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Antennal_Scrobe's Off-Topic Journal - Bald Faced Hornet Queen

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#1 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted October 11 2019 - 2:30 PM

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I'm currently looking to find a Dysdera crocata woodlouse spider, though it is quite cold outside and I'm not sure they would still be out. They eat isopods and are a cool orange color, with large fangs to pierce the armor of their prey. I don't know how to care for a spider, but I'll try an AC test tube + test tube portal setup, as I know them to be subterranean, and not the web building type. I know nothing about spiders so if anyone here does that would be great.


Edited by Antennal_Scrobe, October 20 2019 - 8:31 AM.

Currently keeping:

 

Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea

Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus nearcticus

Crematogaster cerasi

Temnothorax ambiguus

Prenolepis imparis


#2 Offline ponerinecat - Posted October 11 2019 - 2:36 PM

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They build webs to lay eggs, and sometimes surround their tunnels in webs. give them dirt to dig in.


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#3 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted October 11 2019 - 6:59 PM

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Would a petri dish be good?


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Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea

Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus nearcticus

Crematogaster cerasi

Temnothorax ambiguus

Prenolepis imparis


#4 Offline ponerinecat - Posted October 12 2019 - 9:19 AM

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yes

however they could be easily disturbed by opening it


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#5 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted October 19 2019 - 11:14 AM

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I caught a bald faced hornet queen (Dolichovespula maculata) in the woods today, under a stick. I would really like some advice on how to care for her.


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Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea

Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus nearcticus

Crematogaster cerasi

Temnothorax ambiguus

Prenolepis imparis


#6 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted October 20 2019 - 8:24 AM

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The hornet queen is now in a test tube setup, tucked away in the back of the fridge (Ask forgiveness not permission, right?). I don't know how appropriate a test tube is for this queen, but once she cools down to 40 or so degrees she probably won't try to escape.


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Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea

Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus nearcticus

Crematogaster cerasi

Temnothorax ambiguus

Prenolepis imparis


#7 Offline Manitobant - Posted October 20 2019 - 9:29 AM

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A test tube will last until after hibernation.

#8 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 20 2019 - 9:31 AM

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Very interesting. I forgot a good wasp thread that could probably still apply for this situation. Let me see if i can find it


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#9 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted November 21 2019 - 11:49 AM

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I have two hibernating Dolichovespula maculata queens and a few Polistes queens.
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#10 Offline Mdrogun - Posted November 21 2019 - 11:57 AM

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I have one Dolichovespula maculata queen currently hibernating. When should we take them out? She's been in hibernation for a solid 2-ish months now. I'm assuming their hibernation is almost identical to ants.


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Trachymyrmex septentrionalis

Pheidole pilifera

Forelius sp. (Monogynous, bicolored) "Midwestern Forelius"
Crematogaster cerasi

Pheidole bicarinata

Aphaenogaster rudis

Camponotus chromaiodes

Formica sp. (microgena species)

Nylanderia cf. arenivega


#11 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted November 21 2019 - 1:17 PM

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Take her out once warm weather comes, and you see wild wasps out and about.
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#12 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted May 15 2020 - 9:43 AM

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I've just taken her out of the fridge, and she is now in one of those butterfly raising mesh cage things that I had in my garage from a few years back. There are several big sticks propped up in there, a dish of honey for food and some flaky old wood and plant stems for paper making. If she doesn't use those, I'll add some cardboard from a package. Does anyone who has kept these before know what nest materials I should give this queen?


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Currently keeping:

 

Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea

Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus nearcticus

Crematogaster cerasi

Temnothorax ambiguus

Prenolepis imparis


#13 Offline AntsDakota - Posted May 15 2020 - 10:07 AM

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I've just taken her out of the fridge, and she is now in one of those butterfly raising mesh cage things that I had in my garage from a few years back. There are several big sticks propped up in there, a dish of honey for food and some flaky old wood and plant stems for paper making. If she doesn't use those, I'll add some cardboard from a package. Does anyone who has kept these before know what nest materials I should give this queen?

Perhaps I'll try keeping wasps/hornets sometime. I'm pretty sure I saw a Polistes queen (I know it was Polistes, just not sure if it was a queen) on my deck a few times.


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#14 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 15 2020 - 2:06 PM

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I wouldn't keep her in a mesh butterfly container. They chew wood into pulp. That means they can chew through thin mesh no problem.


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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 


#15 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted May 19 2020 - 9:42 AM

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I ended up releasing her-I don't think I really could have provided the proper care. I still might use this thread, though, as I've been considering keeping a blue death feigning beetle. These are apparently one of the best and easiest invertebrates to care for, as they like room temperature and don't require any insects or other complicated foods (some cat food and a carrot slice once or twice a week is pretty much ideal).


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Currently keeping:

 

Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea

Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus nearcticus

Crematogaster cerasi

Temnothorax ambiguus

Prenolepis imparis






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