tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951859514699520415.post58727870893187000..comments2023-07-05T13:47:08.964+01:00Comments on Things To Say and Douieb: Flight Attend-AntsTiernan Douiebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02071089780126255276noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951859514699520415.post-84445154063864605342010-07-20T13:09:29.942+01:002010-07-20T13:09:29.942+01:00Flying ants attacking London are likely to be Lasi...Flying ants attacking London are likely to be Lasius niger, black garden ants. Their colonies produce huge number of sexual (queens and drones) every year. Sexual have wings and when the weather is nice they fly from their colonies to join in the huge swarms. They are flying, supposedly testing the stamina of males and to disperse and then land to mate. After mating queens my still take a flight and search for a place to found their nest. Males die. Permanently landed queens rip off their wings and find/dig a comfy hole where they seal themselves in and try to establish a colony. Only a teeny tiny fraction of queens will eventually succeed. But if they do, they can have a nest of tens of thousands of workers for many decades and produce thousands of sexuals every year. Nature gamble is what you are seeing when ants fly. Do not despair if you missed some them now - it is not only one day they fly. There will be several swarms every year.Leahttp://twitter.com/auntiedragonnoreply@blogger.com