http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/feed/? Latest topics Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:18:09 GMT 10 http://illiweb.com/fa/bbtech/logo.jpg http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/feed/? http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/bees-f3/guess-what-i-did-today--t15.htm IHeartMantids Pardon the quality . . . taken with my cell. Bees Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:46:44 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/bees-f3/guess-what-i-did-today--t15.htm#114 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/bees-f3/guess-what-i-did-today--t15.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/care-sheets-f14/general-polistes-wasp-care-t32.htm Vulgaris A very general care sheet for Polistes wasps. I know Polistes has a better one so mine can be temporary if someone wants to post a better one Paper wasps are by far the easiest and most fun to raise. They are for the most part quite docile and can be tamed easily First of all, before you get a queen wasp, you should have the cage all set up and ready for her before hand. The besr method (invented by Tlielaxu himself) is to use an upsidedown "krittter keeper" ... Care Sheets Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:28:27 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/care-sheets-f14/general-polistes-wasp-care-t32.htm#158 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/care-sheets-f14/general-polistes-wasp-care-t32.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/general-f7/oh-it-s-been-forever-t44.htm Fuscatus Sorry guys to who ever still checks out this site. I completly forgot about it since my wasp plans crash and burned at the beginning of the summer. All I have now are two C vittatus males. So no more wasps till next year. Hopefully my plans won't be destroyed next year too. General Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:18:09 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/general-f7/oh-it-s-been-forever-t44.htm#222 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/general-f7/oh-it-s-been-forever-t44.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/sphecidae-wasps-thread-waisted-wasps-f8/any-info-t20.htm bhoeschcod hi i have been woundering how do you care for thread waisted wasps?any help is aperceated Sphecidae wasps. (Thread Waisted Wasps) Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:20:20 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/sphecidae-wasps-thread-waisted-wasps-f8/any-info-t20.htm#127 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/sphecidae-wasps-thread-waisted-wasps-f8/any-info-t20.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/solitary-bees-f10/wool-carder-bee-t33.htm Vulgaris

]]> Solitary Bees Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:50:55 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/solitary-bees-f10/wool-carder-bee-t33.htm#159 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/solitary-bees-f10/wool-carder-bee-t33.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/bees-f3/keeping-a-b-impatiens-queen-t30.htm Vulgaris gonna hibernate her a nd then try to induce her to nest in the spring here is a vid of her http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9v6aRLcuzU and here are some pics lately she has been sleeping under the lint for the past week because it has been very cold even during the day. Bees Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:47:10 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/bees-f3/keeping-a-b-impatiens-queen-t30.htm#156 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/bees-f3/keeping-a-b-impatiens-queen-t30.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/exclaman-colony-left-nest-t16.htm Fuscatus Well my colony of two exclamans left their nest while I was gone on a trip in west texas to visit my grandparents. I came in and after checking on my scorpions I looked in the KK with my exclamans in it. Nest was empty, queen was hanging out on a stick on the bottom and the worker was on the top of the cage. They havnt gotten on it all last night or today. My dad says they've been off for 3-4 days since I left. I know they arnt hunting because there are 3 crickets walking around on the bottom. ... Wasps Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:58:42 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/exclaman-colony-left-nest-t16.htm#117 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/exclaman-colony-left-nest-t16.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/nest-collecting-f13/my-first-nest-ya-t27.htm bhoeschcod http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=45096733]]> Nest Collecting Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:46:15 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/nest-collecting-f13/my-first-nest-ya-t27.htm#152 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/nest-collecting-f13/my-first-nest-ya-t27.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/general-f7/lol-funny-email-t21.htm Polistes Just got an email "celebrating" our six month anaversery LOL they also stated we had potential LOL epic! General Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:37:44 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/general-f7/lol-funny-email-t21.htm#128 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/general-f7/lol-funny-email-t21.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/the-wild-f11/central-california-t8.htm ~Abyss~ I went on a scorp hunt all over CA. I'll post some pics later but I found a field of yellow jackets and some other wasp. It was incredible how many there were...kinda scary too. But the weird one was this really long red one. I tought it was butterfly because of it's size and long wings. Maybe you guys can ID it for me when I get the pictures. The Wild Tue, 27 May 2008 22:54:44 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/the-wild-f11/central-california-t8.htm#70 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/the-wild-f11/central-california-t8.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/general-f7/site-tends-to-slow-down-in-the-cooler-months-t36.htm Fuscatus I've noticed this site has slowed down. I suppose this is happening because the wasps aren't out anymore. Hopefully the site will be back up and running when spring comes around. General Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:55:50 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/general-f7/site-tends-to-slow-down-in-the-cooler-months-t36.htm#168 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/general-f7/site-tends-to-slow-down-in-the-cooler-months-t36.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/come-here-before-you-post-anything-f1/introduce-your-self-here-t1.htm Fuscatus Just a starting place to where you introduce your self! COME HERE BEFORE YOU POST ANYTHING! Fri, 16 May 2008 02:24:47 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/come-here-before-you-post-anything-f1/introduce-your-self-here-t1.htm#1 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/come-here-before-you-post-anything-f1/introduce-your-self-here-t1.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/p-exclamans-2008-abilene-pics-t41.htm Fuscatus I know i'm going a little over board with exclamans but I was looking through my albums and found some pics when I visited my grandparents so I thought i'd share them. Wasps Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:32:31 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/p-exclamans-2008-abilene-pics-t41.htm#189 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/p-exclamans-2008-abilene-pics-t41.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/hornets-f4/vespa-crabro-cage-setup-t31.htm Vulgaris


]]> Hornets Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:52:10 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/hornets-f4/vespa-crabro-cage-setup-t31.htm#157 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/hornets-f4/vespa-crabro-cage-setup-t31.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/yellowjackets-f6/vespula-germanica-worker-t35.htm Vulgaris

]]> Yellowjackets Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:42:31 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/yellowjackets-f6/vespula-germanica-worker-t35.htm#165 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/yellowjackets-f6/vespula-germanica-worker-t35.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/yellowjackets-f6/yellow-jackets-t26.htm bhoeschcod hi ive been wounderig whats the best advice for keeping yjs?and is there any possible way to make a wasp nest[by hand?] Yellowjackets Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:06:12 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/yellowjackets-f6/yellow-jackets-t26.htm#141 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/yellowjackets-f6/yellow-jackets-t26.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/general-f7/i-am-back-t42.htm BeeMan3 I have not visited this site in forever. I am going to try to be much more active in it. soon i will be posting my pic here. General Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:00:02 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/general-f7/i-am-back-t42.htm#198 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/general-f7/i-am-back-t42.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/general-f7/havent-been-on-much-t43.htm bhoeschcod ]]> General Sun, 10 May 2009 00:20:24 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/general-f7/havent-been-on-much-t43.htm#203 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/general-f7/havent-been-on-much-t43.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/p-exclamans-t40.htm Fuscatus





]]> Wasps Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:50:34 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/p-exclamans-t40.htm#178 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/p-exclamans-t40.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/p-fuscatus-pics-t39.htm Vulgaris

Hope you like the pics


]]> Wasps Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:03:21 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/p-fuscatus-pics-t39.htm#176 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/p-fuscatus-pics-t39.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/wasp-plans-t38.htm Fuscatus ]]> Wasps Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:22:09 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/wasp-plans-t38.htm#173 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/wasp-plans-t38.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/any-wasps-yet-t37.htm Vulgaris Seeing any wasps yet, Fuscatus?? If I remember correctly, you like somehwere around Texas. wasps down there should be starting to come out now. Wasps Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:55:50 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/any-wasps-yet-t37.htm#171 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/any-wasps-yet-t37.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/p-fuscatus-in-hibernation-t28.htm Vulgaris Decided to start posting some stuff to make more pple interested in the site... I decided to try an experiment with this P. fuscatus queen. normally, wasps would not go into straight hibernation untill like at least November. But i put this girl in the fridge early (about 2 weeks ago) and i plan on waking her early around mid Decemeber. normally wasps would have a much longer period of hibernation, around 4 months here in PA. also it would be much colder than in a fridge. so this is the ... Wasps Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:16:56 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/p-fuscatus-in-hibernation-t28.htm#153 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/p-fuscatus-in-hibernation-t28.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/care-sheets-f14/centruroides-vittatus-t34.htm Fuscatus Introduction Centruroides Vittatus is also called the striped bark scorpion, or Texas bark scorpion. It is the most common scorpion in the United States. They are found in the inner southwestern states from Southern Illinois to the North, Florida to the East, and South into North/North Western Texas. Enclosure Centruroides Vittatus should be housed in a smaller sized enclosure. 2.5 gallon would be my advice depending on the amount of C. Vittatus you have. I have 2 in a 2.5 gallon ... Care Sheets Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:59:18 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/care-sheets-f14/centruroides-vittatus-t34.htm#164 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/care-sheets-f14/centruroides-vittatus-t34.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/nest-collecting-f13/my-collection-t29.htm Vulgaris a few pics from my smallish collection. hope next season is better than this one was! my V. maculifrons nest started in captivity: Mature V. vulgaris (the queen combs fell off) : a set of mature D. maculata combs : large unknown Polistes nest Nest Collecting Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:32:57 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/nest-collecting-f13/my-collection-t29.htm#155 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/nest-collecting-f13/my-collection-t29.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/northern-paper-wasps-t19.htm bhoeschcod are these wasps good for beginners?and if so are there any of you have keep these species? Wasps Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:58:06 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/northern-paper-wasps-t19.htm#125 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/northern-paper-wasps-t19.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/unid-d-az-social-wasps-t25.htm Pulk Wasps Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:47:09 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/unid-d-az-social-wasps-t25.htm#135 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/unid-d-az-social-wasps-t25.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/wasp-plans-for-next-year-t18.htm Fuscatus Well i've had three exclaman colonys and one metricus colony this year all from which failed. So next year I plan on doing everything possible to keep a colony for the whole year and attempt to over-winter them. This may require having to have an out door colony. But next year besides keeping exclamans and possibly metricus I plan on looking into other possible breeds (Fuscatus, possibly dominula if I can get one through the mail). Just thought i'd share my ideas and see if anyone would be able ... Wasps Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:52:15 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/wasp-plans-for-next-year-t18.htm#120 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/wasp-plans-for-next-year-t18.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/other-solitary-wasps-f9/dasymutilla-t24.htm Pulk D. sackenii video http://www.flickr.com/photos/pulk/2484791447/ D. gloriosa Other Solitary Wasps Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:42:38 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/other-solitary-wasps-f9/dasymutilla-t24.htm#134 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/other-solitary-wasps-f9/dasymutilla-t24.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/sphecidae-wasps-thread-waisted-wasps-f8/unid-d-t23.htm Pulk

]]> Sphecidae wasps. (Thread Waisted Wasps) Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:41:59 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/sphecidae-wasps-thread-waisted-wasps-f8/unid-d-t23.htm#133 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/sphecidae-wasps-thread-waisted-wasps-f8/unid-d-t23.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/other-solitary-wasps-f9/couple-unid-ds-t22.htm Pulk I don't know if all of these are in the right section. mutiliids(?) scoliid Other Solitary Wasps Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:40:16 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/other-solitary-wasps-f9/couple-unid-ds-t22.htm#132 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/other-solitary-wasps-f9/couple-unid-ds-t22.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/exclaman-starvation-t10.htm Fuscatus Okay so I had been out of crickets for about five days so I would look for stuff out side to feed my exclamans. It would never be enough and some times they wouldnt even acknowledge it was there. So finally my dad brought crickets home. I put 4 crix in there and that was the most violent wasp hunt I had ever seen. When they had caught them and brought them up to the nest the other wasps would try to steal the cricket from the other wasp and they ended up ripping it apart. Sorry for TMI but ... Wasps Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:44:20 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/exclaman-starvation-t10.htm#93 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/wasps-f2/exclaman-starvation-t10.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/help-center-f5/seriously-guys-t17.htm Fuscatus I have been doing everything I can to get this forum more active but as you can all see it's not working. People, please help! Suggestions, advertising, and just anything would be nice but please, help me out here. Help Center Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:16:29 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/help-center-f5/seriously-guys-t17.htm#118 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/help-center-f5/seriously-guys-t17.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/hornets-f4/vespa-crabro-t9.htm Vulgaris




ok im realy confused i thought i uploaded a lot of images but none of them are shwoing up]]> Hornets Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:29:45 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/hornets-f4/vespa-crabro-t9.htm#80 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/hornets-f4/vespa-crabro-t9.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/other-solitary-wasps-f9/trioxys-pallidus-t7.htm IHeartMantids Just wanted to share a bit about the only Hymenopteran I see at work . . . These guys are a cool tiny parasitic wasp that specialize in aphids. The female lays her eggs in young aphids and the larvae develop inside -- eventually the aphid dies and turns into a swollen dried husk while the larva develops and pupates. I've seen a female laying eggs before. It's really cool to watch -- she'll wander around a leaf, tapping with her antennae until she finds an aphid, then she just sticks ... Other Solitary Wasps Fri, 23 May 2008 14:05:15 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/other-solitary-wasps-f9/trioxys-pallidus-t7.htm#68 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/other-solitary-wasps-f9/trioxys-pallidus-t7.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/help-center-f5/new-logo-t6.htm ~Abyss~ ]]> Help Center Wed, 21 May 2008 09:05:27 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/help-center-f5/new-logo-t6.htm#46 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/help-center-f5/new-logo-t6.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/help-center-f5/suggestion-about-pics-t4.htm BeeMan3 You should make it so that you can attach pics the same way as on Venomlist. That way we can post pics of wasps and all that other stuff. and are you going to have it so that we can pin important things to the top so that they dont get buried later one. Help Center Sun, 18 May 2008 05:38:31 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/help-center-f5/suggestion-about-pics-t4.htm#19 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/help-center-f5/suggestion-about-pics-t4.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/help-center-f5/forums-not-letting-me-post-t3.htm BeeMan3 Five of the forums that you have set up will not let me post. they are: The Wild, Nest Collecting, solitary bees, other solitary wasps, and sphencidae wasps. They keep saying adminsitrator only. Help Center Sat, 17 May 2008 22:33:58 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/help-center-f5/forums-not-letting-me-post-t3.htm#15 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/help-center-f5/forums-not-letting-me-post-t3.htm http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/come-here-before-you-post-anything-f1/rules-t2.htm Fuscatus Here is where the rules are to be posted. You have three warnings depending on what rule you broke. The rules are as the following... 1. Do not harrass other members. 2. Do not post inappropriate pictures. (1 WARNING) 3. Post topics in the correct forum. 4. No heavy swearing. Under no circumstances is the "F bomb" to be used. 5. No glorifying the extermination of wasps/hornet, or any other form of animal cruelty. 6. No spamming to get your post count up.(This inculdes ... COME HERE BEFORE YOU POST ANYTHING! Fri, 16 May 2008 20:54:50 GMT http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/come-here-before-you-post-anything-f1/rules-t2.htm#8 http://waspstorm.darkbb.com/come-here-before-you-post-anything-f1/rules-t2.htm