© Justus de Cuveland / Global Look Press"Let's get off chops!" - Seagull, to its mate during Flying Ant season.
Flying Ant Day is on its way - which means that seagulls across the UK could soon be tripping balls, obviously. The gulls, who get high from the acid produced by the bugs, "gobble them up like M&Ms", according to one expert.
Of course, the increase in the flying ant population is apparently because of... Russia. Thanks to the Beast from the East wild weather patterns in recent months, many of the bugs remained dormant during the cold snap. As a result, the bugs are now out in droves... much to the delight of Britain's seagulls.
Experts say the nation's ant population is normally 150 billion, but this has risen to 200 billion - and pest control bosses are reporting a record numbers of call outs as the bugs descend on Britain - a 148% increase in the last two months.
Rentokil Pest Control training academy head David Cross said: "Last month we saw reported ant infestations rise to levels we wouldn't usually expect until June or July. It's rare to see ant infestations in cold or overcast weather, and while the 'Beast from the East' may have caused them to remain dormant in March, the
sudden change in temperature has since brought them out in their droves.
