Roxy with prey

A vid of Roxy chewing up some prey

Notice all other wasps on the nest are males. she is infirtle, and so far all 7 of her offspring have been males. she is the same wasp as in this vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzuzSsC-L-Y

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• wasp
• polistes
• fuscatus

[sigma1920]

interesting.

is it possible that ur queen was in fact a virgin?

btw, i heard that if the queen dies prematurely, an alpha female worker would begin to lay eggs and all offsprings would be males.

[maculifrons]

yes it is entirely possible she is virgin.

She is either a queen that did not mate, or a worker that turned queen.

and yes, i have heard that alpha workers will take over if the queen does, and the offspring will be male. then the worker that took over will mate with those males and the nest goes on.

i have seen Roxy mating with her males a few times so maybe....

[sigma1920]

omg, really??!!

i am surprised cuz i read that paper wasp males never try to mate with females on the nest in the field (to avoid incest?).

btw, i keep my finger crossed for Roxy. :)

[maculifrons]

yep i have a photo of it if you want to see...

Well when you keep a nest in captivity, you are supposed to remove any males right away that hatch out so that inbreeding does not occur.

I don't have a lot of hope left for Roxy. there are 4 good cells that have been empty for a while now she is not laying any more eggs: (

also yesterday she evicted a large larva. just threw it out like trash

[sigma1920]

yes, i would like to see ur photos of their mating!

oh, poor lil larva.

didn't she eat it?

was it parasitized?

[maculifrons]

well i dont have these photos posted on bugguide because they are not good enough but if you really want to see them i can email them to u...

no she did not eat the larva she just tossed it and no it was perfectly healthy to my knowledge

[misfitgagedewitt12]

Who the fuck names their wasp don't they die in like a week

[MrGrowproductions]

Did you start out with one wasp? If so how they that wasp mate?

[Cluey62]

I watched this and my cat's whiskers touched my arm. Cue heart attack.

[ElementMidnight]

i am interested in this because i have raised butterflies, lady bug larva, praying mantises and carpenter bee's. how do you start one of these?

[zgrillo2004]

How did you manage to move the entire nest without harming them or the babies

[PossessedDonutz]

3 words: Need big bomb

[XboxFanForLife]

Omigawd! I can't even look at those wasps with out my skin jumping!

[foxontherails]

@misfitgagedewitt12 Erm... they die in like a month, so it's fun to name them while they're still alive.

[TharTassakahn]

@misfitgagedewitt12 Some insects can live fore a long time.

[xSakuraKurox]

@misfitgagedewitt12 So? You might get run over by a bus tomorrow.

Anything and anyone can die at any time, names are still important, right?

[Stranger01751]

@misfitgagedewitt12 no..queens can live for several years