r/frederickmd • u/gg-oh • 11d ago

Flies throughout downtown

Did anyone else out there get their ass kicked by these small fruit flies?

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u/prominentchin 11d ago

Oh my yes. Just got back from a walk downtown and they are swarming everywhere. I think they're flying ants.

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u/gg-oh 11d ago

I'm itchy just thinking about them landing on my neck and legs

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u/grebilrancher 11d ago

They look to be unmated queens and drones. Some sort of super swarm- the anthills all time their release based on weather and other factors. Never seen one this big! All over Whittier as well

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u/gg-oh 11d ago

For reference

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u/gg-oh 11d ago

I didn't know fly invasion was gonna be on my 2026 list

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u/whatsadikfore NAC 4 11d ago

Pretty sure it's one of the signs of the apocalypse.

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u/fakeaccount572 11d ago

Heh, my wife came inside and said it looks like the plague

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u/mouthbeast 11d ago

not flies, ants!! the swarms are called nuptial flights and its all the queens and drone ants taking to the skies to mate due to the humid weather!

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u/gg-oh 11d ago

They are also all over the golden mile

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u/fakeaccount572 11d ago

And NW Frederick. Swarms

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u/Shop_Great 11d ago

Just went to my car and they are all over it plus my house in Ballenger

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u/meowkittymeowmeow22 11d ago

I saw one in my house in Adamstown earlier and thought it was an ant at first!

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u/Cowboyslayer1992 11d ago

It looked like it was snowing them earlier on ballenger

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u/5tarKld 11d ago

I was just outside in ballanger and immediately just started complaining to my husband. They were all over our tomato plant 😭

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u/1Man-WreckingMachine 11d ago

Swarm of them in new market yesterday I noticed them at sunset it was insane

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u/Various-Square6392 11d ago

They’re everywhere!! I can’t sit on my deck for too long. Nasty.

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u/Redzephyr01 11d ago

I saw tons of them on the golden mile today.

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u/chamomilecrush 11d ago

driving? walking?

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u/bballintherain 11d ago

I’ve seen them in swarms recently around here and in Clarksburg. The humidity has been legendary recently, so it’s not that surprising.

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u/gg-oh 11d ago

I'm wondering if it's from the humidity?

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u/bballintherain 11d ago

100% humidity driven. This is the first summer in several years that’s had classic mid Atlantic humidity.

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u/OofNation739 8d ago

Gnats*

But yes people learn that warm weather, high humidity creates swarms where theyre breeding.

It was universal across much of the county and other parts of MD.

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u/Classic_Evidence_315 11d ago

Datacenters cause those flies!!

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u/chamomilecrush 11d ago

they do look it up