 Credit: Getty One person posted on Twitter a brief clip of the insects crawling about along with the caption: "Thought it felt like flying ant weather!" More flying ants are expected in the coming days. The weather forecaster said the winged insects are usually picked up at around this time of the year over the space of about a week. The swarms appear on the radars and look similar to rainfall, but the Met Office can check their weather gauges to confirm if it is rain or flying ants. Met Office forecaster Simon Partridge said: "Every year around this time we do pick them up on the rain radar. 'At the moment it's harder to tell because we've got so many showers and the ants look like showers. "They can be seen several miles across. On Friday it was about a mile. "It's generally the southern parts of the UK where we tend to notice it most. When we do get the rain, they don't fly as much." According to the Royal Society of Biology, the ants can be seen on as many as 96 per cent of days between June and September While flying ants don't pose any sort of danger, they can be an annoying addition to the garden and home. A gardening expert has revealed an easy way to get rid of them and it only costs about a £1 or less. Chris Bonnett, founder of GardeningExpress revealed there's no specific date for flying ant day but they often come out to find new homes , with many colonies doing so on the same day. Spices such as cayenne pepper and cinnamon pepper can deter ants if dusted around your plants. Mint and garlic also work well){kind=link}
BRITS have been warned after a mile-long swarm of flying ants was spotted in some UK seaside towns – but there’s a dirt-cheap way to get rid of them.
The Met Office first detected the insects on their weather radar on Friday along the south coast with people then taking to social media to report sighting them.
One person posted on Twitter a brief clip of the insects crawling about along with the caption: “Thought it felt like flying ant weather!”
More flying ants are expected in the coming days.
The weather forecaster said the winged insects are usually picked up at around this time of the year over the space of about a week.