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Husbandry Manual for Eurycnema goliath
Tara Bearman
11 Artificial Rearing
11.1 Incubator Type
There are laboratory incubators available that encompass all the features necessary to
successfully incubate most insect eggs as well as extra features to make incubation as easy as
possible. See appendix 2 for more information. The majority of these incubators are rather
expensive however if you are breeding insects on a large scale or have limited time to spend
checking your eggs then these incubators are an excellent choice.
A more cost effective approach is to create your own incubator, see section 11.2 incubation
temperatures and humidity for a suitable design. Alternatively eggs may be placed on a layer of
damp cotton wool in an enclosure with a temperature slightly warmer than room temperature,
approximately 27 o C. The damp cotton wool will provide suitable humidity for hatching (A. Polak,
pers. comm.).
Figure 3. Eggs of Eurycnema goliath on damp cotton wool at Sydney Wildlife World.
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