P. fuscatus in hibernation

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 first time I or anyone else i know has tried this.

I put her in a smallish container with some dryer lint in it. i wraped a piece of cloth around the container to keep it somewhat dark for her so she does not get disturbed when we open the fridge. so far she has been in there 8 days and seems to be doing fine. im not gonna check on her again untill its time to wake her in December... I'll lupdate you when i wake her up!!!!!!!!!

good thinking!

Look forward to finding out the results, good luck!

decided to wake her!!!!!!!!!!

NICE Good luck with her.

First egg was laid today!!!

here is the latest video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sVjiGETfD0

Basically I found another queen hibernating in my basement and work her up too and kept her with this other queen.

here is a photo of the egg

Awesome! I can't wait for the ones around my house to start coming out. Gotta start all over... =\