Quote Originally Posted by ViperJr View Post
I just want to add that in my experience, humidity is not something you need to think about, ever, when breeding dubias. I never mist, I don't have a water bowl, I don't use water crystals. The only source of water I have is the cucumber pieces that I put in there once a week. That's generally enough water for the colony. Of course, you need to adjust how much cucumber according to the population.
Also, the lid I use is basically a screen mesh, so it does not contain any humidity at all, that somehow got in there in the first place.
Yeah I've heard that dubias don't require substantial amounts of moisture in the air, they can do fine in drier climates. Just a few people from experience including "MonsterPyxie" said that the higher the humidity was for them the more the dubias started to breed at a faster pace. I know that they do require a little bit of moisture though to molt through their cycles without have an unsuccessful molt and dying off. I'm sure there's enough humidity in mine as of now, I just wanted to get optimal range for humidity to bump up the breeding process since my temperature is perfect. Thanks for the clarification, is your colony really thriving? How many are you up to right now after you started out?