Eating the right insects can provide nutrition, and might be good for the planet
The notion of biting into a bug or chewing on a cricket might make some people a bit squeamish.
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What pairs with beetle? Startups seek to make bugs tasty
Tiziana Di Costanzo makes pizza dough from scratch, mixing together flour, yeast, a pinch of salt, a dash of olive oil and something a bit more unusual—ground acheta domesticus, better known as cricket powder.
Other
Jul 15, 2021
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Putting bugs on the menu, safely
The thought of eating insects is stomach turning for many, but new Edith Cowan University (ECU) research is shedding light on allergy causing proteins which could pose serious health risks for those suffering from shellfish ...
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Jan 27, 2021
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Researchers hear more crickets and katydids 'singing in the suburbs'
The songs that crickets and katydids sing at night to attract mates can help in monitoring and mapping their populations, according to Penn State researchers, whose study of Orthoptera species in central Pennsylvania also ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 1, 2020
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New king cricket species discovery in Costa Rica
A group of four Texas A&M Department of Entomology undergraduate students took their knowledge from the classroom and put it to use in discovering a new species of king cricket during a recent study abroad trip to Costa Rica.
Plants & Animals
Oct 4, 2019
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Fried, steamed or toasted: Here are the best ways to cook insects
For thousands of years people from all over the world have eaten insects. Today about 2.5 billion people – many of whom live in Africa – eat insects. To date, 470 African edible insects have been scientifically recorded, ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 11, 2019
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Cricket females choose male losers
According to popular belief, females prefer males with high social status (alpha males) when as partners to continue the race. However, as recent studies have shown, males losing fights have equal or even greater chances ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 11, 2019
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Wasps, cockroaches and crickets are pollinators too
Wasps, cockroaches and crickets are widely disliked, but for a certain species of plant on the Japanese island of Yakushima they play a vital role. While studying the non-photosynthetic Mitrastemon yamamotoi plant, Associate ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 17, 2019
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Calculated risk: Crickets draw mates, lethal parasites with upbeat call
Males of many animal species have evolved extravagant signals to attract mates, but those signals also risk exposing males to predators and parasites. Researchers have generally hypothesized that natural selection favors ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 11, 2018
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Human pharmaceuticals change cricket personality
Crickets that are exposed to human drugs that alter serotonin levels in the brain are less active and less aggressive than crickets that have had no drug exposure, according to a new study led by researchers from Linköping ...
Ecology
Nov 19, 2018
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