u/Zerkig

Hey, I usually collect too many eggs "just for sure" and end up with tens of nymphs. Not all eggs tend to hatch, so I just keep the rest for months and then discard them as I normally do with fresh eggs weekly.

This time, I decided I'm no longer continue this hobby and I fed all of my unhatched eggs to my chickens. Some of them were fairly fresh (from Peruphasma schultei, around 2 months old), those were still just filled with liquid. But then there were several Extatosoma tiaratum eggs, the last ones hatched about a month ago, some of their sisters have already died of old age... and some of the most recently hatched ones died unexpectedly during the heatwaves (Europe) and some died stucked, unable to come out of the egg properly (I mist them everyday). Well, as the chickens pecked at the eggs, I couls see that there were fully formed nymphs inside. It felt so wrong to discard them at this stage. I wonder how many still viable eggs I've thrown out through out all those years of keeping the sticks.

I used to feed my tarantula with the nymphs of Medauroidea extradentata, so I don't know why feeding unhatched ones to chickens makes me so emotional.

What do you do with unwanted eggs that might be about to hatch?

I know it might be a silly question, but do you do what the title says? I mean, at least whenever it's reasonable regarding safety, especially on field or forest paths, for example.

Sometimes I don't avoid the collision, for some reason, even though I *could have*. I do it for brids or cats, so why not for butterflies? Am I overthinking this?

Hey, I'm sorry if this doesn't belong to the subreddit.

I (30M) feel terribly guilty whenever I hit an insect with my car, especially butterflies as those can often be seen in advance and I feel like I *should have* slow down or try to avoid it, especially if there's no one else behind me or in the opposite lane.

I was driving with my co-worker today, there was a white butterfly flying across the road ahead. I could have stopped for it to pass safely, but I didn't, cause I didn't want to appear as sensitive in front of my co-worker. I wasn't going fast and the butterfly got caught in the airflow and went above the car, I could see it fly into the bushes in the rear mirror. Is there a chance it survived unharmed? Or do they still die even when they don't get smashed directly?

I know it's a very bad and dangerous idea. It's just that I've been going through the diagnosis process for more than a year now. The only issue possibly epilepsy-wise are episodes that could be focal aware seizures. I was put on vimpat about 4 months ago. I take 250 mg/day (100+150), and it seems that it has stopped the episodes, which were already pretty rare, like once or twice in a month. I'm not convinced the meds are worth the side effects, I think I'm experiencing cognitive decline without really realising, but people have noticed that :/. I think the episodes might be more of a psychological origin than epileptic.

I feel trapped cause my epileptologist would ask me why I'd want to discontinue the meds, and then force me to continue them despite solid evidence about the origin of my episodes. Idk what to do...

Hey, I just need to get this off my chest really.

TLTR: wasn't paying attention, a spider hunted my macleay's spectre hatchling down 😐

So, a few of my annam stick insects and one macleay's hatched yesterday. I keep the eggs in separate containers in a "hatchery box". I was transferring the annam sticks to the "nursery enclosure" but I left the egg box opened and FORGOT about the macleay's spectre baby still in it. Well, it ran away, I searched for it and I did find it... caught in a spider web, already wrapped, immobilised. It was still alive, I tried to cut it free but the spider silk was stronger than the baby, so it was almost impossible to free it safely. The baby was thrashing frantically, as it was already bitten, and died minuteslater. I felt sooo incredibly bad. A perfectly healthy baby lost due to my disordered executive functioning or whatever.

I put it back to the web for the spider to finish it, and it did eat it, so at least the spider was "happy" but what the hell. I know that this is exactly what happens in the wild but it shouldn't happen to a pet. I like the spiders as they catch any pests that get into the house. I probably overthink this, especially as a 30 yo guy 🤦🏻‍♂️.

Thanks to anyone who read the whole thing! Does anybody else feel like a horrible person due to stupid mistakes like this?

Pretty much what the title says, and also, do you remember the awakenings or the seizures themselves?

Hey, so I've (30M) been told by anyone who has ever shared a bed with me that I move a lot in my sleep, I've hit people etc. I thought that everyone was exaggerating but when my current partner showed ne the movements and sounds I do, I started recording myself in my sleep and when I saw the recordings I was quiet shocked 😳.

For example, I seem to wake up, adjusting my blanket and then I just close my eyes, hit my head into the headboard and start doing these strange movements with my left, then right arm and legs as well, thrashing with my whole body for about 10-20 seconds and then it stops abruptly and I appear to be sleeping again. Just like that. This happens with various intensity several times per night. I do moaning or growling sounds with the movements. I never, or just veeeery vaguely, remember these "episodes".

I've never had a sleep study done, I've got ADHD and some kind of tics, though. No wonder I wake up so tired on some days. Is this "normal"?