Crickets Are Not a Free Lunch, Protein Conversion Rates May Be Overestimated
Crickets are often suggested as a way to increase the global supply of dietary protein in a sustainable way. New research suggests that crickets need to be fed high quality food to provide high conversion efficiency.
The Origin of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets: A New Study Resolves the Evolutionary Tree of the Orthoptera
By looking at DNA sequences, scientists described the likely evolutionary relationships between grasshoppers and crickets (Orthoptera)
Cricket Virus Leads to Illegal Importation of Foreign Species for Pet Food
By Joe Ballenger (An earlier version of this article originally appeared at www.JoeBallenger.com.) I’m trying to to get back into the tarantula breeding hobby, and decided to set up a […]
It’s Time for Cricket Fighting in China
According to several news reports, it’s not only people who practice martial arts in China. Apparently, the crickets do as well. The history supposedly goes back to more than 1,000 […]