When the winged males (drones) and virgin queens (princesses) emerge from the nest, they scatter to maximise the chance of mating between different colonies and reduce inbreeding. An ant colony can ...

During flying ant day, male and female winged ants, known as "alates," leave their nests and take to the air in order to mate ...

Most are mating and searching for a place to establish a new colony. Many male flying ants die immediately after mating, and not all queen ants survive to start a new colony. The good news is ...