sentence: Males secrete a mating pheromone that females follow.
sentences_before: Most ants produce a new generation each year. During the species specific breeding period, new reproductives, winged males and females leave the colony in what is called a 'nuptial flight'. Typically, the males take flight before the females. Males then use visual cues to find a common mating ground, for example, a landmark such as a pine tree to which other males in the area converge.
sentences_after: Females of some species mate with just one male, but in some others they may mate with anywhere from one to ten or more different males. Mated females then seek a suitable place to begin a colony. There, they break off their wings and begin to lay and care for eggs. The females store the sperm they obtain during their nuptial flight to selectively fertilise future eggs.
concept_name: male
headings: Ant Development and reproduction Mating The nuptial flight
categories: Basic English 850 words