trail and cut leaves
What is this? It’s 1 inch long. Looks like a wasp without wings
Massive ant. Wing length about 1” long. Observed at the paved entry to a truck stop, of all places. Saw dozens. An attendant was using a motorized curb sweeper to remove them. I think pesticide might be involved as many were dead or struggling. Truck stop was adjacent to open fields in rural area.
See notes on time adjacent observation with winged specimens
First queen I've ever found. Found running across the parking lot.
Just out of frame in the first image, and visible in the second, is a predation event with a Geolycosa cf. missouriensis having captured one or more of these ants (spider posted separately.)