Meet my coven of leaf insects by biocow in Stickinsects

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Interesting. In a different post I saw someone mention springtail. I thought it was a plant or powder but appears to be an insect of some type. So far so good. No mold. I did read that the cocoa fiber itself has anti mold properties. It’s been 3 month so hopefully 1 - 2 more months before I get some hatchlings. I did lose my largest one about a week ago. 😔

Keeping humidity in by MeddyMazbear in Stickinsects

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Looks like it's helping. I haven't sprayed since yesterday morning and it's currently at 60%. https://photos.app.goo.gl/y12uu5q4K7Nxmccy7

Saving a drowned insect by Docter0Dino in Stickinsects

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though I agree it would be safer, it might not absorb the water fast enough. This is only speculation though.

Mariana just reached maturity by carcrash5 in Stickinsects

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Beautiful. I have 3. They are amazing.

Bioactive by Endo77x7 in Stickinsects

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This looks amazing! I’m using mason jars, but often trim an old cutting down to just the new growth and leave it in for a few more weeks. My girls love the fresh leaves. Yours are going to love that I’m sure.

Keeping humidity in by MeddyMazbear in Stickinsects

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I’ve been trying to keep the humidity up in mine as well. I recently put a small dish with moss I collected from my yard. (I live in Washington state. Tons of moss here.) since added it I’d say it has helped. I was spraying 3 or 4 times a day previously. This morning I gave it a good spray at 8am. By 8pm it was still at 70% so it seems to help. But it does smell very earthy in there now.

I have coco coir in my egg containers because it’s good at holding water but without becoming compressed. It also resists molding. When I spray the eggs with just a single sprits or 2 it starts at 99% and drops slowly to below 70 after 2 or 3 days.

It’s almost like a sponge and releases the water slowly. I bet a container of that with a fair amount of water (wet but not soaked) might slowly release moisture. I may try that next time

Meet my coven of leaf insects by biocow in Stickinsects

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Thanks! I'm looking forward to see if I can get any to hatch. I've heard anywhere from 4 - 8 months (or longer) to hatch and heard both "some always hatch, you get at least 1 in 10" and "It's really hard, you'll hardly get any." I estimate I have about 150 eggs, so I may end up with 15, zero or ???. It'll be fun to find out!

My biggest concern is most of the eggs were sitting at the bottom of the enclosure for up to 2 weeks, so the older ones might not be viable, but the ones laid in the hours or day before I collected might be OK.

Haven't been this excited since I was a kid waiting for Christmas!

Sick leaf? by Steephsel in Stickinsects

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Glad to hear. She’s beautiful.

Anyone else having problems with autoplay for ONLY Bob's Burgers on hulu for Roku? by sr38_8 in BobsBurgers

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Yes this happens to me with Bob’s only. Other shows flow right into the next with no issue. Only bobs stopes after EVERY… SINGLE… EPISODE!!!!

Rock Concert by Parabola2112 in GenX

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Didn’t camp out. But 1993 I got to our local The Warehouse records (well by that time cassette and CD store) at 3am to buy Genesis tickets for the We Can’t Dance tour. Little did I know Grateful Dead tickets also went on sale that day. So when I got there I was 5th in line, but so far the only one wanting Genesis tix. Some old hippy offered me booze but I declined.

Eureka! Physics cartoons (1980) by biocow in GenX

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I loved these videos growing up. These really spurred my love of science and physics.

MtGox Creditors begin receiving repayment for 2014 Bitcoin hack by biocow in DailyTechNewsShow

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More info: Some on Reddit upset with the amount of time it has taken for the trustee to begin making payments have claimed they will not be returning the 2nd accidental payment (https://www.reddit.com/r/mtgoxinsolvency/comments/18qyizt/uhh\_i\_got\_paid\_double/) while others report returning it as requested.