I'm afraid there's no such a thing... Just be sure you keep them moist and warm, and if one gets rotten or infected with mould remove it immediately. Also, try to keep them in a well ventilated place.
Well, it seems that not always. I've checked this on www.phasmatodea.com, (which is a very good site) and found this:
"Eggs which are simply dropped or flicked to the cage floor by the adult females are at best incubated on damp peat or vermiculite. Ones which are buried by the female insects (these often possess an ovipositor for this purpose, e.g. Eurycantha, Heteropteryx, Aretaon) and deposited in the soil should be covered with a layer of substrate. Another method, which has proven sufficient for Heteropteryx and Haaniella, is to use a pencil or similar to drill small holes into the substrate each in which one egg is placed with just the operculum showing. This allows to check the eggs for fungus and mould easily. A glance should be taken from time to time in order to remove infected eggs and to avoid that healthy eggs are affected."
"The eggs of several species are often affected by mould. E.g. in Extatosoma tiaratum and Acrophylla wuelfingi mould develops only a few days after the eggs are laid. The mould readily grows on the surface of the egg-capsule of these species but does not seem to have an apparent adverse effect on the development of the embryo.(...)
Otherwise, eggs which go mouldy are often ones which contain dead embryos or were already damaged before incubation."
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