it's flying ant day!
 

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

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....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3934591.stm

Scottish nipping ants.

Third to last paragraph (with no wind either...), I think I'd be alarmed if
an ant fell on me as I died, too.

Unfortunate choice of phrasing.

it's flying ant day!
 

On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 09:41:11 +0100, "Uncle Marvo"
wrote and included this (or
some of this):

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.


How about Dec?

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®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³

it's flying ant day!
 

On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 10:21:24 +0100, Klara
wrote and included this (or some of this):

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....

Sh! don't get George Michael involved.

--
®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³

it's flying ant day!
 

"Klara" wrote in message
...


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



--
Klara, Gatwick basin

end of last week in Galloway and about 10 days ago in Timperley ( nr
Altrincham )
Derek

it's flying ant day!
 

On 1 Aug, 09:28, jane wrote:
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:01:36 +0100, Klara
wrote:
~
~
~The ants are flying, at least around here, in Surrey/Sussex. Is it the
~same all over the country?

Ours went on the 19th July. My parents had them a few days earlier up
in Derbyshire.

jane

Chiltern Hills, 140m above sea level.

Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks!

Yes, 19th July here in Somerset also. And my father had them on the
same day over in Norfolk.

it's flying ant day!
 

On 2/8/07 11:14, in article
, "crazyhorse"
wrote:

On 1 Aug, 09:28, jane wrote:
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:01:36 +0100, Klara
wrote:
~
~
~The ants are flying, at least around here, in Surrey/Sussex. Is it the
~same all over the country?

Ours went on the 19th July. My parents had them a few days earlier up
in Derbyshire.

jane

Chiltern Hills, 140m above sea level.

Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks!

Yes, 19th July here in Somerset also. And my father had them on the
same day over in Norfolk.

My step daughter, who lives just minutes from here, says she's had four lots
of flying ants, all on different days.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

it's flying ant day!
 

On Aug 2, 11:15 am, Sacha wrote:
On 2/8/07 11:14, in article

My step daughter, who lives just minutes from here, says she's had four lots
of flying ants, all on different days.

I've just opened the shutters on an unused bedroom here and I noticed
a few flying ants but in Norfolk where I usually live, the ants were
around last Thursday flying everywhere, including my garden room. I
have no idea how they got in!

Judith

it's flying ant day!
 

On 2/8/07 11:26, in article
,
" wrote:

On Aug 2, 11:15 am, Sacha wrote:
On 2/8/07 11:14, in article

My step daughter, who lives just minutes from here, says she's had four lots
of flying ants, all on different days.

I've just opened the shutters on an unused bedroom here and I noticed
a few flying ants but in Norfolk where I usually live, the ants were
around last Thursday flying everywhere, including my garden room. I
have no idea how they got in!

IME they live in walls, under terraces etc. and are almost impossible to get
rid of. That said, while they're not pleasant to see around the kitchen in
any great numbers and they can nip, if disturbed, they don't spread disease
or do any real harm that I'm aware of. In my early days on urg, I seem to
remember someone suggesting sprinkling Vim or Ajax powder (can one still
find it?) around the places they travel. I tried that and it did seem to
work.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

it's flying ant day!
 

In message , Sacha
writes
IME they live in walls, under terraces etc. and are almost impossible
to get rid of. That said, while they're not pleasant to see around the
kitchen in any great numbers and they can nip, if disturbed, they don't
spread disease or do any real harm that I'm aware of. In my early
days on urg, I seem to remember someone suggesting sprinkling Vim or
Ajax powder (can one still find it?) around the places they travel. I
tried that and it did seem to work.

Yes, all they need is a tiny crack through to something like the cavity
wall. We had never noticed them, then one year they suddenly swarmed and
flew from behind a window frame: it was a bit like some horror film. But
that was it, nothing since then - they probably noticed their mistake
and found the way to the great outdoors....

--
Klara, Gatwick basin