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So from what I have learned I am assuming that bugs just generally are not attracted to good eggs. I have been watching this develop and thinking how do eggs in the wild not get attacked by bugs. I mean granted they are not exposed like those in the incubator but bugs dig to. I am assuming I already answered myself and that good eggs just don't attract them, someone reply and let me know.
Foot Hill Reptiles

I'll take a stab......

Good eggs - Dont smell thus wont attract any attention, are firm and dont allow anywhere for small bugs to bite onto. Bugs crawl around on good eggs while they're eating up the bad eggs and they probably dont even recognize it as more food.

Bad eggs - Smells bad thus attracting the attention of little critters that are designed to seek out stinky stuff to eat, and will also wilt or rot, allowing places for bugs to eat through the gunk given off.

Not to say that good eggs dont get predated on though. But thats not the jist of your question. You're wondering about CB eggs vs wild eggs survival.
Thats just my brainstorming though
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Tom

"The more people I meet, the more I like my snakes"

Thanks for the reply. For the most part it answered my question. I imagine bugs can tell before our nose can if they are good or bad so therefor bug hanging around would be an early warning of whats to come.
Foot Hill Reptiles

Absolutely. These kinds of animals track down their mates during breeding times using pheromones, stuff we have no way of conciously detecting with our sniffers. They're much more sensitive to those smells than we are, just like buzzards as scavengers can smell roadkill from a loooooooooooong ways away. I was gonna say miles, but I dont actually know the facts, but you get the idea.
It's all in the genetic programming. They're just better early detectors than we are. It's all relative.
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Tom

"The more people I meet, the more I like my snakes"