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18-07-2020, 07:21 PM
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Re: Flying ants seen on radar

Originally Posted by caricature ->
Saw them emerge this week from a nest,they soon took to wing and disappeared,what do the worker ants then do? wonder if the Swifts time their fledgling's to around this time,there seems to be young on the wing.

After the nuptial flight, the male ants usually only live for another day or two, so not much more than a week. Their sole reason for existence is to mate with new queens.
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18-07-2020, 08:00 PM
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Re: Flying ants seen on radar

They are outside right this moment so we have had to close all the windows.... thousands of 'em.
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Re: Flying ants seen on radar

We had our share a few days ago.
The gulls were feasting on the dead males.
 
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