Ants with wings

Occasionally, you might see a small insect with wings near a group of ants and assume it’s a termite. Look closely, and if it looks like the surrounding ants, it’s probably just a winged ant. What are ants with wings called? Winged ants are called alates. Alates are males, whose only job is to mate […]

Learn how to identify the difference between flying ants and flying termites, their behaviors, and how to prevent infestations.

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Winged ant, could be male or female and can reproduce .

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Encountering a swarm of airborne arthropods in and around your home can be unsettling. Don't panic! Here's what you need to know about flying #ants.

Occasionally, you might see a small insect with wings near a group of ants and assume it’s a termite. Look closely, and if it looks like the surrounding ants, it’s probably just a winged ant. What are ants with wings called?

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Lots of bugs of all kinds, but especially the Leafcutter ants from Panama, invade the Notebaert Museum. And that's a good thing for your kids.

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Identification and control of carpenter ants in and around the home

Get the facts on when and why ants grow wings and swarm.

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Eciton burchellii army ant soldier. The hooked mandibles are used to protect army ant colonies against vertebrate predators. Maquipucuna Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

You would want to be living under a rock not to have seen them! Last week I was literally covered in them during an evening stroll; then it seems the infestation spread… yesterday it arrived in Dublin! Seagull invasions are so last week… we are all talking “flying ants”. Ants with wings is this something new? Not …

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Winged termite (Gamu-gamo?)

I recently came across a male specimen of the "legionary ant" Neivamyrmex nigriscens while walking our dog in our Colorado Springs neighborhood. It was instantly recognizable to me, but it got me thinking about how most people would be hard-pressed to know what it was. Unfortunately, there are very few references for the identification of winged ants. This is a shame because it is often the "alates," males and winged queens, that are most obvious to the public. Male Legionary Ant…