In message , Uncle Marvo
writes
In reply to Klara ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

The ants are flying, at least around here, in Surrey/Sussex. Is it the
same all over the country?

Ants flew last night in Northants.


Judging by all the replies, not as mysterious as I'd thought, then, but
just responding to local temperatures, maybe?

Still a bit magic, though, all those males off after just a few
queens....


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