Winged ants

In the spring and summer, flying ants appear, which many consider to be termites. But if you look at the insects, you can see that they have three sections - the head, chest, belly. Termites have no thoracic region. Insects that can fly are males and females ready for mating.

Ant with wings

Insects live in anthill, like the workers, but with the onset of heat they have the opportunity to fly.Males and females leave the house and begin to look for a mate to continue the race.

Ants they drop in at any place and can start flying into the house if the smell of food attracts them.

Summer table

Not all ants start flying at one time. Each species has its own time for the mating season, information about which is contained in the table of the summer of ants.

By it you can see that different kinds gain wings in different months:

• red forest ant starts flying from June to mid-July;
• bloody ant gains wings from mid-July to late July;
• steppe species begins years in mid-June, and ends in August;
• Green-headed begins to fly in April, and ends in August.

Flying ants

Features of life

AT mating period the male transmits to her the female hormones that she will use throughout her life. At the end of the act, the male dies or is eaten by their relatives, and the female proceeds to search for a convenient nest.

On a note!

Most females will die. Birds will eat them up or they will die without finding shelter.Some individuals will die in an unsuccessfully located anthill. Survivors will queens and create their own colony.

When the female finds a suitable place for the house, the muscles of her wings will begin to fade. The flying ant drops its wings, because of which it loses its ability to fly and uses them for feeding. In the nest, the first larvae that feed on mother's saliva are hatched. In the future, they will become working ants and start developing an anthill.

Interesting!

Most often able to fly meet black small ants, red and red. They are most common in Russia.

Winged ants are not a separate insect species. These are the same individuals that live in an anthill. Just in the mating season, they grow wings and fly out of their home to continue the race.

How to appear in the house

It happens that a person finds ants with wings in his apartment. They can get into the house by chance or appear from a nest located somewhere in a secluded place. Flying ants themselves are not particularly dangerous. They do not have poison, but can bite the skin if they feel the danger.

Ants in the house

On a note!

Ant bite rarely too painful if not applied ants killersbut it can cause allergies. There will be an itch and reddening, the general state of health will worsen.

There are several ways to get into the apartment:

• through open windows and doors;
• on clothes;
• through the chimney and ventilation.

In the private house pests appear more often than in the walls of the apartment. If a person lives on the upper floors of a high-rise building, then the chance to meet with an ant is almost equal to zero. These insects cannot fly high, which means they do not reach the upper floors.

Methods of struggle

In order not to wonder how to get rid of flying ants in the house, you should be engaged in prevention. To do this, you need to do a wet cleaning, clean food, close the windows with a fine grid.

If these arthropods become disturbing, then you can get rid of them folk remedies or chemistry.

Folk recipes

These methods will help to destroy the house species of ant and stray specimens. They are simple and effective, and the ingredients can be found in any kitchen or easily bought at a grocery store.

Ants control methods

1. Make sweet bait from a glass of jam, food spoons yeast and spoons of boric acid. The composition must be laid out on flat plates.
2. Treat the ant paths with garlic juice or unrefined oil. The smell will scare away little toilers.
3. To hang in the house bouquets of mint, elderberry and wormwood. Or make an aroma lamp with the essential oil of the respective plants.
4. Stuffing mixed with boric acid and decomposed at home in places where the ants.

If these methods did not work, then store chemistry should be applied.

Poison for ants

To get rid of insects in the house with the help of poisons should be carefully. Wear a respirator and rubber gloves. After the procedure, you should thoroughly wash your hands and face, and send the clothes to the laundry.

Winged ants in the house will die if you apply the following drugs:

• Dichlorvos;
• DeltaZone;
• Raptor;
• Combat.

Pest control specialists love to apply A great warrior. These funds lure scouts. The poisonous gel is transferred to the nest on the pest's little body. So it turns out to get rid of the whole ant family in the house.

Ants with wings are ordinary workers who entered the mating season. The female is able to get into the house through an open window and create a colony in the house. You can fight pests with homemade recipes and shop chemistry.