Flying Ant Swarm
Swarm of flying ants reported over britain image.
Flying ant swarm. Red ants myrmica rubra are among the other common ant species in britain that grow wings and swarm. Although termites and winged or flying ants may look alike to the untrained eye there are distinct differences in their antennae body and wings. Ants rarely move indoors from outside colonies in the absence of an indoor colony. Ants and termites swarm to mate then the males die having done their duty and the queens drop their wings to find a nesting site.
Whether the winged ant you see is a carpenter ant or a termite however the wings mean that the insect is a reproductive male or queen the only members of an ant colony that can reproduce. Flying ants may seem more formidable than their tiny ant counterparts interestingly though flying ants also known as swarmers or alates aren t actually a different variety of ant at all. Getty why do flying ants come out on the same day. An indoor ant swarm is a sign of an established indoor colony.
Carpenter ants and pharaoh ants are two species that commonly establish indoor colonies. An easier way to distinguish a termite from an ant is to examine the body.