Paul Blackhurst from Rentokil Pest Control highlighted the situation, saying: "Experts warn that this year could see ...

Flying Ant Day, also known as "nuptial flight" often mistaken for a single occasion, marks a season of significant activity ...

“Flying ant day” might sound like the invention of a particularly deranged marketing department but, alas, it is an all too real summer phenomenon in Britain and Ireland. Every year, swarms of ...

Many Boston residents encountered an unwelcome sight this week: swarms of flying ants. The bugs splattered cars, flew up noses, and, in one reported case, fell into a man's frappe outside a J.P ...

A massive swarm of flying ants descended on a town centre - leaving kids screaming in fear and shops locking their doors. Shoppers in Solihull, Birmingham, found themselves at war with the winged ...

These ant 'portraits' reveal how diverse and beautiful these insects are. Photographer Eduard Florin Niga has produced a series of ant “headshots” that “open a door to a completely new world.” ...

The ants are named after their characteristically long jaws, which they use to hurl unfamiliar neighbours from their nests, cripple prey, or deliver a brutal bite to anything they consider a threat.

The Amazon’s bullet ant may be tiny, but this little insect has the most painful sting in the world. At just 1.2 inches long, the bullet ant doesn’t look like that dangerous of an insect.

Only three insects were given the highest pain index of four; the bullet ant, warrior wasp and tarantula hawk wasp. The latter's sting was described as 'blinding, fierce, shockingly electric.

Flying Ant Day usually arrives around mid July as the queens emerge and travel to set up new colonies. Most ants that we see don't have wings but the queens and males do.

A massive swarm of flying ants descended on a town centre - leaving kids screaming in fear and shops locking their doors. Shoppers in Solihull, Birmingham, found themselves at war with the winged ...

Expect to see plenty of flying ants this week, after a mile-long swarm was picked up on a weather radar on the UK's south coast. Every summer there is a day when thousands of giant flying ants ...