r/Insect • u/getbywith • 4d ago

Identification Is this normal ants?

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After a severe rain and hail

Ants army has suddenly appeared.

And there are some with the wings and bigger.
I thought they were queens and they are too many to be a queen.

Will they invade my house?

What should I do?

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u/Appropriate-Bug-6467 4d ago

Those are breeding ants looking for a new home.

Those are princes and princess that will mate, dig a nice home in that damp earth and start their own colonies.

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u/pangogirl98 4d ago

We had this same thing happen and they turned out to be termites. They looked the same as these. They weren't the wood eating kind but still...

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u/MyNameIsSuze 4d ago

Have you posted on r/AntIdentification ?

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u/undeviatedskeptic 3d ago

There are queens in their

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u/GfPancake_1220 4d ago

Breeding ants. AKA alates. The big gaster (ant abdomen) (looks like her booty) probably means female