They are bigger and much happier thanks to our recent rain.

Thanks, I had a small brain glitch there. I was thinking about A. Cerana when I posted.

I change the title

Have you thought about making it more consistent? Like a regular schedule?

I find that people love to be corrected for any small inconsistency. They always say it makes them.a better person.

I have many friends

That was hardly pedantic at all.

I believe you are correct, I am not a Grasshopoligist by training.

I have no idea, would love to know though. Lived here for years and this is the only one I have seen. Southwest Cambodia, near Sihanoukville. Sorry, should have added that before.

They move closer to their food sources which vary between wet and dry season. I have no idea why they do not increase their forage area instead. It seems a strange adaptation, I guess building a new hive has lower energy requirements.