swarm of flying ants on the southern coast have been spotted all the way from space - and mistaken for rain leaving forecasters confused.
A Met Office weather forecast revealed a rain cloud moving across the south - which turned out to be the crawling critters, earlier today.
The insects, which took to the sky for their annual event to form new colonies, have been picked up by the forecasting radar.
Much to the amusement of Brits, the Met Office confessed on Twitter : "It's not raining in London, Kent or Sussex, but our radar says otherwise..
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