Flying ants, also known as Alates, can be quite a nuisance if they find their way into your backyard and home. These little creatures are not in any way a threat to humans, but sometimes they can manage to fiddle their way into unwanted territory — which many (including myself) might find very annoying. With flying ants appearing across the country, it’s important to understand what these insects are and why they tend to hover around your home.
Pest control expert Nicole Carpenter, from Black Pest Prevention tells us, 'flying ants are just matured ants with wings. Ants develop wings to mate and start new colonies. You'll know it's a flying ant and not another insect if it has a narrow waist, bent antennae, and two pairs of wings with the front pair larger than the back pair. While regular ants move along the ground, flying ants are capable of flight’.
