Flying ant day part II

[opps]

As a decorator, I hate flying ant day when working outdoors. They stick to the gloss and leave their legs behind.

Over the years I normally find that it takes place over one day (in any given area). The exception being when the winged ants come out and the sun disappears. They seem to need the sun to dry out their wings before they can fly. Normally, they postpone activities until the next sunny day.

In London W13, it was about 10 days ago. You can often see the round dots on the paving slabs where the fat wingless ones had been trampled. Today, I was working about 1.5 miles away (W3), and it was another flying ant day...

Do they not have a shared calendar?

 

[foxhole]

Had huge swarms of hover fly and ladybirds thru the garden last week, around 500 a minute for most of the day .

 

[blup]

It’s been a good year for the lady birds

 

[Ihavenojob]

As a decorator, I hate flying ant day when working outdoors. They stick to the gloss and leave their legs behind.

Why not use it to your advantage. Wait for thousands to land, then sweep them away, just leaving the legs. You can the explain that it is an expensive new exterior flock finish.

 

[Odds]