the poop happens world we live in thread 2XXX

[Goemar]

Okay so my window is infested with these freaky small black winged bugs that I can't identify. Anybody know? They're all over and under my curtain and while I haven't looked under my curtain (I'm afraid to TBH), I can see that they're crawling in my window. Not only are they annoying because they keep getting on my stuff, but it makes me pretty uneasy because that tells me there's possibly a crack somewhere in my window that they're coming in from.

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It appears to be a mix between a tiny wasp/fly and an ant with wings. They can fly but they're mostly just crawling on my curtains.

Looks like a flying-ant, and well it is the season for them. Make sure you kill them, you don't want one starting a nest in your window.

Yeah Dazz told me it was most likely a flying ant. I too had never heard of such a thing. I try to kill them but they keep coming. Also I'm running out of tissues so... I guess I'll try to keep killing them even though using one tissue per ant is a bit of a waste. :/

As far as I know all ants have a flying 'variant' - it's to do with the breeding. The females will fly off to create new nest (though some might be flying males which breed with her... I forget it's been a long time since I learnt about ants). Basically, keep them out of your house unless you want things to go BAD. I'd pick up some ant-killing-powder or something.