Flying ants are known as alates. In the UK, particularly in urban areas, the winged insects you see are almost always the sexually mature queens and males of the black garden ant, Lasius niger. The ...

However, both species do have wings, as well as six legs and similar coloration with black/brown bodies. Look a little closer though and you’ll start to notice the difference. Flying ants have a ...

When the conditions are just right, thousands of black ants will erupt out of lawns ... The researchers put out a call in June for the public to report sightings of flying ant outbreaks, as well as ...