The present invention relates to a method and facility for breeding insects in general, and a particular method and spawn structure for breeding insects of which the crawling mother beetles have a protractable egg-laying tube. According to the invention, the insect breeding facility comprises a spawning area comprising spawning containers which are adapted to receive adult insects and insect food, wherein at least one spawn structure is provided in each spawning container, in which spawn structures the mother insects will spawn their eggs. Furthermore a hatch area is provided in which the eggs will hatch and which allows periodical harvesting of baby larvae from the hatch area.
