Progression of nest. 1st photo: 7/10/2022, 2nd: 7/3, 3rd: 6/12, 4th: 6/9, 5th: 6/2.
Second picture is of a queen I found later on in the day and got her to be accepted by hosts.
They were swarming, climbing up higher, and taking flight en masse. Pretty cool.
Partially shaded, moist, near man-made experimental ponds; crawling on a leaf from a hardwood tree; alive; hot and humid
habitat: everywhere from trees, forest ground, to near the water
behavior: moves around a lot
condition: good
weather: hot and humid but are pretty much always around