I actually setup the pictured colony (above) on Jan 31, 2014.
I just moved all the crickets to another identical colony setup, leaving just the "egged" peatmoss in the original bin. Sprayed the "egged" bin with water one last time, took the heatlamp off to prevent drying out (even though it will lengthen incubation time), and put a solid lid on it.
I'll check the "egged" bin in a couple of weeks...![]()
So:
Peat moss used in colony for 10 days (from Jan 31 to about Feb 10)...
Removed colony and heat...sprayed daily with water.
10 days after removing colony (20 days since first eggs may have been laid)....
No pinheads yet...just anxiously awaiting the next week or so to see what happens... :O