swords
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Hey guys a week or so ago I got some housefly pupae and they are not hatching correctly, out of 10-15 pupae I usually get only 1 - 4 to hatch and half of them usually are stuck half in/half out their shell. Any idea what's going wrong? I am using new/unused 32 oz fruit fly culture cups with fabric screen lids to hatch the houseflies outside the mantis enclosures just like I do with Blue Bottles which seems to go smoothly as longa s the pupae are viable. Temps are 70-85*F. Should I mist the hatch bins to provide humidity? I've tried this once or twice and the pupae just sit in water, probably further inhibiting hatching but i get no better results in dry conditions.