2 1st instars on new English ivy leaves, abaxial. Tree is a dead chestnut oak(?) covered in poison ivy and English ivy.
Funny thing- swept this off some Ivy near the highway, aspirated it into an asipirator that already had a few lasius running around. One of the lasius grabbed it by the end of its abdomen and just started dragging it around like you would not believe. Kept it up all the way home and into the freezer
Today was the first day I saw them and I spotted/killed at least 9 of them.