Grinning Geckos
Tegan onboard.
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I've got a few questions for anyone that breeds Blatta lateralis.
I've had lateralis for awhile now, but I just got a good breeding situation where they have enough heat (was a problem before). I've got somewhere around 100 adults and 300 nymphs of various sizes (picked up around 200 at Tinley). For the last month or so (good set-up), I've left them alone other than adding fruit, veggies and food. I went to check today to see if there's any breeding going on, and I found about 2 dozen egg cases. I saw some had hatched already (had a few dozen teenie tiny babies running around), and most had not hatched. Of those that hadn't hatch, some were sunk in and some were not, but all were hard.
How do you tell if an egg case is good? And how often do you go in to pick them out (I figure it's a great way to pre-sort sizes)?
I'm guessing my humidity is too low. Not a surprise with how dry it is right now. When I try to add humidity, then everything goes moldy. How do you keep a good balance?
I've had lateralis for awhile now, but I just got a good breeding situation where they have enough heat (was a problem before). I've got somewhere around 100 adults and 300 nymphs of various sizes (picked up around 200 at Tinley). For the last month or so (good set-up), I've left them alone other than adding fruit, veggies and food. I went to check today to see if there's any breeding going on, and I found about 2 dozen egg cases. I saw some had hatched already (had a few dozen teenie tiny babies running around), and most had not hatched. Of those that hadn't hatch, some were sunk in and some were not, but all were hard.
How do you tell if an egg case is good? And how often do you go in to pick them out (I figure it's a great way to pre-sort sizes)?
I'm guessing my humidity is too low. Not a surprise with how dry it is right now. When I try to add humidity, then everything goes moldy. How do you keep a good balance?
