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Flying ants are usually first noticed when they emerge from the ground in the early spring months. Since flying ants all emerge at once in a swarm, the sight can be disconcerting. Although flying ants pose no real danger to homeowners, many want to eliminate them anyway. In order to eliminate the flying ant, it is necessary to make sure that it is really an ant and not a flying terminate.

What are Flying Ants?

Flying ants are not a specific breed of ant. Instead, there are several species of ants that have flying members whose job it is to start new colonies. These flying ants are born with thin, papery wings and fly away from the main ant colony to start a new one.

Once the flying ants find a new location and mate, their wings fall off and they spend the rest of their lives on the ground. Flying ants are usually seen flying in swarms during the spring months and are often confused with flying termites, which they closely resemble.