UK Households Advised to Shut Windows as Swarms of Flying Ants Expected Earlier This Year

Flying ant day 2025: When is it and why does it happen?

‘Nuptial flight’ sees insects rise up and take to the air in huge swarms to mate and seek out new colonies

UK households advised to shut windows as swarms of flying ants expected earlier this year

Flying Ant Day is an annual event when millions of winged male and female ants fly out of their colonies to mate in the air

Warning as disorientated seagulls 'on acid' due to annual phenomenon

An animal rescue organisation has warned the public to look out for “drunk” seagulls "on acid" as flying ants make their annual resurgence.

UK Braces for a Deluge of Flying Ants

Some holidays involve plenty of revelry, while others have a more mournful tone. And then there’s Flying Ant Day, perhaps the strangest holiday of all, which involves — you guessed it — swarms of ants cavorting through the air.In an explainer for the U.K.’s Natural History Museum, Lisa Hendry wrote that this nightmare-fuel day “usually occurs in July or August and coincides with a period of hot and humid weather.” Why do these ants take to the a…

Why swarms of flying ants have been spotted across Oldham

Oldham and the rest of the UK have been witnessing swarms of flying ants

Hundreds of seagulls swarming cricket pitch as they hunt flying ants

A Nottinghamshire cricket match was interrupted by a flock of seagulls swooping down to feast on flying ants, creating a spectacular scene without causing any injuries.