After the mating flight and the death of the male ant, the queen flies to a new site as far as five kilometers away to establish a new home where she will lay eggs.
通常在下雨後的清晨或黃昏，成熟的蟻后和雄蟻會飛到 90 至 300 公尺的高空交配；婚飛後，雄蟻死亡，蟻后則飛到最遠 5 公里外的地方建立新家以便產卵。