The total no of bacteria in the insect gut larvae varied. Grasshopper Zonocerus variegates contained bacterial count 13-90x10 5 (Ademolu and Idowu 2011) whereas total bacterial count of B. mori was ...

Insect farming is arguably much more efficient than cattle production. One hundred pounds (45 kilograms) of feed produces 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms) of beef, while the same amount of feed yields 45 ...