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Wasp Queen?

Started By M_Ants , Jan 9 2021 10:09 PM

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#41 Offline Guest_StrickyAnts_* - Posted January 12 2021 - 9:11 AM

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Like regular printer paper or is that dangerous? And as soon as she lays eggs she needs worms?

 

 

Construction paper works best for some of my colonies last year. I would give her worms now, helps boost. 


 

I need to catch me a wasp queen now, not exactly a queen but the ones that kinda are parasites. They eat caterpillars and then lay an egg on them so it will develop.

Those are solitary wasps, and there are tons of species. :) I'm planning to try and breed some this summer if I can catch any.

 

there's alot near me. I can sell you some if youd like. 


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#42 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted January 12 2021 - 9:12 AM

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Like regular printer paper or is that dangerous? And as soon as she lays eggs she needs worms?

 

 

Construction paper works best for some of my colonies last year. I would give her worms now, helps boost. 


 

I need to catch me a wasp queen now, not exactly a queen but the ones that kinda are parasites. They eat caterpillars and then lay an egg on them so it will develop.

Those are solitary wasps, and there are tons of species. :) I'm planning to try and breed some this summer if I can catch any.

 

there's alot near me. I can sell you some if youd like. 

 

Which sp.? (about the solitary wasps)


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#43 Offline Guest_StrickyAnts_* - Posted January 12 2021 - 9:16 AM

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Like regular printer paper or is that dangerous? And as soon as she lays eggs she needs worms?

 

 

Construction paper works best for some of my colonies last year. I would give her worms now, helps boost. 


 

I need to catch me a wasp queen now, not exactly a queen but the ones that kinda are parasites. They eat caterpillars and then lay an egg on them so it will develop.

Those are solitary wasps, and there are tons of species. :) I'm planning to try and breed some this summer if I can catch any.

 

there's alot near me. I can sell you some if youd like. 

 

Which sp.? (about the solitary wasps)

 

I've never really ided them. I can id them this spring.


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#44 Offline antsandmore - Posted January 12 2021 - 9:24 AM

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how do you care for wasps? is it hard? where do you catch them? also, how fast do colonies develop, since if i had a huge population of wasps, that probably wouldn't be good for me :) (more my family) lol


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#45 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted January 12 2021 - 9:26 AM

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I have a boyfriend wasp :| I think he ded tho. 


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how do you care for wasps? is it hard? where do you catch them? also, how fast do colonies develop, since if i had a huge population of wasps, that probably wouldn't be good for me :) (more my family) No 

No its not hard. I have a hotspot in SD with rare sp if you want the location. 


#47 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted January 12 2021 - 9:29 AM

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how do you care for wasps? is it hard? where do you catch them? also, how fast do colonies develop, since if i had a huge population of wasps, that probably wouldn't be good for me :) (more my family) lol

I don't think its too hard. You can catch queens basically anywhere in spring. Colony development rate depends on which species. Polistes tend to have much smaller, less aggressive colonies than Vespula, who are large and aggressive. If you want small colonies go with Polistes. 

Polistes aurifer, when adult size, colonies (in captivity) have 15-20 workers. Vespula have 50 workers at minimum and can grow much larger lol. 


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Also polistes only live a year, and they don't grow large.


#49 Offline antsandmore - Posted January 12 2021 - 9:30 AM

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sure... thanks!!! wait, the queen lives only a year or the workers live 1 year?


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#50 Offline Guest_StrickyAnts_* - Posted January 12 2021 - 9:32 AM

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how do you care for wasps? is it hard? where do you catch them? also, how fast do colonies develop, since if i had a huge population of wasps, that probably wouldn't be good for me :) (more my family) lol

I don't think its too hard. You can catch queens basically anywhere in spring. Colony development rate depends on which species. Polistes tend to have much smaller, less aggressive colonies than Vespula, who are large and aggressive. If you want small colonies go with Polistes. 

Polistes aurifer, when adult size, colonies (in captivity) have 15-20 workers. Vespula have 50 workers at minimum and can grow much larger lol. 

 

Polistes Dorsalis has the smallest colonies and the smallest nests. I kept em last year and they were so fun before the foundress died.


sure... thanks!!! wait, the queen lives only a year or the workers live 1 year?

Queen, the colony dies. 


They only last a year and release foundresses and males to mate. I know someone who captives breeds them on the Wasp Discord.


#51 Offline antsandmore - Posted January 12 2021 - 9:34 AM

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ooof. that's sad...


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#52 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted January 12 2021 - 9:35 AM

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how do you care for wasps? is it hard? where do you catch them? also, how fast do colonies develop, since if i had a huge population of wasps, that probably wouldn't be good for me :) (more my family) No 

No its not hard. I have a hotspot in SD with rare sp if you want the location. 

 

SoCal has the coolest stuff... rare wasps, Acromyrmex, an invert club, deserts 

Wish I lived there lol


sure... thanks!!! wait, the queen lives only a year or the workers live 1 year?

You can overwinter queens to re-start the colony next year. Its not always possible but it has been done


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#53 Offline antsandmore - Posted January 12 2021 - 9:38 AM

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how do you care for wasps? is it hard? where do you catch them? also, how fast do colonies develop, since if i had a huge population of wasps, that probably wouldn't be good for me :) (more my family) No 

No its not hard. I have a hotspot in SD with rare sp if you want the location. 

 

SoCal has the coolest stuff... rare wasps, Acromyrmex, an invert club, deserts 

Wish I lived there lol


sure... thanks!!! wait, the queen lives only a year or the workers live 1 year?

You can overwinter queens to re-start the colony next year. Its not always possible but it has been done

 

here's the thing. I live in socal, and its so hard to find things that are cool.(for me at least. maybe because its winter.) unless you have dreams about them. I had a dream about catching a termite king and queen yesterday lmao


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#54 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted January 12 2021 - 9:39 AM

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how do you care for wasps? is it hard? where do you catch them? also, how fast do colonies develop, since if i had a huge population of wasps, that probably wouldn't be good for me :) (more my family) No 

No its not hard. I have a hotspot in SD with rare sp if you want the location. 

 

SoCal has the coolest stuff... rare wasps, Acromyrmex, an invert club, deserts 

Wish I lived there lol


sure... thanks!!! wait, the queen lives only a year or the workers live 1 year?

You can overwinter queens to re-start the colony next year. Its not always possible but it has been done

 

here's the thing. I live in socal, and its so hard to find things that are cool.(for me at least. maybe because its winter.) unless you have dreams about them. I had a dream about catching a termite king and queen yesterday lmao

 

Because its winter lol. Most insects go dormant during winter. 


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#55 Offline antsandmore - Posted January 12 2021 - 9:40 AM

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yep. At least it doesn't snow here, and I can still find ants moving around. (Sometimes. Its kind of hard since this is my second month of antkeeping)


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#56 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted January 12 2021 - 9:42 AM

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yep. At least it doesn't snow here, and I can still find ants moving around. (Sometimes. Its kind of hard since this is my second month of antkeeping)

lol its my 2nd year of ant keeping and I've never found any queen species except Prenos. Not even any Argentine ant queens, only the workers. 

 

Edit: Oh no sorry M_Ants, we shifted the topic away from wasps now lol. 


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#57 Offline ZTYguy - Posted January 12 2021 - 9:58 AM

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So . . . have you guys ever found any bumble bee queens before, they are soooooo cute!!!!!!!!


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#58 Offline antsandmore - Posted January 12 2021 - 9:59 AM

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nope, aww how cute


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#59 Offline Guest_StrickyAnts_* - Posted January 12 2021 - 10:01 AM

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how do you care for wasps? is it hard? where do you catch them? also, how fast do colonies develop, since if i had a huge population of wasps, that probably wouldn't be good for me :) (more my family) No 

No its not hard. I have a hotspot in SD with rare sp if you want the location. 

 

SoCal has the coolest stuff... rare wasps, Acromyrmex, an invert club, deserts 

Wish I lived there lol


sure... thanks!!! wait, the queen lives only a year or the workers live 1 year?

You can overwinter queens to re-start the colony next year. Its not always possible but it has been done

 

I have. They don't live long tho lol. Better off catching a new foundress.


So . . . have you guys ever found any bumble bee queens before, they are soooooo cute!!!!!!!!

I have 2 years ago. I am catching some for myself and swirly this year. 


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#60 Offline ZTYguy - Posted January 12 2021 - 10:06 AM

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pllzzzzz include meeeeeeee!!!!!!!! please


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