The scientific study of insects.
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What nutritious insects exist to farm that require the most minimal attention?
What nutritious insects exist to farm that require the most minimal attention? I'm looking to automate simply, in a self regulating way.
Edit: To add detail, I imagine the insects would live densely ...
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Modern reference for Kropotkin's lazy bees
I have been reading through Peter Kropotkin's Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution and he mentions a curious fact about bees (bolding by me for emphasis):
predatory instincts and laziness continue to ...
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How do ants sense imminent rainfall?
I have always been told to watch to see if ant-hole mounds are built up as a sign of imminent rainfall. My questions are,
if what I have always been told is true, then by what mechanism do ants ...
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Why do ants dig surface paths?
A few days ago I observed a corridor built and used by ants that went over a path in fields:
Why do they build it? It seems it doesn't bring any considerable protection from the surrounding ...
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To what extent is immature eggs in insects (beetles) a good approximation for maximum fecundity?
To what extent is the number of immature eggs from dissected, newly emerged individuals a reasonable approximation for maximum/potential fecundity in insects (more specifically beetles)? I know that ...
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What makes a cockroach able to survive in a sewer when there is a big weakness point for them: their respiratory hole
What makes a cockroach able to survive in a sewer when there is a big weakness point for them: their respiratory hole?
I know that when i wipe soap water on their respiratory hole, later on, those ...
