Assertion: fire ant's queen | /r/CapableOf | shed their wings
Facets:
value: after breeding
type: TEMPORAL
value: to make a new colony
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Afterwards, the males die and the queens shed their wings to make a new colony.
text: After breeding, the queen will lose her wings, ready to start a new nest and males die shortly after (a couple of months).
text: Once mated, queens lose their wings and establish a new nest site; males die.
text: Males die soon after mating, while the fertilized queen alights to find a suitable nesting site, sheds her wings, and begins digging a chamber in which to start a new colony.
text: Males will die soon after mating whereas the queen sheds its wings and on land it searches a place to dig tunnel.
text: After mating, the male ants die, and the mated queens fly off, shed their wings, and start new colonies.
text: Mature parasite queens that have shed their wings (dealates) are only one-tenth the weight of fire ant host queens ; they attach or “yoke” themselves to the neck of the host queen with their mandibles and ride around on her back or sides (Figure 9).
text: Upon arriving at her new nest site, the queen loses her wings and builds a nest in the soil.
text: Male ants die within a day or two after mating, while the young queens lose their wings and walk or dig to find a new nest.