Termites are swarming.
First, don't panic.
Second, close your mouth when you spot them swirling and diving in the air above you. You can thank us later.
"They really are a lot right now," said Jack Lecroy, regional extension agent with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System in Baldwin County.
If you've noticed clouds of fluttering and swooping bugs hovering under streetlights lately, those are termites. But they are not the ones who will eat through the wooden exterior of your home, yet.

"They are something scary down here that a lot of people get concerned with and it is good to have the right amount of respect for them if you will," Lecroy said. "But I wouldn't freak out just yet if you see them near your house."
Lecroy said April to June marks termite mating season. Often when it warms up quickly after a rain event, that signals the sleeping insects to wake up. When they do, they are looking for love, hence the crazy dancing in the lamplight.
"These are not the destructive form of the termite. These are not the workers that we're used to hearing about eating and destroying parts of our house," he said.
Still, you don't want to invite them inside. Once they get that first date, they will start looking for a place to call home and establish a new colony.
The termites are attracted to light. If you see a swarm in your yard or near your yard, turn off your outdoor lights. Termites are all about location, location, location. Lecroy said in about 30 – 45 minutes they will move on to a better lit area.
If the termites remain, call a professional. Leroy said often the termite colony has not set up shop in your home but rather in a nearby wood pile or tree stump.
He said if you have a swarm in your home, seal off the room, and definitely call a professional. It is important to figure out where the insects are entering the building and have that sealed.
Swarms of termites may not appear every year. Insects are cyclical and some years only a small population will appear. In other years they seem to be everywhere.
"It can happen that everything lines up perfectly, the weather, their reproduction cycle, everything and then we have a massive swarm that kind of happens," Lecroy said.