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So, this is a polyergus bilateral gynandromorph! ½ worker caste (red), ½ alate (black). The mandibles, eyes, single wing, and antennae are the more obvious caste traits reflected in each half of this individual. Found them shortly after leaving the colony possibly (I found one a few feet away).
See: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124878696
& https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124879042

Found on mimosa tree (Albizia julibrissin) right after it was chopped down during an invasive plant clearing. Plant was covered in vines and was probably not the host plant. Caterpillar was returned to a greenbrier (Smilax sp.).

I found this on my tomato plants. This caterpillar was reared to adulthood indoors on tomato leaves.

An observation of this individual immediately after its release back into the wild is here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14887898

This is the same individual observed here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13211780

This individual was reared indoors on tomato leaves. The photos in this observation were taken immediately after its release back into the wild, near the spot where it was originally found.

This moth was one of the caterpillars found on cultivated tomato mentioned in this observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13092442
(I can't guarantee this is the same individual shown in the photos for that observation.)

This individual was reared indoors on tropical soda apple. The photos in this observation were taken immediately after its release back into the wild, near the spot where it was originally found.