Termites going through incomplete metamorphosis on the path to becoming alates form a subcaste in certain species of termite, functioning as potential supplementary reproductives.
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Not much is known about their nuptial flight, although virgin queens and males ( alates ) were observed mating in South Australia in January.
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However, except for the holotype, there are no records of normal ( alate ) gynes for " S . stali ".
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Most of the time, the alates are poor flyers; their technique is to launch themselves in the air and fly in a random direction.
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"R . flavipes " also molts into nymphs, which are the precursors of winged adult termites called alates which are sexually mature.
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Observations show that the alates will climb up onto objects such as lighted fluorescent lamps and begin to fly after half an hour of endless running.
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Host colonies tend to be smaller and depauperated when compared to other colonies without any inquiline queens, but host colonies can still produce alate offspring.
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The adult aphid is shiny black and wingless ( aptera ) or winged ( alate or alatoid ), and the nymph is dark reddish brown.
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Although similar to workers, gyne are larger ( 3.7 9.5 mm ) with thoracic sclerites corresponding to alates in other apocritans.
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Nuptial flights took place early in the morning after heavy rains with thousands of male alates taking to the wing in search of other nests or colonies.
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