Page 1 of Stuff wasps, did you see those ants today?

bloody HUGE buggers, about a centimetre and a half in length. All over the bloody place, then there`s the flying buggers, getting in your eyes, ears, up yer nose... I work in a builder`s yard and we`ve discovered that the flying ones like treated timber, so when you pick up a longth of 4x2 and hoist it on your shoulder, 5 seconds later, the s***s are crawling down the back of your neck.

At least the local birdlife had a feast.

I`m sure on some documentary I saw somewhere they said they sit underground until a certain level of humidity and temperature is reached, then they go go go go! Which is why they all swarm together.

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If its a hot day get your magnifying glass on the ants

This item was edited on Wednesday, 9th July 2003, 21:10

Hey, I saw a few of these as well! (North Lincs area) I`d heard that they all swarm on the same day too.The big ones you see are the flying ones that have landed and shed their wings.These are the queens to start a new colony...

...Next on Open University, marrow mangling for beginners.

It was bloody humid here, actually. So hot in fact I was sweating water. Not sweat, which is salty, but odourless, tasteless water. I reckon my T-shirt (Travis Perkins hot green colour) was about a kilo heavier when I peeled it off after work...

Everywhere today in Bath. Hottest day in a few weeks so maybe thats why

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It was bloody humid here, actually. So hot in fact I was sweating water

Then why didn`t you get a magnifying glass on the ants

Its a bit cloudy in Abergavenny today which is no good for burning ants with a magnifying glass

LOL I was down in London visiting some friends... Its the first time I have been there at this time of year and I had never even seen this phenomonon before !! My friends informed me that it happens every year for a few days and I was like "Really ??"

Suppose its one advantage of rainy Manchester weather. as I have never seen any of the little blighters flying around in such large numbers ! In fact I don`t think that I have seen a single flying ant round here....


Tim