Sex bomb ...

"A mature ant colony seasonally produces winged virgin queens and males.
Within a few days after they have emerged from the pupa case, males quickly convert into single-purpose sexual missiles. Young queens and males stay in their parent colony until conditions are right for the nuptial flight. The actual take off is often synchronized to overwhelm their predators."

You know how sometimes ... just sometimes you're in the right spot JUST at the right time? I'm still grinning about this one. So there is me taking photos of some plants next to what turns out to be an ant colony and was wondering what all the commotion is about when I witnessed exactly this :-D There were dozends of winged ants emerging from below (it actually looked more like an eviction to be honest as they were pushed and pinched by the normal ants who were about 1/4 of their size. And after 10, 15min it was all over. So cool :-D (and yes I AM aware that this is a bit sad that I'm so excited about it lol).