Also less common in primates, females rather than males disperse at puberty to join new groups.
The females, however, may disperse in search of more hosts.
Natal dispersal occurs after winter when most females will disperse to locate an area to breed.
Some males then chew their way through the syconium wall, which allows the females to disperse after collecting pollen from the now fully developed male flowers.
For mountain gorillas, females disperse from their natal troops more than males.
This activity will continue until a few hours before sunrise at which point the males and females disperse.
Then some males enlarge holes in the scion, which enables females to disperse after collecting pollen from the developed male flowers.
Then, mated females disperse to find new hosts.
Among bee eaters, as with most social birds, the females disperse upon reaching sexual maturity, presumably as a built-in mechanism to keep incest rates low.
Among bonobos, females disperse at adolescence, and have to insinuate themselves into a group of strangers.