So I was tidying up around the garden and pulling up weeds along the house when I seen all these fly's or insects! I've no idea what they are? Looks like they are coming out of a crack in the ground by the wall!
by TechnophobeEire
So I was tidying up around the garden and pulling up weeds along the house when I seen all these fly's or insects! I've no idea what they are? Looks like they are coming out of a crack in the ground by the wall!
by TechnophobeEire
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they look like ants. not really a problem
Ant queens. Not an issue really.
They’re ants, the wings are males and females ready to mate.
A severe infection of fuzzy pixels.
Ant consorts. No problem, but if you’re concerned about ants get rid.
Ants. They’re breeding.
Flying ants.It’s that time of year 😩😂
We just got hit by a load of there. Soon to be followed by seagulls.
Flying ants. They’ll only be around for a couple of days. They all grow wings together, swarm together and then die together.
I used to live in the south of England. There the ants have somehow all synced up. They have “flying ants day”. It’s announced on the news. Ants from every nest, all take flight in the same day. It’s nasty.
Yeah, ants the ones with wings are female, once they have mated they will actually fly away and drop their wings, they then eat them for extra protein to start an ant colony, in other words all the winged ants are queen ants 🙂
They are most likely Lasius Niger, so just a regular garden ant
Fun fact they actually kill other insects by crowding them and costing them in a type of acid (not deadly to humans)
They’re just ants, they’ll be gone in a day or two. No need to worry or get rid of them.
You have ants!
They’re ants. They produce winged males and females once a year to breed. It’s not a major concern, but if that’s the wall to yoyr house then you could be in for a frustrating (but harmless) time.
It looks like they’re emerging from a crevice in your wall/foundation, which likely means that there’s a nest there. We had the same thing, and every year these guys would come out and get into the house, as well as all the workers looking for food, particularly in spring/summer. Their nest must’ve eventually gotten large enough that they had a tunnel that lead into the house, because you’d find them everywhere certain times of the year. It took years of laying those poison traps for the colony to finally die out.
Anyway, unless you start to see the same thing I wouldn’t worry about it. And they are ultimately harmless. They can just be annoying.
Might be time to consider a concrete slab, four walls and a roof style garden..
Flying ants! They are passing, tis the season for them.
Just the time of year for ants to do their thing. They’ll all be gone in a day or two, don’t worry
Flying ants will be out for the next few days just when the weather is nice can’t go outside 🙈
The flying ants are only here for a day or two so enjoy them while they’re here
They look like termites but I didnt think Ireland had any
Their ants, once a year, the males and females fly out and mate, after which the females land, chew their wings off and find a place to begin a new colony
Just keep windows closed they die off quick
Happy Flying Ant Day!
Could be flying ants, there’s one day a year they all come out of nowhere to have babies and today just so happened to be that day
Ah Bollox. That time of year again…
They’ll be gone by tomorrow ish.