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After a good drenching summer rainfall, the worker termites open special guarded entrances to allow the fertile "alates" (reproductive termite caste) to exit the mound in an event known as the "nuptial flight". This happens only once a year for each colony and the nuptial flight is short-lived. The female will land and flag the tip of her abdomen in a dance-like manner to release pheromones that attract a partner. As males and females from different colonies find each other and pair up, their wings are shed. On the ground, the male follows the female and in tandem the pair then searches for a new mound site where they dig shallowly under the surface of the ground and begin the production of the new colony. (Reference: Game Ranger in your backpack by Megan Emmett & Sean Pattrick)