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Yuk flying ants!!!!!
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Linda | Report | 28 Jul 2004 19:45 |
has anyone else been plagued today by these horrible creatures! I was sat in the garden this afternoon and they just seemed to appear from nowhere.. hundreds of them! I was fighting a losing battle withonly a kettle full of boiling water!! It only seems to happen on one day of the year ?why |
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Geoff | Report | 28 Jul 2004 19:49 |
It was about a week ago here. |
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Linda | Report | 28 Jul 2004 20:01 |
Must be something to do with the weather I think, its been really hot and humid today |
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syljo | Report | 28 Jul 2004 20:03 |
It must be the mating day! |
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Fi aka Wheelie Spice | Report | 28 Jul 2004 20:13 |
One day. What a load of rubbish. Had them last week and then again yesterday. |
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Elizabeth A | Report | 28 Jul 2004 20:17 |
Had them around london about week - 10 days ago. |
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syljo | Report | 28 Jul 2004 20:18 |
They must have found Viagra |
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badger | Report | 28 Jul 2004 22:34 |
if they were on viagra their wings would be so stiff ,they woldn,t be able to walk or fly,so much for their sex life on the pill.Fred. |
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Tracey | Report | 29 Jul 2004 06:24 |
They are really getting on my nerves!! Got a terrible problem with ants in the garden and occasionally in the house. Apparently the flying ones are the males (that explains a lot then LOL!!) and this time of the year is when they mate. I'm not sure if they die within a few days after mating too. There you go - science lesson over!! Tracey |
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Mags | Report | 29 Jul 2004 06:29 |
Morning Tracy, We've got a bigger problem with ants this year than we have had in the past - they've pushed up all the sand from under the patio slabs - so they will need re-laying. Going to cement them in this time - let the little b****ers try and push them up!!! Our 'wing' day was at the week end but there's still a few around - always somebody late for the party lol Magsx |
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Tracey | Report | 29 Jul 2004 06:40 |
Morning Mags! Theres loads under our patio slabs, hubby lifted a couple the other day and tons came out. Me and my two kids were trying to stamp on them. We got quite a few but what can you do! We've used the powder, the sprays, the gel, i think like you say the problem is just getting worse. We've never had trouble with them this bad before. Tracey |
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Mags | Report | 29 Jul 2004 07:10 |
Tracy - I'm sure nature has gone barmy this year - flowers are blooming twice, seeds aren't germinating at all, plum tree looks as if it's had it completely and I've got some really strange coloured bees around - must be global warming!! Magsx |
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Jan | Report | 29 Jul 2004 08:41 |
eeewwww we had the little so n so's yesterday. They always come out when its humid I thought it may have thundered but is apparently going to today in Manchester. Im so soft though I feel mean killing them so I just close all the doors now slugs n snails on the other hand!! have a good day Jan x |
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Jan | Report | 29 Jul 2004 11:38 |
lucky you lot I have just been mowing the garden (it was looking a bit like a meadow) and I uncovered a bumble bee nest and have found baby frogs jumping about and I aint even got a pond! Jan x |
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Annie | Report | 29 Jul 2004 22:45 |
once every 22 yrs eh? tell'em I'm jealous! A |