Finding drops of water in my dubia enclosure

Moakmeister

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I generally feed my dubias banana slices, and an occasional carrot slice. Recently I've noticed drops of what appears to be water on the floor of the enclosure. At first I thought it may have been haemolymph, but I just saw a dubia drink the drop until it was gone, so that's not it. The roach that drank it is a fresh mature male, still white, and there are tiny droplets of water on his wings. Where's it coming from?
 

The Snark

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Is there a meteorologist in the house?
One of your roaches is packing a water pistol. Have them line up against a wall and frisk them. Or condensation.
Or a phenomenon where there are energized objects or surfaces or in the air where the moist air has a sudden discharge of energy with moisture present, the energy discharge causing a localized refrigeration effect, the moisture condenses and a water droplet forms. This third form can be difficult to predict and measure in a contained area as it usually involves static charges and a coinciding correct humidity and temperature range. Particulates in the air can also contribute to the effect.
More simply put, this is one way rain droplets form up in the atmosphere. Electrical discharges with an energy loss resulting in a cooling - condensation effect. Of particular note, when some precipitation is noticed but there are no clouds in the sky. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_seeding and compare to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleation
If you want me to dredge up what little I can remember of stoichiometry and classical nucleation theory I want to get paid in bimbos and quality time. When we created a cloud chamber in a lab using assorted ionizing gasses most of my ionizing gasses were focused on this particularly interesting female of my species...
 
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Moakmeister

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Is there a meteorologist in the house?
One of your roaches is packing a water pistol. Have them line up against a wall and frisk them. Or condensation.
Or a phenomenon where there are energized objects or surfaces or in the air where the moist air has a sudden discharge of energy with moisture present, the energy discharge causing a localized refrigeration effect, the moisture condenses and a water droplet forms. This third form can be difficult to predict and measure in a contained area as it usually involves static charges and a coinciding correct humidity and temperature range. Particulates in the air can also contribute to the effect.
More simply put, this is one way rain droplets form up in the atmosphere. Electrical discharges with an energy loss resulting in a cooling - condensation effect. Of particular note, when some precipitation is noticed but there are no clouds in the sky. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_seeding and compare to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleation
If you want me to dredge up what little I can remember of stoichiometry and classical nucleation theory I want to get paid in bimbos and quality time. When we created a cloud chamber in a lab using assorted ionizing gasses most of my ionizing gasses were focused on this particularly interesting female of my species...
it's definitely not condensation.
 

The Snark

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it's definitely not condensation.
Don't roaches have a complex chemistry in their pee and poop? I read where dogs can be trained to detect the presence of roaches simply by walking past a house. The roach eliminatione creating an electrolyte?
 
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