by Benoit GILLES With their presence on Earth for more than 400 million years, their diversity, their adaptability and their abundance, insects are an unprecedented biological success and an essential component to life on our planet. Today, one organism living on two and three out of four animals belong to their order. The ecological functions…
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Entomoculture: the insect as food
The world of insects, in addition to providing subjects for study to the entomologist, constitutes a real well of resources in various fields: biological treatment of organic materials, source of proteins for animal feed, and grocery ingredients for human cooking. In recent years, this last field has been increasingly in the spotlight… This interest has…
