Dynastes tityus eggs

Oak said:
infertile eggs won't swell up, fertile eggs do. If the egg you collect doesn't  swell up like a golf ball in a week or so, it means it's infertile.
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How big are their eggs initially, and how big do they get when they swell up? Like literal golf ball size?

I just found 10 eggs that are each about 5.5mm x 4mm in my flake soil while transferring it to a deeper enclosure, but I'm not sure if they're from my D. Tityus pair who passed a few weeks ago, that I'm just now noticing because of their increased size, or if they're newly laid eggs from my pair of D. Hercules Hercules. They were only in 4 inches of flake, so I wasn't expecting eggs already, whereas my Tityus were in 10 inches of flake for several months and never produced eggs that I could find.

 
Dany Ashby said:
How big are their eggs initially, and how big do they get when they swell up? Like literal golf ball size?

I just found 10 eggs that are each about 5.5mm x 4mm in my flake soil while transferring it to a deeper enclosure, but I'm not sure if they're from my D. Tityus pair who passed a few weeks ago, that I'm just now noticing because of their increased size, or if they're newly laid eggs from my pair of D. Hercules Hercules. They were only in 4 inches of flake, so I wasn't expecting eggs already, whereas my Tityus were in 10 inches of flake for several months and never produced eggs that I could find.
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5.5 mm more likely to be hercules than tityus

 
Bringing the conversation to a new topic (e.g. what size your mystery eggs will get to since you elected not to remove them before a different species laid in the same container, and not the original quantity of egg question) instead of making your own is the definition of hijacking. Maybe before bringing your nonsense to a community you HAVEN'T yet been banned from, you should use this as an opportunity try following the etiquette of a group and turn over a new leaf. Including the discussion of illegally kept exotics in the US. I know you think you can do no wrong, but multiple communities having ejected you should be enough for SOME self reflection. Just consider. Also, you're not helpless. Googling "Dynastes hercules eggs" has a number of VERY detailed pictures with size measurement of eggs for reference. It wouldn't kill you to put in some effort. For the sake of the beetles you're killing with poor care, if nothing else.

 
This female D.tityus laying over 100 eggs seems to be just a fluke. The daughters of this particular female did not produce nearly as much. The daughters produced around 40 eggs. 

 
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