Growing up in Thailand’s northeastern Isan region, Suwimon Chantajohn learned from her grandfather which insects were best to ...

There are also beneficial nematodes, however, that prey on soil-dwelling larvae of insect pests. Worm castings owe their pest control capacity to chitinase, an enzyme that breaks down chitin ...

"Consuming a theoretical clean healthy insect itself is not harmful—it’s protein, water, carbohydrates and some chitin—but consuming foodstuffs with insects in them due to the associated ...

Insects such as crickets and mealworms provide crucial nutrition for lizards, snakes, and turtles. However, there are some ...