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Seem that the first warm dry day in sometime has resulted in all the flying ants to come out of their nests all at once. The pavements are crawling with them around here and many are flying around arwarkly.

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On Sun, 2 Aug 2015 11:36:42 -0700 (PDT)
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Seem that the first warm dry day in sometime has resulted in all the
flying ants to come out of their nests all at once. The pavements are
crawling with them around here and many are flying around arwarkly.


As my old landlady used to call it, "the ants' wedding day".

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On 02/08/2015 19:36, Simon S wrote:
Seem that the first warm dry day in sometime has resulted in all the
flying ants to come out of their nests all at once. The pavements are
crawling with them around here and many are flying around arwarkly.


Arwarkly??


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Is it my imagination or are they very late this year?
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On 03/08/15 07:16, Vidcapper wrote:
On 02/08/2015 19:36, Simon S wrote:
Seem that the first warm dry day in sometime has resulted in all the
flying ants to come out of their nests all at once. The pavements are
crawling with them around here and many are flying around arwarkly.


Arwarkly??


Ar-wark-ly
Many flying ants make a duck-like sound 'wark 'wark.


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On Monday, 3 August 2015 11:23:21 UTC+1, Scott W wrote:
Is it my imagination or are they very late this year?


Yep, was thinking that myself, Scott. I was fairly sure they were come and gone by now, this time last year. Still waiting on the 'swarming' here in Dublin.

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On Sun, 2 Aug 2015 11:36:42 -0700 (PDT)
Simon S wrote:

Seem that the first warm dry day in sometime has resulted in all the
flying ants to come out of their nests all at once. The pavements are
crawling with them around here and many are flying around arwarkly.


And here are 13 ways to deal with them:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...g-ants-6185742

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On 03/08/2015 11:23, Scott W wrote:
Is it my imagination or are they very late this year?

Thet came and went 3 weeks ago here in sunny Woodford Scott !
Must have thought Wanstead wasn't worth a visit .....

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