What to do with damaged D.tityus eggs

[Beetleborgnumerouno]

I’m pretty new to this whole beetle breeding hobby (kept adults all my life). Recently I acquired a wild caught gravid D.tityus female, and she’s laid around 20 eggs so far. But several of them ended up rupturing for whatever reason. Some dried up quickly, but a bunch of them have retained their shape still. Are they goners? Also, what’s the chance these eggs are unfertilized?

 

[JKim]

If eggs are exposed on the top of substrate, make sure you cover it up, and mist them as often as the substrate dries out. Any eggs bleeding (from damage) has no chance of survival, throw away. Freshly laid eggs are white colored, oval shaped, and become more like round (circle) and yellowish later (also grows larger). Unfertilized eggs usually don't, and are comparably very fragile, and sometimes, naturally just pops off.

I’m pretty new to this whole beetle breeding hobby (kept adults all my life). Recently I acquired a wild caught gravid D.tityus female, and she’s laid around 20 eggs so far. But several of them ended up rupturing for whatever reason. Some dried up quickly, but a bunch of them have retained their shape still. Are they goners? Also, what’s the chance these eggs are unfertilized?

 

[Beetleborgnumerouno]

If eggs are exposed on the top of substrate, make sure you cover it up, and mist them as often as the substrate dries out. Any eggs bleeding (from damage) has no chance of survival, throw away. Freshly laid eggs are white colored, oval shaped, and become more like round (circle) and yellowish later (also grows larger). Unfertilized eggs usually don't, and are comparably very fragile, and sometimes, naturally just pops off.

Thanks for the reply! Still got a good chunk of eggs that I believe are viable based on your description.