When do ants fly in Belfast?
United Kingdom
11 ant species recorded within 50km of Belfast, United Kingdom, with flight months and links to each species' full page.
Sampled centre: 54.60°, -5.93° (species observed within a 50km radius, GBIF occurrence records, not a live forecast).
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Belfast has a temperate oceanic climate, mild, damp most of the year.
Species recorded here
Black garden ant (Lasius niger)Recorded flying from June through September.☀ Day
European fire ant (Myrmica rubra)Recorded flying in August.☀ Day
Garden ants (Lasius platythorax)Recorded flying from June through August.
Leptothorax ants (Leptothorax acervorum)Recorded flying from June through September.
Red ants (Myrmica ruginodis)Recorded flying from July through August.
Red ants (Myrmica sabuleti)Recorded flying from July through September.
Red ants (Myrmica scabrinodis)Recorded flying from July through September.
Wood ants (Formica aquilonia)Recorded flying from June through July.
Wood ants (Formica fusca)Recorded flying from June through August.
Wood ants (Formica lemani)Recorded flying from June through September.
Yellow meadow ant (Lasius flavus)Recorded flying from June through September.☀ Day
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