Wasp nests

Out of the ground....more precisely, the os type?

Hi everyone, I'm currently in Crimea.

Where where??

And why release females? What about the males

Nests in the ground are usually always located near the entrance. Getting to the nest is quite simple - you need to purposefully dig in the entrance area, if the nest is weak, then you can dig along the path of the main course in the ground, but when there are already a lot of wasps in the nest, then the main entrance has to be tightly closed, and dig approximately where according to "geological sounding" the kublo itself is located! Probing is carried out using a very simple tool - a fist )) Knocking on the ground, you need to hear the characteristic sound of emptiness. Usually the nest is located just below the surface.
The most important thing, as experience shows, is that it is difficult not to get to the nest, and then do something with it, for example, to get it. I got out by digging the nest in such a way that a 15l bucket could be put on the cone from the ground inside which the nest is located. Then the ground is cut from below, a sheet of iron is brought in and the bucket is turned over - everything that can be carried. The main thing is to turn the nest upside down in a new place, so that the cells take the right position, and not just leave it in the bucket.

Collectorist, now everything is clear. I thought all along that you were taking hornets. Saxon wasps. The fact that males are in the nest is quite common; in Dolichovespula saxonica, the cycle ends in late July-early August. You have taken the nest, already at the last, final stage of development. Interestingly, from the eggs (they should be in the 2nd and subsequent tiers), females and even males should now come out. As a result, they will pair up and you will release new young founders into nature to continue the cycle.

Collectorist, now everything is clear. I thought all along that you were taking hornets. Saxon wasps. The fact that males are in the nest is quite common; in Dolichovespula saxonica, the cycle ends in late July-early August. You have taken the nest, already at the last, final stage of development. Interestingly, from the eggs (they should be in the 2nd and subsequent tiers), females and even males should now come out. As a result, they will mate and you will release new young founders into nature so that they can continue the cycle.

I'm talking about these guys
http://molbiol.ru/forums/uploads/a003/b053...35923_thumb.jpg
http://molbiol.ru/forums/uploads/a003/b053...35954_thumb.jpg

Yeah, sure. it is very convenient to pair in the freezer

Where where??

And why release females? What about the males

Nests in the ground are usually always located near the entrance. Getting to the nest is quite simple - you need to purposefully dig in the entrance area, if the nest is weak, then you can dig along the path of the main course in the ground, but when there are already a lot of wasps in the nest, then the main entrance has to be tightly closed, and dig approximately where according to "geological sounding" the kublo itself is located! Probing is carried out using a very simple tool - a fist )) Knocking on the ground, you need to hear the characteristic sound of emptiness. Usually the nest is located just below the surface.
The most important thing, as experience shows, is that it is difficult not to get to the nest, and then do something with it, for example, to get it. I got out by digging the nest in such a way that a 15l bucket could be put on the cone from the ground inside which the nest is located. Then the ground is cut from below, a sheet of iron is brought in and the bucket is turned over - everything that can be carried. The main thing is to turn the nest upside down in a new place, so that the cells take the right position, and not just leave it in the bucket.

I want it like this,





although the hive is the one in the ground they made on the site of a rotten pine root so the hive will probably be a little crooked due to the remains of the rhizome in zkmle

all the operating systems that were taken

Keep in mind for the future that their males do not sting, but sting females and bacteria...Just this between us

It's better to catch them:
http://www.chrysis.net/database/chr_checkl...humbnail_en.php

I took the whole nest

Well, you're an enthusiast. I've been planning to build a series of regular oss for several years now, but I still can't get my hands on it, and I haven't seen these oss lately. But I collected about a hundred Sphex funerarius.

Where where??

And why release females? What about the males

Nests in the ground are usually always located near the entrance. Getting to the nest is quite simple - you need to purposefully dig in the entrance area, if the nest is weak, then you can dig along the path of the main course in the ground, but when there are already a lot of wasps in the nest, then the main entrance has to be tightly closed, and dig approximately where according to "geological sounding" the kublo itself is located! Probing is carried out using a very simple tool - a fist )) Knocking on the ground, you need to hear the characteristic sound of emptiness. Usually the nest is located just below the surface.
The most important thing, as experience shows, is that it is difficult not to get to the nest, and then do something with it, for example, to get it. I got out by digging the nest in such a way that a 15l bucket could be put on the cone from the ground inside which the nest is located. Then the ground is cut from below, a sheet of iron is brought in and the bucket is turned over - everything that can be carried. The main thing is to turn the nest upside down in a new place, so that the cells take the right position, and not just leave it in the bucket.

Thank you, and I will also release males

Polistes gallicus (Linnaeus, 1767)?
This is probably not the same friend that I have in the picture (I don't know much about eardrums)
Question (if this is it): why should they be taken and released if they are a dime a dozen in Moscow? In general, artificial introduction is extremely irresponsible and can be dangerous for the local biocenosis. Old photo from the Railway Station:

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No, this is a male Polistes dominula..there will be nothing for the local biocenosis because I have already seen isolated specimens in Moscow.

Keep in mind for the future that their males do not sting, but sting females and bacteria...Just between you and me

this I like to know) the same fun and hornets and scolias, etc.

It's better to catch them:
http://www.chrysis.net/database/chr_checkl...humbnail_en.php

I rarely see them, but there are a couple of copies.

Well, you're an enthusiast. I've been planning to build a series of regular oss for several years now, but I still can't get my hands on it, and I haven't seen these oss lately. But I collected about a hundred Sphex funerarius.

I'm not a fan of catching lots, just don't leave a bunch of corpses there to be eaten by ants, it's better to take

Who has ever met a colony of common fish in such a place?) http://vespidae2012.narod.ru/vulgaris_in_ground2.html

I have no

I'm not

Yes, in principle, I would not have met either, if it wasn't for a man with a scythe, whom they bit when he wanted to mow near their burrow and didn't see the wasps...

Who has ever met a colony of common fish in such a place?) http://vespidae2012.narod.ru/vulgaris_in_ground2.html

once I saw a mink on the river bank, in the grass

My modest collection. I started collecting instances in the spring.

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Well done!By the way, D. omissa inquilin

Yes, only last year I celebrated the only omissa in my region. I don't know if there are so few of them?. Well, that's the only one I caught for myself. Last year, there were a lot of forest wasps, which led to the appearance of inquilin, but it is interesting that only one instance was encountered, and not more....

And in Moscow,I didn't see any medium-sized,nni Saxon,or red wasps at all.And I only saw a hornet in the spring, and now even foragers don't fly at all.What a nuisance this is.

here are wasps and hornets flying like not much but their hives I found, and bumblebees everywhere, and I can't find their houses

Saxon, medium and red are just the species that avoid urbanized areas. We have a city, but still sharpened by a forest and many parks, so wasps are very common. Even rare species appear and are marked by multiple colonies.
Bumblebees have little foraging activity. Hives in the ground most often. I found a couple of burrows with bumblebees, but only by accident when I was looking for wasps.
We have an average wasp - a rare species. But I still met the colonies. Very interesting wasps to watch. Aggressive, spruce stand just near the nest even. One nest-I observe from the beginning of June. It'll be empty soon and I'll take it off) http://vespidae2012.narod.ru/media_in_garage.html . It's good that people didn't hit it, it's in plain sight and near garages where it can interfere with work.

Her...we don't have them in the forest(I spend my observations with my grandmother on the outskirts of Moscow)I've never even seen an average wasp in my life

here wasps and hornets fly like not much but their hives I found, and bumblebees everywhere, and I can't find their houses

This year I saw 3 bumblebee colonies,I tried to dig out a strong colony and was surprised, firstly, I was wearing a T-shirt and shorts, secondly, when I lifted the turf there were about five hundred bumblebees and notice I was wearing a T-shirt and shorts and I was not bitten.But I still couldn't get to the nest Can someone tell me who dug up their nests, and how??

In the Ulyanovsk region, my grandfather and I dug out bumblebee nests in the hay field, but they were not deep, I will say more, they were covered with a dome made of moss-grass "felt". We acted with our bare hands slowly without any sudden movements, and the bumblebees of course got up in a defensive pose and buzzed, but they did not actively try to sting. Grandfather told us how they were treated to honey bumblebee during the war, we also tried it, took a few jugs. Honey is wonderful, it seemed to me a little more liquid than that of a honey bee, and more delicate in taste. The honeycomb itself was the size of two average male fists, the size of a grapefruit in one word.

This year I saw 3 bumblebee colonies,I tried to dig out a strong colony and was surprised, firstly, I was wearing a T-shirt and shorts, secondly, when I lifted the turf there were about five hundred bumblebees and notice I was wearing a T-shirt and shorts and I was not bitten.But I still couldn't get to the nest Can someone tell me who dug up their nests, and how??

my friend gave me a piece of bumblebee hive, which she found in her attic in a fur hat, by the way, is it really possible to determine the type of bumblebee from the pupa?

In the Ulyanovsk region, my grandfather and I dug out bumblebee nests in the hay field, but they were not deep, I will say more, they were covered with a dome made of moss-grass "felt". We acted with our bare hands slowly without any sudden movements, and the bumblebees of course got up in a defensive pose and buzzed, but they did not actively try to sting. Grandfather told us how they were treated to honey bumblebee during the war, we also tried it, took a few jugs. Honey is wonderful, it seemed to me a little more liquid than that of a honey bee, and more delicate in taste. The honeycomb itself was the size of two average male fists, the size of a grapefruit in one word.

How can I find them in the forest? (pine forest with birch alleys in some places)

In the Ulyanovsk region, my grandfather and I dug out bumblebee nests in the hay field, but they were not deep, I will say more, they were covered with a dome made of moss-grass "felt". We acted with our bare hands slowly without any sudden movements, and the bumblebees of course got up in a defensive pose and buzzed, but they did not actively try to sting. Grandfather told us how they were treated to honey bumblebee during the war, we also tried it, took a few jugs. Honey is wonderful, it seemed to me a little more liquid than that of a honey bee, and more delicate in taste. The honeycomb itself was the size of two average male fists, the size of a grapefruit in one word.

http://vespidae2012.narod.ru/hornets_in_garage.html "I found a hornet colony yesterday, in what you might call an unexpected place...

Collector, how are the Saxon wasps in the freezer??? Were the females released into the wild to continue the cycle next year?

In the freezer, they should have died long ago, I checked it myself.

Collector, how are the Saxon wasps in the freezer??? Were the females released into the wild to continue the cycle next year?

when I opened the tree, they were already dead, but 3-4 females were flying around

is that a big nest?

is that a big nest?

~15-17 cm consists of 5 tiers the lowest of the 3 parts, or there were 6 tiers (1-2-3-4-5{1-2}-6{1})

there is no photo, but I took a video)
however, due to the fact that the subjects have the ability to sting, I could not take them close(
hornets (small nest in a birch tree)
wasps (in the GROUND)

my task is to destroy wasps as a class in the area of my house, as I grow grapes a lot of table bushes and turn it into manure wasps. N E T already dug up but not too satisfied and therefore such questions: No one tried to destroy wasps (lure them to melon flavored with FAS or Intavir preparations ), as well as syrups with boric acid or vinegar, or cat food I don't remember what to add to it. Maybe there are some other better options ???

hang this one here

it seems that such traps are not very effective .

it seems that such traps are not very effective .

if you also lubricate the neck with oil, then the thing is excellent, the main thing is to pour something on the "smelly"

Yesterday I took a picture of a hornet's nest in the sagebrush. I've never seen a wasp nest in the grass.