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22-07-2008, 09:43 PM
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| | | Re: Flying ant day 2008
Had flying ants here in south Essex this afternoon
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22-07-2008, 09:48 PM
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I've seen one swarm as well, no swifts though  |
22-07-2008, 10:03 PM
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| | | Re: Flying ant day 2008
Saw many this evening and managed to photograph one large, winged female that stayed still long enough for me to focus the camera. Also photographed very active small male but unfortunately photo very poor.
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22-07-2008, 10:12 PM
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Here's some of those I saw today, now in the Gallery  |
22-07-2008, 10:31 PM
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My daughter in Ashford Kent has just rung me saying there were HUGE flying ants in her kitchen and what should she do about it?
I said "that's lucky", she asked why and I replied......
"lucky it's not my kitchen" !!!! boom boom! 
Naturegirl |
22-07-2008, 10:32 PM
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| | | Re: Flying ant day 2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason Green  I've seen one swarm as well, no swifts though | ....saw most Swifts this year - hundreds soaring around high over Ryde and Solent - along with gulls they were sweeping the sky of all the flying ants
Swifts will be away back to Africa early next month so there feeding up as much as they can now the warm weather has arrived and the ants and other insects are now more abundant.... |
22-07-2008, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by sanderling ...Swifts will be away back to Africa early next month | I'll miss them  |
22-07-2008, 10:39 PM
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| | | Re: Flying ant day 2008
My kitchen was full of them today not good really. But still an interesting sight
Not the best flyers either they always seem to land on their back or in your cup of tea 
Jack |
22-07-2008, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by jack** My kitchen was full of them today not good really. But still an interesting sight
Not the best flyers either they always seem to land on their back or in your cup of tea
Jack | Swifts?! Oh sorry, flying ants... |
23-07-2008, 02:43 AM
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| | | Re: Flying ant day 2008
Sorry, I'm not really an uncaring mum........
But, your kids have to learn for themselves as to what to do about a natural event like this!! Can't always be there to mop up......
I have seen plenty of Swifts flying over my local every evening (really!) (It's what I go there for)...... feeding on insects. I can judge the weather by their behaviour and how high/low they are catching their prey.
Let's hope that the hot weather will ripen my tomatoes too!!!!!
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