Africa’s Giant Beetle with a Four-Figure Price Tag: Inside the Market for Goliath Beetles

In the warm, humid savannahs and forests of sub-Saharan Africa dwells a tribe of flower beetles in the genus Golianthus, ...

How Bugs Became a Global Superfood

While many Westerners find the idea of eating beetles or crickets unappetizing, this view is actually a global outlier. For roughly two billion people worldwide, eating insects — known as entomophagy ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Giant flying insect found on Walmart building turns out to be Jurassic-era find

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- An insect found on the side of a Fayetteville, Arkansas, big-box store has been identified as the species Polystoechotes punctata, which belongs to a family of insects that ...
Food

Tyson Foods expands into insect protein production with Protix partnership

Meat-packing giant Tyson Foods is teaming with Dutch-based insect protein player Protix to expand production and use of more sustainable proteins and lipids from Black Soldier Fly Larva, including ...
Nature

α-Amylase Inhibitors and Digestive Enzymes in Insect Larvae

The study of α-amylase inhibitors and digestive enzymes in insect larvae offers crucial insights into insect physiology and crop protection. Insect larvae rely on α-amylase to hydrolyse starch, a ...
Inverse

Look! This Giant, Hairy Cicada Lived With The Dinosaurs And Was Terrified Of Birds

When dinosaurs thundered across the land, a giant, cicada-like bug called Palaeontinidae flew in the sky and fed on tree sap. But something disturbed its peaceful existence — and triggered the ...
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Insect larvae may contribute to microplastic pollution in rivers by gnawing through litter, research suggests

A common insect larvae could be inadvertently contributing to microplastic pollution in our rivers and waterways by chewing up litter, a new study has found A common insect larvae could be ...