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  3. Flying Ant Season Is Here!

Flying ant season is here!

19 July 2024

Professor Adria LeBoeuf and Lab Group with their collected flying ants

Professor Adria LeBeouf and her Laboratory of Social Fluids team; Hugo Helder, Yuqi Wang and Arthur Matte, have taken advantage of the annual flying ant day and collected a swarm for their research. 

Read the full articles here: 

University of Cambridge Stories: Flying ant season is here

BBC News - Why do flying ants all appear at the same time?

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Flying ant season is here

Why do flying ants appear all at once?

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