Ants

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• andy

  July 2008 edited 3:07AM

  I quite like ants. And bees. It's about the time of year for flying ants - the 'nuptial flight' only last a few days. *Flying ants are the reproductive males and females. These mating ants are winged and have a nuptial swarming flight during a few days in July or August. Mating takes place in the air and females then seeks out a nest site where she stays for the winter. The following spring (April) she lays her eggs, the larvae hatch in 3-4 weeks and are fed by the queen until they pupate. The first worker ants then emerge.* <http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/sitemap/services/environment/pests_and_nuisance/pests/ants.htm>; Does it make you more or less grossed out by the idea that they are not only flying around - but also *having sex whilst flying around*.

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• andy

  July 2008 edited 3:07AM

  On reflection, I like bees a lot more.

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• krappyrubsnif

  July 2008 edited 3:07AM

  I quite like the idea of that. The Metre High Club I suppose, if you're an ant.

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• VictorMoses

  July 2008 edited 3:07AM

  That makes me feel even worse. I can't think of anything nice to say about ants. Scum.
  
  Bees are good, though - they're more like hamsters than insects.

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• Agaton Sax

  July 2008 edited 3:07AM

  Wasn't that a song by the Shamen? Bees are good...

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• hedgetrimmer

  July 2008 edited 3:07AM

  Not as good as beetles tho

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• Toddlesocks

  July 2008 edited 3:07AM

  I have to disagree HT, never hear of anyone crowing about beetles Knees.
  
  Just wish my hands were small enough to stroke bees bums.

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• poxy

  July 2008 edited 3:07AM

  I'd like a coat made of bee-skins.

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• unaesthetic

  July 2008 edited 3:07AM

  >agaton sax - bwahahaha that made me guffaw!

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• Four Eyes

  July 2008 edited 3:07AM

  Last Tuesday was flying ant day. It happens every year in mid to late July.
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_ant_day

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• Ali

  July 2008 edited 3:07AM

  It was last Saturday in CE see Ants Stop Cricket
  http://www.hornseyjournal.co.uk/content/haringey/hornseyjournal/news/story.aspx?brand=HCEJOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newshcej&itemid=WeED31%20Jul%202008%2010%3A44%3A24%3A270

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• sophie

  July 2008 edited July 2008

  yes i thought there were two flying ant days this year. how unfair. i brushed two out of my hair when i got home.

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• tosscat

  July 2008 edited 3:07AM

  Lick your lips and eat the fuckers.

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• unaesthetic

  August 2008 edited 3:07AM

  @ tosscat -
  
  you say that to all the girls?
  
  

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• tosscat

  August 2008 edited 3:07AM

  yes, oh yes.

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