Guest AngelicAcid Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 A few months ago, we got a lot of ants in the house, we used bait stations, which almost eradicated the problem. Now i had a spare bit of cement left last week, and decided to block the the holes up. tonight i came home, and there were about 50 big ants with wings. what can i do to sort this problem out, i will get a pesty as a last resort, must be soemthing to do thats just as effective. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RicW 67 Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 Ignore them. The winged ants are males. They fly, f**k and die. They'll be gone within a few days at most. Ants are serious feminists! Ric Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jac 12 Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 not much you can do when they come out, they dont stey long. i spray repelent on the floor and hope they go the other way lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 get an ant eater lol hope they die off for you mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest AngelicAcid Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 Got a mate who is a pesty coming the morn, just bolied water and sorted thebarea for now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oakey 57 Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 Got a mate who is a pesty coming the morn, just bolied water and sorted thebarea for now. Dont forget the milk and sugar as they will all be making tea now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fellman 116 Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 (edited) Ignore them. The winged ants are males. They fly, f**k and die. They'll be gone within a few days at most. Ants are serious feminists! Ric who ever told you that is wrong wrong wrong ........ they are both male and female and they are off for what is know as "nuptual flight " then the males die and the impregnated females go off find somewhere nice and start new colonies .... yis fellman Edited September 3, 2010 by fellman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest AngelicAcid Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 A mate who is a pesty said just keep an eye out, if they come back get intouch asap. they are apparently all over the north eats of england at the moment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RicW 67 Posted September 4, 2010 Report Share Posted September 4, 2010 Ignore them. The winged ants are males. They fly, f**k and die. They'll be gone within a few days at most. Ants are serious feminists! Ric who ever told you that is wrong wrong wrong ........ they are both male and female and they are off for what is know as "nuptual flight " then the males die and the impregnated females go off find somewhere nice and start new colonies .... yis fellman You are of course right about the nuptial flight, which is like bees swarming. After a queen is fertilised she looks for a suitable site for a new nest. She saves the sperm from the flight in her body and settles down to lay unfertilised eggs. These develop into sterile wingless females, which are the ants you get in your kitchen or ruining picnics. They are workers, warriors, nursemaids or play other roles depending on species, but all are wingless. In summer the queen starts to use the stored sperm to produce fertilised eggs which hatch into fertile, winged males. At the same time, the workers start feeding a few, say 10 - 12, females on a special diet which causes them to develop wings and to be fertile. These are the new queens which take part in the nupti al flight. Ants from many nests of the same species will swarm simultaneously so that a female is unlikely to be fertilised by a male from her own nest. No cousin marriages for them! If you see a lot of winged ants in one place, they are ready to fly. If they are scattered around, thay are males which have completed the flight. I read A.A.'s post as referring to the latter situation. We're both right! I can give you a list of references if you like. YIS Ric Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fellman 116 Posted September 4, 2010 Report Share Posted September 4, 2010 Ignore them. The winged ants are males. They fly, f**k and die. They'll be gone within a few days at most. Ants are serious feminists! Ric who ever told you that is wrong wrong wrong ........ they are both male and female and they are off for what is know as "nuptual flight " then the males die and the impregnated females go off find somewhere nice and start new colonies .... yis fellman You are of course right about the nuptial flight, which is like bees swarming. After a queen is fertilised she looks for a suitable site for a new nest. She saves the sperm from the flight in her body and settles down to lay unfertilised eggs. These develop into sterile wingless females, which are the ants you get in your kitchen or ruining picnics. They are workers, warriors, nursemaids or play other roles depending on species, but all are wingless. In summer the queen starts to use the stored sperm to produce fertilised eggs which hatch into fertile, winged males. At the same time, the workers start feeding a few, say 10 - 12, females on a special diet which causes them to develop wings and to be fertile. These are the new queens which take part in the nupti al flight. Ants from many nests of the same species will swarm simultaneously so that a female is unlikely to be fertilised by a male from her own nest. No cousin marriages for them! If you see a lot of winged ants in one place, they are ready to fly. If they are scattered around, thay are males which have completed the flight. I read A.A.'s post as referring to the latter situation. We're both right! I can give you a list of references if you like. YIS Ric i agree we are both right however soem of us are more right than others lol no worries mate yis fellman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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