When do ants fly in London, United Kingdom?
United Kingdom
41 ant species recorded within 50km of London, United Kingdom, with flight months and links to each species' full page.
Sampled centre: 51.51°, -0.13° (species observed within a 50km radius, GBIF occurrence records, not a live forecast).
Grouped with: Brent, Islington, Reading, Southend-on-Sea, Brighton, Milton Keynes, City of Westminster, Northampton, Bexley, Luton, Barking, Archway, Sutton, Croydon, Ilford, Slough, Oxford, Enfield Town, Harrow, Cambridge, Basildon, High Wycombe, Colchester, Tottenham, Watford, Crawley, Worthing, Chelmsford, Walthamstow, Dagenham, Basingstoke, Maidstone, Bedford, Woking, Eastbourne, Gillingham, Becontree.
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Combined window across every species recorded here.
London, Brent, Islington, Reading, Southend-on-Sea, Brighton, Milton Keynes, City of Westminster, Northampton, Bexley, Luton, Barking, Archway, Sutton, Croydon, Ilford, Slough, Oxford, Enfield Town, Harrow, Cambridge, Basildon, High Wycombe, Colchester, Tottenham, Watford, Crawley, Worthing, Chelmsford, Walthamstow, Dagenham, Basingstoke, Maidstone, Bedford, Woking, Eastbourne, Gillingham, Becontree has a temperate oceanic climate, mild, damp most of the year.
Species recorded here
Acorn ants (Temnothorax albipennis)Recorded flying in July.
Black garden ant (Lasius niger)Recorded flying from June through September.☀ Day
Carpenter ants (Camponotus vagus)Recorded flying from April through June.
Dolichoderus ants (Dolichoderus quadripunctatus)Recorded flying from July through September.
European fire ant (Myrmica rubra)Recorded flying in August.☀ Day
Garden ants (Lasius alienus)Recorded flying from July through September.
Garden ants (Lasius brunneus)Recorded flying from May through August.
Garden ants (Lasius emarginatus)Recorded flying from June through August.
Garden ants (Lasius fuliginosus)Recorded flying from June through September.
Garden ants (Lasius platythorax)Recorded flying from June through August.
Garden ants (Lasius umbratus)Recorded flying from June through September.
Leptothorax ants (Leptothorax acervorum)Recorded flying from June through September.
Myrmecina ants (Myrmecina graminicola)Recorded flying from August through September.
Ponera ants (Ponera coarctata)Recorded flying from August through September.
Red ants (Myrmica hirsuta)Recorded flying from August through September.
Red ants (Myrmica karavajevi)Recorded flying from July 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.
Red ants (Myrmica schencki)Recorded flying from July through August.
Stenamma ants (Stenamma debile)Recorded flying from August through October.
Wood ants (Formica cunicularia)Recorded flying from June through July.
Wood ants (Formica exsecta)Recorded flying from June through August.
Wood ants (Formica fusca)Recorded flying from June through August.
Wood ants (Formica lemani)Recorded flying from June through September.
Wood ants (Formica rufa)Recorded flying from May through June.
Wood ants (Formica rufibarbis)Recorded flying from June through August.
Wood ants (Formica sanguinea)Recorded flying from May through September.
Yellow meadow ant (Lasius flavus)Recorded flying from June through September.☀ Day
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