It's always special seeing a nuptial flight. The workers all come out of the nest and run around to act as cover for the queens and drones as they take off. Before they fly they run around working themselves into a kind of frenzy.
This might be to spread pheromones that might trigger other nearby colonies to fly. These ants are near a big park so if the queens go that way they should find some males.
I wanted to collect a queen but these have not mated so there is no point.



