The term "flying ant day", with its implication of a single mass flying event across the country, is virtually ubiquitous. The emergence of flying ants certainly does give the impression that ...

So what causes this simultaneous taking to the air, and is there really such a thing as flying ant day? Find out when and why ants grow wings and swarm. Flying ants are known as alates. In the UK, ...

Flying ant day, also known as "ant swarm day," refers to a phenomenon that occurs when large numbers of winged ants emerge ...

Researchers have suggested that there isn't necessarily such a thing as a Flying Ant Day. But a study of the insects found they fly somewhere in the UK on 96% of days between the start of June and ...

The phenomenon is part of the mating season and normally lasts just a few days during the hotter part of the summer. The day at Wimbledon has forever been dubbed Flying Ant Day.