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Yuk flying ants!!!!!

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Annie

Annie Report 29 Jul 2004 22:45

once every 22 yrs eh? tell'em I'm jealous! A

Jan

Jan Report 29 Jul 2004 11:38

lucky you lot I have just been mowing the garden (it was looking a bit like a meadow) and I uncovered a bumble bee nest and have found baby frogs jumping about and I aint even got a pond! Jan x

Jan

Jan Report 29 Jul 2004 08:41

eeewwww we had the little so n so's yesterday. They always come out when its humid I thought it may have thundered but is apparently going to today in Manchester. Im so soft though I feel mean killing them so I just close all the doors now slugs n snails on the other hand!! have a good day Jan x

Mags

Mags Report 29 Jul 2004 07:10

Tracy - I'm sure nature has gone barmy this year - flowers are blooming twice, seeds aren't germinating at all, plum tree looks as if it's had it completely and I've got some really strange coloured bees around - must be global warming!! Magsx

Tracey

Tracey Report 29 Jul 2004 06:40

Morning Mags! Theres loads under our patio slabs, hubby lifted a couple the other day and tons came out. Me and my two kids were trying to stamp on them. We got quite a few but what can you do! We've used the powder, the sprays, the gel, i think like you say the problem is just getting worse. We've never had trouble with them this bad before. Tracey

Mags

Mags Report 29 Jul 2004 06:29

Morning Tracy, We've got a bigger problem with ants this year than we have had in the past - they've pushed up all the sand from under the patio slabs - so they will need re-laying. Going to cement them in this time - let the little b****ers try and push them up!!! Our 'wing' day was at the week end but there's still a few around - always somebody late for the party lol Magsx

Tracey

Tracey Report 29 Jul 2004 06:24

They are really getting on my nerves!! Got a terrible problem with ants in the garden and occasionally in the house. Apparently the flying ones are the males (that explains a lot then LOL!!) and this time of the year is when they mate. I'm not sure if they die within a few days after mating too. There you go - science lesson over!! Tracey

badger

badger Report 28 Jul 2004 22:34

if they were on viagra their wings would be so stiff ,they woldn,t be able to walk or fly,so much for their sex life on the pill.Fred.

syljo

syljo Report 28 Jul 2004 20:18

They must have found Viagra

Elizabeth A

Elizabeth A Report 28 Jul 2004 20:17

Had them around london about week - 10 days ago.

Fi aka Wheelie Spice

Fi aka Wheelie Spice Report 28 Jul 2004 20:13

One day. What a load of rubbish. Had them last week and then again yesterday.

syljo

syljo Report 28 Jul 2004 20:03

It must be the mating day!

Linda

Linda Report 28 Jul 2004 20:01

Must be something to do with the weather I think, its been really hot and humid today

Geoff

Geoff Report 28 Jul 2004 19:49

It was about a week ago here.

Linda

Linda Report 28 Jul 2004 19:45

has anyone else been plagued today by these horrible creatures! I was sat in the garden this afternoon and they just seemed to appear from nowhere.. hundreds of them! I was fighting a losing battle withonly a kettle full of boiling water!! It only seems to happen on one day of the year ?why