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...well, evening. Thousands of 'em.... 


 
Posted : 28/07/2026 8:22 pm
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Seen signs of them over the last week or so (i.e. sandy exits from cracks in the pavements), nothing here yet.


 
Posted : 28/07/2026 8:50 pm
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Cycled back from work, had a shower and I'm still picking them out of my ears!


 
Posted : 28/07/2026 8:56 pm
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Lovely.  I missed them.  Used to see them all over when I was a kid in the far east, I am ALL over the place during their season. 


 
Posted : 28/07/2026 9:14 pm
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Does "flying ants day" still show up as fake rain on weather apps?

If so, Glasgow area has a plague on their hands! 😆 


 
Posted : 28/07/2026 9:17 pm
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None in Leeds. Well not my bit anyway.


 
Posted : 28/07/2026 9:21 pm
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Yep, they’re on the move here in Surrey!


 
Posted : 28/07/2026 9:38 pm
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Ran over a load of flying ants on Lamaload climb to the cat and fiddle once, or was I halucinating (bstard hill for a roadie).


 
Posted : 28/07/2026 9:54 pm
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It was a week or so ago around here*. Or it was at my archery club, there were clouds of them all across the field that we use, which is about an acre or so. There’s often a green woodpecker around, digging in the grass to get at the ants nests. 

*North Wiltshire, just the other side of the A350 Chippenham Cepen Way bypass.


 
Posted : 29/07/2026 12:58 am
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Ours was on 6th July. I know the exact date because I took a few short videos of our hens going crazy across the patio and lawn eating them all! 


 
Posted : 29/07/2026 10:42 am