Big if. Insect eggs are very often meant to withstand long periods of dormancy.
Anyway, I wouldn't suggest irradiating them either. Just the volume of required handling would ruin them.
Anyway, I wouldn't suggest irradiating them either. Just the volume of required handling would ruin them.
You could have an environment that was consistently oxygen-free, but it would make no sense for eggs laid in such an environment to refuse to hatch there.