From mosquitoes, ants, flies, roaches and more, bugs are everywhere when it’s warm. This summer’s crop of creepy crawlers look ugly and sinister. But don’t be fooled by their sizes. The small ones can ...

Taking to the skies for what is often referred to as their “nuptial flight,” a flying ant (AKA winged or swarming ant) is a reproducing member of the species, or what entomologists call an “alate.” A ...

What Is a Flying Ant? Flying ants, also known as alates, are swarming adult hive members of various ant species. Ants have complex societies that require each subgroup of ants to perform different ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...

Stacy is a journalist and content creator with six years of experience writing about home improvement topics. Besides Forbes Home she has contributed her work and expertise to publications such as ...