maybe I need glasses.

 

[mattweasel]

Got a load of them here, had to get them out of my daughters hair after her bike ride home from school today! Horrid things...

ATB, Jon.

So you've got them in Stevenage! I live just outside Hertford and not a sausage or a flying ant to be seen, although the raisins I've been eating taste a bit off.

 

[Radix lecti]

Yes,quite a few round here tonight with loads coming out of my patio joints.

 

[eel28]

Seen some here in Letchworth today too!

 

[spiritwalker]

tis a great time to go fly fishing though :-D

 

[MikeE]

Started in Essex!

 

[jackcbr]

Oh yes, they are definitely about. I was riding my motorbike from the South coast back up to Gatwick on Sunday. Thought it was a cloud of smoke from a BBQ, it wasn't. And I can tell you at 70(ish) mph with the visor up, those little buggers don't half hurt. Still you can judge the quality of a good ride by the number of flies in your teeth. So Sunday was right up there as one of the best.

 

[Bushwhacker]

tis a great time to go fly fishing though :-D

That was my first thought. Good news if anything; the trout love them