This is the nuptial flight, when thousands of reproduction-capable male and female ants, called alates, take wing for the first and last time.

有翅生殖蚁是有繁殖能力的雄性和雌性蚂蚁的统称，对成千上万有翅生殖蚁来说，这是第一次、也是最后的起飞。