. . but no eggs

We checked the pod today, at 9:45am. The maximum temperature in the last 24 hours (within the pod) was 35.9C and the minimum was 15.2C. The max temp outside was 34.3C, and the min was 15.5C.

We found 1 adult male in the pod.

The maggots were quite active, especially with the current temperature of 15.4C. They ate all of the char that we put in the pod late last week, except for the stalk. Also, all of the chicken feed in the cat dish was eaten.

There was no smell in the pod, which was great.

Still no eggs though.

Today was quite rainy.

1 adult male in the crawl-off bucket.

2 adult males in the bucket with the pupa.

An astonishing 98 pupa were in the crawl off bucket. This is the most crawl-off that we have ever had; it may be b/c we fed them the most that we have ever fed them- an entire, full bowl of chicken feed (on Wednesday). Plus the seed was soaked for 2.5 days. It definitely didn't hurt that the max temp was 35.9C- definitely hot enough for them to have crawled off.
We need to figure out how to heat and control the temperature of the pupa bucket- perhaps using infrared light and a thermostat?
Also, to end with an interesting note, apparently the density of a population makes a difference in the size of the larvae. The greater the density of the population, the smaller the larvae will be, on average.