nuptial flight

collocation in English

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nuptial
adjective
uk
/ˈnʌp.ʃəl/us
/ˈnʌp.ʃəl/
belonging or relating to a marriage or to the state of ...
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flight
noun
uk
/flaɪt/us
/flaɪt/
a journey in ...
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(Definition ofnuptialandflightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Mature alates are kept within the colony until the first substantial rain showers, when they are synchronously released by colonies in a locality, in a 'nuptialflight'.
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During the species-specific breeding period, new reproductives, females and winged males leave the colony in what is called anuptialflight.
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Before anuptialflightthere is a great agitation of the workers, which leave the nest and run rapidly in a zig-zag fashion.
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A normalnuptialflightlasts about an hour and half.
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Anuptialflighttakes place and after the pair have returned to the ground, they shed their wings and search for a suitable place to found their colony.
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Colonies in close proximity conduct nuptial flights at close to the same time, increasing outbreeding.
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Although the males can fly, nuptial flights do not take place.
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From observations of nuptial flights that occurred in the laboratory, a mating flight is suspected to occur in the wild, but are yet to observed.
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In early to mid autumn, they leave the nest and mate during nuptial flights.
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Nuptial flights involving both males and females often occur but males usually depart from any particular nest first and this prevents inbreeding.
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The females return to the ground after their nuptial flights, each still carrying a mealybug, shed their wings, and search for a suitable site to make a new nest.
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