IRISH households have been warned of “larger than usual swarms” of flying ant activity in the coming weeks. Every summer ...

Households across Ireland are being urged to keep windows and doors shut as swarms of flying ants emerge nationwide in a dramatic seasonal mating surge known as Flying Ant Day.

Tens of thousands of flying ants are swarming Ireland as the hot weather makes the perfect environment. Although the mating ...

Because of the fluctuation between wet and warm weather these last two weeks, it is likely to bring about the perfect conditions for greater swarms ...

In Britain and Ireland, flying ant days typically occur in July or August, often in warmer urban areas first, when the weather is hot and humid and when winds are low. Temperature is a key factor, ...

Flying insects are contaminating new environments by eating microplastics in polluted waters and carrying them through the air, a new study has found. ...

Flying insects are known to make a beeline for lights in the dark, as the saying goes, "like moths to a flame." Now, scientists have figured out why insects are so keen on light, but it's not ...

Those insects you see flying in crazed circles are trying to keep their backs towards the light because they think that direction is up, new research suggests. Accessibility links.

The insects flying in circles around your porch light aren’t captivated by the light. Instead, they may have lost track of which way is up, high-speed infrared camera data suggest.

How flying insects and drones can discern up from down Scientists have developed a theory that can explain how flying insects determine the gravity direction without using accelerometers.

Why Are Flying Insects ‘Attracted’ to Lights? Scientists May Finally Have an Answer Moths and other insects might turn their backs toward the brightest source of light around—which has ...