Flying Ants...Question

[SeanyD]

Sat on our garden bench for 5 mins after tea, noticed small ant with wings walking by, thought nothing of it, usual odd wood louse strolls past, fine, then another ant with wings. hmmm, unusual.

Looked up and holy shoyt, an area of our garden wall, approx 4ft by 4ft, is alive, one big gathering of thousands of flying ants.

Smothered the area with ant powder and moved quickly indoors before it kicks off.

Question, is there a way to identify and get rid of the root cause BEFORE they hatch/come out/make an appearance, whatever it is ants do before invading the wall.

Thanks in advance.

[eldar]

Leave them alone, they are off for the slight chance of a quick shag, then they all die.....

[GreigM]

it'll only last a day or so then they'll be gone - won't necessarily be back next year either...

[Simpo Two]

SeanyD said:

Question, is there a way to identify and get rid of the root cause BEFORE they hatch/come out/make an appearance, whatever it is ants do before invading the wall.

No, some climatic signal gives them the go-ahead. Whistle blows. Head Ant shouts 'Go!' and they go over the top. All you can do is be alert and have a flamethrower handy... FWIW I've noticed two kinds of flying ants, little ones and big ones. As I understand it the big ones are queens and fly off to start a new colony. Hence I nuke those first. If you can't get hold of a flamethrower, swap your shoes for slippers - slick soles give 0% chance of survival

[davidjpowell]

remember this from Uni. One day route march of ants from crack in paving outside up and in back door. Kitchen surfaces literally covered in back flying ants. Not nice.

[_Deano]

davidjpowell said:

remember this from Uni. One day route march of ants from crack in paving outside up and in back door. Kitchen surfaces literally covered in back flying ants. Not nice.

I've read the 2nd paragraph about 5 times and i still can't get my head around it

[Shaolin]

When we lived in Kenya, the locals would cover the nest in a net curtain and then empty the contents into a frying pan for a tasty treat. Please report back on how they were.

[GTO-3R]

A few years ago i was playing golf at my local course and we arrived on a tee and there was bloody thousands of the things. Before we had chance to run they were all over us and chomping at our necks and got inside our shirts, it was horrible

[SeanyD]

Thanks chaps. Once I doused them with ant powder and legged it in doors, one by one they all eventually flew off, I presume to die.

Couldn't have been that desperate for their leg-over . Cue 10,000 now-white flying miniature little beasties covering our neighbourhood.

Washed the wall down this morning, all gone, no trace.

Thanks again folk.

[twiglove]

Newbury - Just invaded by the buggars...millions of them - Make me itchy

[acquiescence]

SeanyD said:

Thanks chaps. Once I doused them with ant powder and legged it in doors, one by one they all eventually flew off, I presume to die.

Couldn't have been that desperate for their leg-over . Cue 10,000 now-white flying miniature little beasties covering our neighbourhood.

Washed the wall down this morning, all gone, no trace.

Thanks again folk.

Now they’ve f**ked off to get their mates. Flying ants have great memorys and provoking them with powder is n’t going to help it will only make it worse.