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Spent about 35 minutes in this vacant lot photographing bees and other flower visitors (flowers being Melilotus, Erigeron, Rudbeckia and other weeds) before walking to Thames Street Park.

My other observations from this mini-bioblitz: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=39.3658487482038&nelng=-76.39566183681673&on=2023-07-07&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&swlat=39.19044739613474&swlng=-76.61195517177767&user_id=joemdo

Thames St. Park

My other observations from this area today: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=39.39860145486121&nelng=-76.39722945685514&on=2023-07-07&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&swlat=39.198010742177544&swlng=-76.60081984992155&user_id=joemdo

Vollenhovia nipponica found in its host V. emeryi colony. different from its host by the smaller size, about that of the workers. It also shows other typical features of workerless inquilines such as paler colors, smoother surfaces (note the post petiole) and etc, but the recent discoveries of these ants living with the long winged V. emeryi in Korea are showing some intermediate forms