Winged ants aren’t random pests. Discover why over 1,000 US species take flight, form super colonies, and how to stop them for good.

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It’s about that time of year when clouds of winged ants can be observed flying in the sky or crawling over the sidewalks. This amazing sight, called “flying ant day,” occurs in late summer on a warm, ...

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There are over 12,000 species of ants. Most are seen as pests that invade homes and take over pantries in their search for food. The majority of these ants are found marching on the floor, up walls, ...

A steady stream of black ants scurries busily in and out of a crack in the patio. They’ve been living there quietly for weeks. Perhaps you tried to get rid of them – especially if they were taking ...

An ant’s normal mode of locomotion is crawling. However, at certain times of the year, something remarkable happens. At certain times, some ants in the colony develop wings, leave the nest, and fly.

Pavement ants took flight around Eugene this week, responding to the right summer conditions. If you noticed the winged ants, Jim LaBonte, an entomologist with the Oregon Department of Agriculture, ...

Look, up in the sky. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a... fire ant? OK, fine, fire ant queens are probably way too small to see when they’re 400 feet above the ground, but flying is a vital part of ...

Every summer, millions of flying ants take to the skies to mate in the air and establish new colonies. It has been dubbed Flying Ant Day and it wreaks havoc on Brits forced to swat away amorous swarms ...

Boston area residents concerned about scores of flying ants shooting through the skies should know that while it is their mating season, there’s ways to have them stop being pests. Residents around ...

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