From 9-11-14.
Discovered that there was a lot of humidity in the two 500 mL containers housing the wax worms stored at 30C. There was visible condensation on the inside of the containers and it smelled of moisture. A number of the wax worms were turning black (dead). I split the two 500 mL containers into two additional containers, transferring half of each to a new container. I removed the dead larva and returned all the containers to the 30C.
Transferred the wax worm food container that was in 35C into the 30C incubator because I am not able to see any early instar larva. I believe that the increased temperature was responsible for the wax worms not emerging.
//EWW
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