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possibly from a smushed hackberry petiole gall

The grub/caterpillar

Larvae in shelters constructed of pieces of leaf secured to the underside of leaves of Nymphaea nouchali.

Drops of some waxy substance. On -let me check….
First one drowned an ant it seems. Others have a more deliberate shape like that of an organism.

This ant was spotted in the Caatinga semi arid region of Brazil. First I thought it was a Peroponera clavata but this was out of its range. Now I think it's a Dinoponera sp. the ant was 30 mm long.