For cricket farms it is important to have a high production of crickets. A part of the production is crickets laying eggs. The cricket farms use different types of substrates for crickets to lay eggs in, depending on which country the crickets are reared in. In Thailand farmers use rice husks combined with sand as substrate. The rice husks absorb water and provide a ‘loose’ structure to the sand. Kenyan farmers use cotton wool, which is (relatively) expensive.

To optimise egg laying, Thijs Rensink, student from the HAS, did an internship about the different possibilities of egg laying places. Thijs was supervised by Natasja Gianotten from Jagran.