Help! Substrate container for insect egg laying?

[summer]

For those of you who have had stick insects who prefer to bury their eggs, what type of container did you use? And what substrate? I have only had egg droppers before, but now have a couple of different species who prefer to bury theirs and they’re getting close to the age when they’ll start. I currently have a largish glass ramekin filled with coir in with them, but I’m not sure if it’s big (deep) enough for them. What else could I use?
Thank you in advance!

[kevinkk]

I didn't know sticks buried ova, try a sterile substrate, like peat, or coconut fiber, maybe potting soil, you might need actual soil,
it'd probably need sterilized, and have some moisture content, especially the peat or coconut fiber and potting soil. You can sterilize
soil in the freezer or with heat.

[summer]

Yes, some of them do. There are several egg laying types that I know of
- egg droppers (like Indian stick insects) just lay them wherever they happen to be and they generally fall to the floor of the cage.
- egg buryers (like Eurycantha Calcarata and Trachyaretaon Carmelae) who need some kind of substrate to lay their eggs in with their ovipositor.
- some that glue their eggs to leaves, their enclosure, etc.
- some that pierce leaves and lay their eggs there.

Coir is coconut fibre and I think I’m happy with that as a substrate, I’m just not sure about the size/depth of the container I’m using for it. I don’t really want to set up a bio active habitat as I want to be able to retrieve the eggs fairly easily and I don’t want to leave any in the viv to hatch at will.

[summer]

I settled on a glass food storage container. It’s a bit deeper than the ramekin and as it’s glass they won’t be able to tip it over.