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Big if. Insect eggs are very often meant to withstand long periods of dormancy. Anyway, I wouldn't suggest irradiating them either. Just the volume of required
by mousethatroared 1y ago
Big if. Insect eggs are very often meant to withstand long periods of dormancy.
Anyway, I wouldn't suggest irradiating them either. Just the volume of required handling would ruin them.
- thaumasiotes 1y agoYes and no. On the fundamentals, environments never really become oxygen-free, and so it would be unexpected for beetles to have an adaptation to the scenario. You could have an environment that was consistently oxygen-free, but it would make no sense for eggs laid in such an environment to refuse to hatch there.
- mensetmanusman 1y agoBacterial spores do, so some bugs do for some reason. Probably because of the small % chance variation in the atmosphere. Life is incredibly robust.