Flying ants may seem more formidable than their tiny ant counterparts. Interestingly, though, flying ants—also known as swarmers or alates—aren’t actually a different variety of ant at all. They’re ...

Flying ants and termites are often mistaken for each other during their flying stages. Even before they sprout wings, ants and termites dwell in the same habitats and can appear to be the same shape ...

From fruit flies to house flies to fungus gnats, spotting any kind of bug that can buzz about your home is a total pain. But many people don’t realize that one of the most annoying pests to ...

It’s about that time of year when clouds of winged ants can be observed flying in the sky or crawling over the sidewalks. This amazing sight, called “flying ant day,” occurs in late summer on a warm, ...

At entomologist parties, flying ants are discussed with words such as “nuisance” or “irritating.” Termites, however, are on the other side of this spectrum; whole sentences are used, as in, “Have you ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. EXETER, U.K. — You can add giant swarms of ...

GALT (CBS13) - There's a pesky problem plaguing Galt. Several residents are dealing with ants swarming their properties and swimming pools. CBS13 asked an expert about what's drawing the pests in and ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...