Maggot is an alternative to fish meal because it has a fairly high protein content, easy cultivate and able decompose organic waste into its own food. The better the quality of maggot growing media, higher production will be . Vegetable, fruit food processing industrial that commonly encountered but nutritional low. To improve quality, fermentation was carried out using local microorganisms (MO...

Ectatomma opaciventre Roger é uma espécie de formiga cujas presas incluem espécies moscas, no entanto, não se conhecia os comportamentos empregados pelas operárias em sua predação. Neste trabalho, foi elaborado um etograma da predação sobre larvas e adultos mosca Hermetia illucens L. por E. opaciventre. Foram coletados indivíduos três ninhos opaciventre, sendo posteriormente transferidos para a...

Insects represent a sustainable source of food and feed. In order to increase the sustainability insect production, new feed substrates should be explored including waste materials that contain animal by-products. However, use products does come with potential risks for transmission pathogens. Experimental exposure studies insects selected pathogens can provide knowledge some these future quant...