Bugs Cafe: The Can’t-Miss Culinary Attraction in Siem Reap, Cambodia
By Laura Kraft This post is the fifth in the “Travel Bug” series by Laura Kraft, a recent graduate from the University of Georgia, who is chronicling her travels in […]
Will Insects Be the Food of the Future? Find Out at ICE 2016
By Florence Dunkel At the 2016 International Congress of Entomology, which will be held September 25-30 in Orlando, Florida, there will be an amazing set of 28 speakers who will […]
Video on How to Make Delicious Cockroach Tapioca
By Richard Levine This week I attented the joint annual meeting of the Entomological Society of Brazil and the Latin American Congress of Entomology in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. One day […]
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 Intricacies of Entomophagy According to Louis Sorkin
By Chris Patrick People eat insects in different ways. Some do it without hesitation or fear, the journey of the insect from hand to mouth swift and lacking fanfare, their […]
A visit to Ohio State University’s Department of Entomology
By Richard Levine I’m in Columbus, Ohio for the annual meeting of the National Association of Science Writers (NASW), and during some down-time was able to visit the Entomology Department […]
Insects on the Thanksgiving Menu in New Orleans
Today at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium in New Orleans, insects are on the Thanksgiving menu. The feast, dubbed “Bug Appetit,” includes turkey with cornbread and mealworm stuffing, wax […]
Entomologists Talk about Eating Insects
In this video, entomologists at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America talk about their favorite insects to eat, and discuss ways of preparing them. The video […]
Videos from Derek Woller at ECN and ESA Meetings
Derek Woller, a graduate student working in the Song Lab of Insect Systematics and Evolution at the University of Central Florida, made these videos in Austin, TX during the 2013 […]
Deep Thoughts with Entomology Students
If bugs were to someday take over the world, would you be on the bug side or the human side? If you could be a bug superhero or super villain, […]
Cockroach Farms Catching on in China
In August, we read media reports about a million cockroaches escaping from a Chinese farm. Now an article in the Los Angeles Times reports that cockroach farming may be more […]
Entomophagy News – Sour Cream & Onion Dung Beetles, Anyone?
A few newspaper articles published today cover different aspects of entomophagy, otherwise known as eating insects. First, the Montreal Gazette has an article about five students at McGill University who […]
Dutch Embassy Hosts Entomophagy Panel
A panel of experts recently discussed how insects could be used as a food source for a world population estimated to reach 8 billion by 2025. Guests were then treated […]