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Klara 31-07-2007 02:01 PM

it's flying ant day!
 


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



--
Klara, Gatwick basin

Des Higgins 31-07-2007 02:09 PM

it's flying ant day!
 
On Jul 31, 2:01 pm, Klara wrote:
The ants are flying, at least around here, in Surrey/Sussex. Is it the
same all over the country?

--
Klara, Gatwick basin


it was yesterday in Dublin and day before.


Klara 31-07-2007 02:34 PM

it's flying ant day!
 
In message .com, Des
Higgins writes
On Jul 31, 2:01 pm, Klara wrote:
The ants are flying, at least around here, in Surrey/Sussex. Is it the
same all over the country?

--
Klara, Gatwick basin


it was yesterday in Dublin and day before.

Maybe because the sunshine reached you first?

--
Klara, Gatwick basin

Sacha 31-07-2007 03:46 PM

it's flying ant day!
 
On 31/7/07 14:34, in article , "Klara"
wrote:

In message .com, Des
Higgins writes
On Jul 31, 2:01 pm, Klara wrote:
The ants are flying, at least around here, in Surrey/Sussex. Is it the
same all over the country?

--
Klara, Gatwick basin


it was yesterday in Dublin and day before.

Maybe because the sunshine reached you first?


I think it was last week here. I didn't see them but my daughter had some
in her garden.

--
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.'



Des Higgins 31-07-2007 04:56 PM

it's flying ant day!
 
On Jul 31, 2:34 pm, Klara wrote:
In message .com, Des
Higgins writesOn Jul 31, 2:01 pm, Klara wrote:
The ants are flying, at least around here, in Surrey/Sussex. Is it the
same all over the country?


--
Klara, Gatwick basin


it was yesterday in Dublin and day before.


Maybe because the sunshine reached you first?


I was going to make a smart remark about "what sunshine?" when I
realise we have just had 2 sunny days for the first time in weeks, so
maybe that is teh reason :-).



--
Klara, Gatwick basin




'Mike' 31-07-2007 05:20 PM

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


19th July for us on the Isle of Wight because I took a load of photos and
the time and date are recorded on the photo :-))

Mike



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[email protected] 31-07-2007 08:31 PM

it's flying ant day!
 
On 31 Jul, 14:01, Klara wrote:
The ants are flying, at least around here, in Surrey/Sussex. Is it the
same all over the country?


They were flying i Grays, Essex on the 30th, but not here in
Lincolnshire yesterday or today.


steve auvache 31-07-2007 08:41 PM

it's flying ant day!
 
In article om,
writes
On 31 Jul, 14:01, Klara wrote:
The ants are flying, at least around here, in Surrey/Sussex. Is it the
same all over the country?


They were flying i Grays, Essex on the 30th, but not here in
Lincolnshire yesterday or today.


The nest in my greenhouse left home over a week ago, one outside the
office late last week and another in the same area just today. Today's
lot didn't actually leave though but decided to give up the lazy natural
life of the great outdoors for the adventure of whatever lay beyond the
nearest open window.


--
steve auvache
Sunny Essex

Pam Moore 31-07-2007 09:40 PM

it's flying ant day!
 
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?


We wondered today at a huge flock of seagulls circling over the fields
and could only think it might be flying ants. Didn't see any ants
though.

Pam in Bristol

Bob Hobden 31-07-2007 11:22 PM

it's flying ant day!
 

"Klara" wrote


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

Had them in the greenhouse a month ago..yuk! Some flying today, landed on me
whilst attending an alfresco lunch in Woking.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK



Dave Liquorice 31-07-2007 11:31 PM

it's flying ant day!
 
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?


Nope, no ants to fly up here.

--
Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail




Sacha 01-08-2007 06:26 AM

it's flying ant day!
 
On 31/7/07 23:22, in article , "Bob
Hobden" wrote:


"Klara" wrote


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

Had them in the greenhouse a month ago..yuk! Some flying today, landed on me
whilst attending an alfresco lunch in Woking.


Never mind Bob. By way of compensation that Belamcanda is doing
wonderfully!
--
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.'



Uncle Marvo 01-08-2007 09:41 AM

it's flying ant day!
 
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.



Klara 01-08-2007 10:21 AM

it's flying ant day!
 
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....


--


Bob Hobden 01-08-2007 11:52 AM

it's flying ant day!
 

"Sacha" wrote after...
"Bob Hobden" wrote in reply to
"Klara" who wrote


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

Had them in the greenhouse a month ago..yuk! Some flying today, landed on
me
whilst attending an alfresco lunch in Woking.


Never mind Bob. By way of compensation that Belamcanda is doing
wonderfully!


Pleased to hear it, ours outside got slugged in all the wet so are going to
be late this year. More seedlings in the greenhouse so should have a better
display next year.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK



Uncle Marvo 01-08-2007 11:58 AM

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.



®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³ 01-08-2007 01:53 PM

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?

--
®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³

®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³ 01-08-2007 01:54 PM

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

Derek 02-08-2007 12:06 AM

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



crazyhorse 02-08-2007 11:14 AM

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.


Sacha 02-08-2007 11:15 AM

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.'



[email protected] 02-08-2007 11:26 AM

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


Sacha 02-08-2007 11:33 AM

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.'



Klara 02-08-2007 01:18 PM

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


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