Eating insects is good for you and the planet, researchers insist
Does the idea of eating insects bug you?
Environment
Jun 28, 2019
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News tagged with fly larva
Looming insect invasion threatens California wine and avocados
UC Riverside is testing whether a sesame seed-sized wasp can control a pest that could seriously damage California crops including wine, walnuts, and avocados.
Plants & Animals
Jun 17, 2019
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Humans will eat maggots, scientists insist
University of Queensland researchers are investigating the use of maggots, locusts and other alternative proteins in a range of specialty foods.
Other
May 1, 2019
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How to profit from biowaste
ETH Zurich and Eawag researchers are developing a method to produce animal feed from biowaste products. This is one of 14 projects in the Engineering for Development programme funded by the Sawiris Foundation over the past ...
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 16, 2018
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Common artificial sweetener likely a safe, effective birth control and pesticide
Because of its quick lethality to freshly hatched flies and the ability to halt egg production, the artificial sweetener behind Truvia could be a potent but safe pesticide, according to a new study by Drexel University researchers.
Ecology
May 23, 2017
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Housefly's love of manure could lead to sustainable feed
Could the common housefly, which has evolved to recycle nutrients from waste products, help address the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' warning that food production will need to double by 2050 to ...
Other
Mar 2, 2017
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Wild strawberry that inhibits the development of the spotted-wing Drosophila fly
The so-called spotted-wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) was first described from Japan in the 1930s. In 2008 it was recognized as an emerging global pest of soft-fruit crops. Among commercially important fruits, D. suzukii ...
Biotechnology
Dec 23, 2016
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Fly larvae clean bee-eater's nest
Bird nests are home not only to the bird parents and their offspring but also to other inhabitants, such as insect larvae, which take advantage of the favourable climatic conditions and abundant supply of food in the nests. ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 22, 2016
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Molecular 'sands of time' identified for fruitfly development
Okayama University have identified genes and processes responsible for pupation timing in the development of fruit fly larvae into adult insects.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 21, 2016
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Combating pest insects in the soil with root-colonizing insecticidal fungi
The biological control of pest insects in the soil has come one step closer. Wageningen UR has isolated five promising fungi that kill 90 to 100 per cent of the grubs and crane fly larvae, and which also survive well in the ...
Biotechnology
Oct 29, 2015
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