The event sees queen ants and their workers go in search of new colonies.
Clouds of ants have been taking to the skies in an annual event that only begins when weather conditions are just right.The event usually arrives in about mid-July, as queens emerge and travel to set up new colonies, surrounded by males.
"The reason it's such a phenomenon in the UK is one ant species is abundant across the whole country, the black garden ant, and they all do this type of reproduction." "All the males live a brief life, a few months before they fly and then they die a few days after the flight," said Prof LeBoeuf.
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