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reared from Asphondylia rudbeckiaeconspicua
gall shown here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232678821

Didn't make it through the winter :(

In rotten log

Nesting or at least gathering under a small rock. Strongly bicolored.

nest under log in woods

Finally found these!

Lots of colonies with lots of queens (~4 on average) under rocks.

Wandering around on the ground underneath a Mesquite tree. Could "jump" a fair distance.

I can get more photos if needed for a more confident ID.

For the ants with lighter color gasters.

Hosted by Solenopsis xyloni.

On tomato. Color is from UV flashlight.

Lots of fruiting bodies at various stages on one log

little!

15 mm

In antlion pit. Antlion mandibles visible in zoom.

Surprisingly willing to stay still for photographs on a rainy day. Vegetation: red oak. Relatively confident it's in Chrysididae, but species ID is best guess.

Frequent visitor to my bird bath.

Emerged from Osmia cocoon, harvested from bee hotel.

At UV light - Urban wooded neighborhood.

What a cool looking insect. I have a couple more shots that may show fine detail if it's helpful with ID

~6.5mm body length

On this host: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59637957

Tons emerging from our pathway

Prettiest mushroom I have ever seen