With stick insects that pierce or glue their eggs onto leaves, I also like to let them in the enclosure. If you collect them place them onto a little substrate with the lid cap pointing upwards and then cover it slightly with some more substrate. It can be more tricky to replace them in an incubation container. When stick insects bury their eggs, I like to let them in the parent enclosure so I don’t disturb the eggs when collecting them. Although you may have lower hatching results, some stick insect eggs will still hatch in the parent enclosure. However, you can also let the eggs just lay on the floor. Use some sort of substrate of cloth on the floor to regulate the humidity in your incubation container. Place them in a little cap or cotton bed (or as I do use some blue aquarium filter medium) and place a couple of eggs in it.
When you have stick insects that drop the eggs on the tank floor, you get the highest hatching result by collecting the eggs and incubate them in a special container. Where you should incubate the stick insect eggs highly depend on the stick insect species, and more specifically how they lay their eggs. #3 Where do you incubate stick insect eggs? Using a tool increase the risk of breaking them, killing the embryo. You have more feeling in your fingers than when using a tool. It is better to pick them up with your fingers than we a tool like tweezers. Although they feel strong and sturdy, they still can break when you squeeze them too hard. You can touch stick insect eggs without a problem and pick them up to collect them. Stick insect eggshells are hard and they feel like little seeds. If you wondering what the best way is where you should incubate your stick insect eggs, check out #3 Where do you incubate stick insect eggs? #2 Can you touch stick insect eggs? With a little patience, you’ll soon have nymphs (little baby stick insects) walking around. If you want to breed with your stick insects you should keep them and make an effort to incubate them. If you incubate all eggs you have collected, you may soon have more stick insects than you can house properly. Okay, but what should you do with those eggs? The answer to this question highly depends on what you want? If you have already enough stick insects you can get rid of them, or maybe you can sell them online to someone for some cash. #1 What should I do with my stick insect eggs?Īt some point in your stick insect keeping career, you will get eggs.
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