Stage-Specific Microbiota Transitions Throughout Black Soldier Fly Ontogeny - Microbial Ecology The growing global population increases the demand for protein, while organic waste management has become more challenging. Alternative protein sources are essential to mitigate the environmental impa...

New paper out in #MicrobialEcology: We map how #blacksoldierfly #microbiota shift from Enterobacteriaceae‑dominated larvae to Burkholderiaceae‑dominated eggs across development.

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#BlackSoldierFly farming can be a powerful solution to low yields, poverty, deforestation & land degradation. Learn about how the practice, promoted by the SIANI Expert Group on Insect-based Proteins led by the Madagascar Biodiversity Center is changing #agriculture & livelihoods:

New paper out! Looking at the change in VOCs of fruit due to black soldier fly digestion.

#sustainability #blacksoldierfly

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Insects as Food and Feed (SIG) 2025 - Royal Entomological Society Insects as Food and Feed: delivering sustainable protein to the food system Date: Thursday 9th October 2025 (09:15 – 16:30) Venue: Elm Grove Conference Centre, The University of Roehampton: Home –…

Meet #IAFF25 keynote speaker - Ben Brown, Co-Founder & COO, Insect Biotech, speaking at our Insects as Food and Feed conference on optimising #BlackSoldierFly larvae use: waste residue conversion as the future of feed.

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Look at these beautiful eyes on this black soldier fly. Just gorgeous and so mesmerising.
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Neonates of #BlackSoldierFly, little hungry heros. They convert organic waste to useful proteins and fat and frass, thus diverting biowaste to go to landfill where it would create GHG emissions and other sort of problems.

Chitosan obtained from black soldier fly larval cuticles expands the value chain and is effective as a biocontrol agent to combat plant pathogens The industrial use of certain insects, such as the black soldier fly (BSF, Hermetia illucens), has become a burgeoning way of converting residual biom…

New publication in Carbohydrate Polymers on how #chitosan obtained from #blacksoldierfly larval cuticles expands the value chain and is effective as a biocontrol agent to combat #plant #pathogens 🌱🪰🐛🧪

#waste #insectfarming #trichoderma #fungicide

INCiTiS-Food, Aquaponik in Afrika – die ersten 18 Monate - aquaponik manufaktur GmbH Nach 18 Monaten ist es Zeit für ein Aquaponik-Update zu unseren ersten 18 Monaten im Projekt INCiTiS-Food. Unser Aquaponik-Trainingssystem und die Arbeit in den Reallaboren.

Zwischenbericht über unser EU-Projekt INCiTiS-Food nach 18 Monaten. Es ist ein aufregendes Projekt, dass uns großen Spaß macht!

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Black Soldier Fly: The Harmless Soldier Fighting Mounds of Harmful Waste | The-14 In early 2023, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire’s bustling metropolis, found itself at a critical juncture. The city, home to six million souls and growing annually by 187,000 more, was generating a staggering 4,000 tonnes of organic waste daily. City officials strained to manage this burgeoning waste problem. The problem was easy to see. Outside the city’s

Black Soldier Fly: The Harmless Soldier Fighting Mounds of Harmful Waste
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Impromptu outdoor lab meeting after fire alarm disruption #blacksoldierfly

Award for Environmental Photographer of the Year goes to Maurizio Di Pietro with a photo of adult black soldier flies 🪰🏆

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Insekten liefern einen Wirkstoff, der Pflanzen schützt Seit es immer mehr Insektenfarmen gibt, fällt reichlich Chitin als Reststoff an. Eine Wiener Forschungsgruppe nutzt dieses Biopolymer, um daraus umweltfreundlich den wertvollen Stoff Chitosan...

Our collaborator Dr. Sabine Gruber @FHCampusWien was interviewed by @diepressecom.bsky.social about our joint project on valorizing insect processing residues for chitosan production (text in German):

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New publication out now:

A Comparative Study of Effects of Biodegradable and Non-biodegradable Microplastics on the Growth and Development of Black Soldier Fly Larvae (Hermetia illucens)

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Soil Amended with Insect Exoskeleton Is Effective Alternative to Harmful Chemical Fertilizers - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog The exoskeleton of the black soldier fly has the potential to be an effective organic fertilizer. Plant size, flower count, seed production, resilience to herbivory, and appeal to pollinators are positively affected.

#Blacksoldierfly #exuviae has the potential to be an #effective #organic #fertilizer with positive impacts on plant size, flower count, seed production, #pollinator appeal, & herbivory resilience. #insects #Hermeticaillucens #BSF @WUR @LOGreenberg Blog:

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