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eating Opuntia flower

apparently an ant mimic, but mutilids also present of similar gestalt

on apsen (Populus tremuloides), apparently lapping up honeydew

ovipositing (pic 2) on Populus tremuloides

cf. 'rufa'

apparently consuming honeydew dried on leaf of living plant, apparently dripped from Populus tremuloides canopy above

on Western hackberry/ Celtis reticulata (ID via placard at Denver Botanic Gardens)

on ornamental flower, nectaring near Agapostemon bees, apparently without major conflict

on aspen Populus tremuloides

(note on species: the bicolored Camponotus of the eastern front range of the Rocky Mtns. in CO are of ambiguous species designation, in my opinion)

in larval chamber of Crematogaster mimosae ants

on basidiomycete fungus

on Prestoea montana palma de sierra

pink morph of same species? : https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203391034 from same area, hostplant, one year apart

on willow. aphid: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/160850228

on callery pear

on elderberry

on elderberry

camera shy

prey: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214241128

on ornamental aster

seemed to have chosen the part of the flower which matched the red of its elytra, head, mesosoma

on aspen Populus tremuloides, eggs placed near colonies of (cf Periphyllus) aphids

tending aphids (cf. Chaitophorus) on aspen / Populus tremuloides

on aspen / Populus tremuloides

on Ribes currant

on Populus tremuloides

positioned along leaf vein

on Populus tremuloides

waved its posterior in apparent defensive motions when approached by author (perhaps triggered by visual 'looming')

on Populus tremuloides/ aspen

on Populus tremuloides/ aspen

many individuals (>10) consuming honeydew from aphids on Yucca glauca (Great Plains yucca)

on Yucca glauca (Great Plains yucca)

nuptial flight, south facing slope

on Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) leaf, possibly consuming honeydew

same sp.? on same plant species in same area: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/220164044

tending aphids on buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica

at forest edge

They were bigger than the common ants we see around and they were black.

This bug was keeping company with Crematogaster ants:https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203430591
On Senna didymobotrya:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203430590

Defending fruit of Senaa didymobotrya.

Pheidole colony found under a rock with majors as “repletes”!

on rubber rabbitbrush E. nauseosa with Formica cf. obscuripes ants