So I’m brand new to cricket breeding and I have some questions. I have a container of peat moss with a lid with holes poked in it to stop the male crickets from eating the eggs. I opened the lid today to check if there were eggs because I saw females crowding the container and I think I even saw one with her ovipositor in the soil. To my dismay there was a small amount of mold on the sides of the container in the soil. The terrarium I have it in has a mesh cover and a ceramic bulb outside the tank to heat the crickets and I mist the container with water to keep the soil damp whenever I change the crickets food.(About every two days). Does anyone have any tips to avoid mold growing in the peat moss an/or another substrate I could use for laying that’s less susceptible to mold? Thanks much!
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