The males may be alate or apterous. Mesosoma in dorsal view with a promesonotal suture but lacking sclerites associated with alate queen. Crowding of nymphal apterae will not cause them to develop into alate adults. Adults are distinguished from the nymphs (or alate) by their darker body. The alate group engages in the swarming behavior. Finally alate formation, they again fly from the colony to form a new colony. Adults are tiny greyish-brown alate midges about 2 mm long. The alate form is known from a single specimen, the holotype. Some "Rhytidoponera" species have both winged alate queens and gamergates. Weep's second album, "Alate", was released August 28, 2012 by Projekt. The alate sheds its wings either before entering the hole, or inside it. Alate is an adjective that refers to wings or winglike structures. The alate (winged) female has a blackish thorax, prominent black siphunculi and membranous wings. The alate group swarms in late September through November in Southern California.