I asked this question last year. and they can sense the difference through the air pressure not just the light levels. so they generall not however my mates did start around end of december but the female held the sperm coz she wasnt put back in with the male but produced a nice two clutchs of eggs
0.1.0 Amels (sid) 1.0.0 carolina stripe (simon)0.1.0 ghost (silva) 1.1.0 diffused/bloodreds (scarlet and samson) 1.0 staffy x beagle soon to have female pin royal