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Tag Archives: larva
Good bug bites
Joost van Itterbeeck at The Conversation tells us which edible insects he thinks are best. As you know I purchased some bug bites. My favourites so far are the barbecue-spiced mealworms (Tenebrio molitor). Harvey Nicks calls them ‘worm crisps’ but … Continue reading
Posted in food, miniculture
Tagged arthropod, beetle, coleopteran, cricket, entomoculture, entomophagy, grocery, insect, larva, nutrition, nymph, orthopteran, sustainable
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Would you like flies with that?
Are you eating insects (entomophagy) yet? If not, perhaps you soon will be. In August this year, Trevor Baker in the Guardian told us about farming insects (entomoculture) for food in continental Europe. He told us about a London entomophagy … Continue reading
Posted in food, knowledge transfer
Tagged arthropod, entomoculture, entomophagy, food, grocery, insect, knowledge, larva, lepidopteran, orthopteran
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Why not feed insects to other livestock?
Here in Britain, our Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) coordinates PROteINSECT. This is about farming insects (entomoculture) as a source of protein for animal feed. FERA is part of our Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). I’m … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, food, miniculture
Tagged aquaculture, arthropod, bird, black soldier fly, chicken, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, development, dipteran, disease, disease transmission, egg, entomoculture, entomophagy, feed, food, Food and Agriculture Organization, Food and Environment Research Agency, food safety, food waste, housefly, insect, International Livestock Research Institute, invertebrate, larva, law, livestock, manure, meat, microlivestock, milk, poultry, research, technology, vertebrate, waste, welfare
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Living With Human Bot Flies
Originally posted on Living With Insects Blog:
Human Bot Flies are occasionally encountered by tourists to Central and South America. Bot fly larvae will burrow under the skin and feed on the tissue. Bot flies on the head are confined…
Posted in human health
Tagged arthropod, bot fly, dipteran, human, insect, larva, parasite
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Bangladesh Gets Bt Brinjal
Originally posted on Thought + Food:
It has been a recurring theme here at Thought+Food that the debates going on about the food system should not be overwhelmed by special interest groups. Instead, there must be room for the farmer to make…
Posted in agriculture, horticulture
Tagged arthropod, Asia, aubergine, biotechnology, brinjal, Bt crop, Bt toxin, development, eggplant, evolution, farm, farmer, garden, gardener, genetic modification, insect, insecticide, larva, law, lepidopteran, Monsanto, pest, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_dicot, politics, population, root borer, staple food, stem borer, vegetable, vegetable variety
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Lepidoptera of the month: Large white and small white butterflies
Here’s my Lepidopteran of the Month series. You might choose to follow my ‘butterfly’ tag for other posts in this series. Today, a day late for July, let’s admire the cabbage whites. Admire them? Well, more likely loathe them. For … Continue reading
Posted in ecology, horticulture
Tagged allotment, arthropod, brassica, broccoli, butterfly, cabbage, cabbage white butterfly, garden, gardener, history, insect, large white butterfly, larva, lepidopteran, pest, plant_dicot, small white butterfly, vegetable
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Lepidopteran of the month: Small tortoiseshell butterfly
Here’s my Lepidopteran of the Month series, back after a few months’ hibernation. You might choose to follow my ‘butterfly’ tag for other posts in this series. Today, in June, let’s admire the small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae) which I … Continue reading
Posted in ecology
Tagged alien species, arthropod, butterfly, climate, data, dipteran, ecosystem, Europe, farm, fly, forest, indicator species, injurious weed, insect, insecticide, larva, lepidopteran, native species, nettle, parasitoid, pesticide, plant_dicot, ragwort, research, small tortoiseshell butterfly, stinging nettle, Sturmia bella, weed, wild parsnip, woodland
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Honeybees and Varroa mites
I’m grateful to my fellow blogger narhvalur for pointing out this article about how the honey bee (Apis mellifera) seems to fight back against the Varroa mite (Varroa destructor). V. destructor lives down to its scary name. It’s associated with … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology, horticulture, miniculture
Tagged apiculture, arachnid, arthropod, behaviour, colony collapse disorder, disease, honeybee, hymenopteran, insect, invertebrate, knowledge, larva, mite, parasite, pollination, research, Varroa destructor, vector, virus
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