Data on the morphological peculiarities of the structure of respiratory systems of eggshells in insects, which ensure the respiration of the developing embryo, are presented in the paper. The diversity of these systems in different insect species, which depends on their conditions of habitation, was...
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What specifically does oscillatory synchronization contribute to odor processing in insects? Three general functions, which are not mutually exclusive, have been proposed. First, as clocks define arbitrary units of time, antennal lobe oscillations define sequences of time bins, with each bin defining ...
the largest extinction event in the history of the Earth, around 252 million years ago.[3] The survivors of this event evolved in the Triassic (252 to 201 million years ago) to what are essentially the modern insect
The use of fans within the Eastgate Centre. Smaller fans run during the day-time hours (left). They keep the environment within the building comfortable while the walls store the heat from the outside. Larger fans run during the night-time (right), these fans pull the stored heat out of...
An MPI mobile laboratory arrived in Whangarei yesterday for use analyzing fallen fruit and vegetables to be gathered from the two zones. Queensland fruit fly is one of the most damaging fruit fly pests because it infests more than 100 species of fruit. Some countries will not import fruit and...
In addition, the use of gloves during degutting lowered E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus counts compared to when bare hands were used. Thus, the practice of hygienic handling of the insects could assist in improving the safety of edible insects. Other studies reported the microbial counts of...
Food industries are increasingly shifting their focus towards the use of alternative protein sources, such as insects. The consumption of insects has already been widely accepted in some countries and there is rapidly growing interest in raising insects as animal feed around the world. Although the ...
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Due to the increasing global population, the world cannot currently support the well-known techniques of food production due to their harmful effects on land use, water consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions. The key answer is a solution based on the use of edible insects. They have always ...