Flying ants......have you got them yet ?

[Dave7]

Yep, loads in my kitchen, some down the back of the Aga,

On a slightly different tack, a couple off weeks back found loads of ants nests erupting in my lawn (well, green stuff). Meadow ants. Never seen them on the lawn before but must have been a dozen or so nests dotted about. Is there a time of year when they all decide to make an appearance?

Meadow ants ! Never heard of them. I will now use Mr Google

 

[Beebo]

It’s flying ant day at Château Beebo.
Ruining a nice afternoon in the garden.

 

[PeteXXX]

Not yet, but the lawn keeps heaving up and down so I'm sure they'll burst out like the alien did in the film, Alien!

 

[MontyVeda]

I'll check if the bucketload of ant powder i put under the floorboards in my kitchen a few years ago is still doing it's job!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I've not seen any here yet.

 

[vickster]

I've not seen any here yet.

Had them here a week ago

 

[Accy cyclist]

Not yet, but the lawn keeps heaving up and down so I'm sure they'll burst out like the alien did in the film, Alien!

Torch/flame thrower them before they get fully out!! Er, only joking.

 

[Dirk]

Hundreds of the blighters emerged from behind the skirting board in our living room yesterday. We get them every year. Lasts a couple of days then they're gone.

 

[matticus]

Hundreds of the blighters emerged from behind the skirting board in our living room yesterday. We get them every year. Lasts a couple of days then they're gone.

Bleagh!

 

[MontyVeda]

Hundreds of the blighters emerged from behind the skirting board in our living room yesterday. We get them every year. Lasts a couple of days then they're gone.

that's what i used to get in my kitchen.

Quite inaccessible unless you're an ant as there was only a narrow gap about 3mm... so fashioned a funnel from some rolled up drawing paper and shoved as much ant powder as i could down behind/below the skirting using a steel rule to feed it through bit by bit. That was about 8 years ago. Wish I'd done it when i moved in, 20 years ago.

 

[lazybloke]

Always had nests under the front door-step, under some planters, and in the lawn. Been that way for over 20 years.

This year is very mysterious, there's an occasional ant but I can't find any nests!

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I saw one yesterday.

 

[dan_bo]

Yeah big time. Tidying up the garden like good uns.