After the initial excitement and flurry of setting up the enclosure for the Drysdale colony of Lord Howe Island Stick Insect, nothing happening yet!
Students have been diligently spraying the enclosure to humidify the atmosphere to simulate the indigenous origins; plus monitoring the maximum and minimum temperatures on a daily basis.
According to the Zoo's blog, there have been nil hatchings elsewhere in school based colonies. We are now told it could be up to another month, or even two months!
There was a great little 5min snippet on Behind the News, which fills in a bit of the story to these elusive creatures:
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3469096.htm
Enjoy.
