Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
119600500 | ENTOMOLOGICAL CULTURE DEVICE | 42 |
20090000553 | Method for the intensive cultivation of contaminant-free grasshoppers and their derivatives for human consumption - The consumption of grasshoppers and their derivatives is an age-old tradition common in various places in Mexico and other countries, which has recently spread to developed nations. The consumption of different insects, and in particular of grasshoppers, constitutes an important source of protein within the diets of many communities. The traditional collection of grasshoppers for human consumption is done directly from cultivation fields, which are subjected to contaminants of various sorts due to the use of agrochemicals such as fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides, among others. It is well known that various compounds contained in these agrochemicals have toxic, harmful and accumulative effects in human beings. | 01-01-2009 |
20090025642 | Feeding Method And Apparatus For Breeding Natural Enemy Insects And Rearing Method For Breeding Natural Enemy Insects - A feeding method and apparatus for breeding natural enemy insects necessary for establishing a farming system that uses less or no pesticides and a rearing method for breeding natural enemy insects are provided. | 01-29-2009 |
20090025643 | CRICKET HABITAT AND RETAIL RECEPTACLE - A live insect habitat that also serves as a retail receptacle for point of sale display of the insects. In particular, the invention comprises a cricket habitat and point of sale display receptacle for the sale of live crickets primarily for fishing bait and pet food purposes. The habitat/receptacle includes a housing having side walls with a sight window formed therein for purposes of permitting viewing of the inside of the housing and insect habitat from the outside. A habitat insert is located inside the housing and includes a multiple-sided member that partitions the interior space of the housing into discrete subspaces connected by passages giving the crickets ample room in which to crawl about. The housing and the habitat insert can be made of a moisture absorbent material in order to reduce the moisture content of the cricket environment. An item of cricket food is located in the housing whereby the retail habitat/receptacle has a prolonged shelf life while maintaining healthy live crickets. | 01-29-2009 |
20090031958 | FIREFLY CONTAINER - The present invention provides a firefly container, comprising transparent outer walls and air holes. After putting nutrients, water, shelters, and matrixes into the viewer, fireflies can be allowed to live in it. Moreover, if a handling device is installed on the present invention, it can be used as a “firefly lantern” and provides edutainmental functions. | 02-05-2009 |
20090050060 | CRICKET HABITAT AND RETAIL RECEPTACLE - A live insect habitat that also serves as a retail receptacle for point of sale display of the insects. In particular, the invention comprises a cricket habitat and point of sale display receptacle for the sale of live crickets primarily for fishing bait and pet food purposes. The habitat/receptacle includes a housing having side walls with a sight window formed therein for purposes of permitting viewing of the inside of the housing and insect habitat from the outside. A habitat insert is located inside the housing and includes a multiple-sided member that partitions the interior space of the housing into discrete subspaces connected by passages giving the crickets ample room in which to crawl about. The housing and the habitat insert can be made of a moisture absorbent material in order to reduce the moisture content of the cricket environment. An item of cricket food is located in the housing whereby the retail habitat/receptacle has a prolonged shelf life while maintaining healthy live crickets. | 02-26-2009 |
20090205571 | FORMICARIA FOR TRACKING ANT ACTIVITY - A formicarium housing is filled with discrete layers of sand of respectively different colors bound together by ant nutritious sugar deposited from solution saturating the sand so that ants can tunnel through the particulate material depositing tailings of different colors on a top surface of the material displayed in an order corresponding to an order of the regions in which the ants have been tunneling. A formicarium kit has an ant proof, transparent walled housing, clear plastic packets of respectively differently colored sands, a mixing cup, a stirrer, and sugar packets. | 08-20-2009 |
20100050946 | Butterfly Rearing Apparatus and Method - A butterfly rearing kit having a housing formed substantially of air permeable fabric derived of fibers from a plant such as sinamay. An internal cavity of the housing is marked with a target for mounting a chrysalis in an elevated position from the bottom of the housing. An area of the fabric surrounds the mounting position such that an emerging butterfly has an unobstructed space to extend its wings for drying. The drying is aided by the airflow through the material. Forming the material from sinamay provides an attractant to the butterfly to lite in the area of unobstructed space and avoid falling or moving to the bottom of the housing. | 03-04-2010 |
20110011342 | Cricket Box - A cricket box formed from a foldable blank of material, such as paperboard. The cricket box includes a first side panel with a window allowing for visible inspection of any crickets in the box. The box further includes a top panel, a second side panel, a bottom panel, and a partition panel. The partition panel is folded into the interior of the box to provide a crawl space for the crickets. The partition panel is provided with a plurality of perforations and a plurality of holes to allow the crickets to crawl around the panel. | 01-20-2011 |
20110139075 | System and Method for Production of Predatory Mites - The insect inoculation system and method optimizes the conditions wherein host insect cadavers are infected by a selected parasite. Host insect cadavers are exposed to the selected parasite within the inoculation chamber. The inoculation chamber is configured to optimize the parasite infection and reproduction process. The insect parasites produce multiple offspring which remain in the infected insect cadavers. At the end of the inoculation process, the infected cadavers are removed from the chamber and the insect parasites are harvested and used in bio-pest control processes. | 06-16-2011 |
20110180003 | INSECT LOADING SYSTEM - A method of collecting and loading a plurality of insects of a particular type into respective insect holders includes extracting a plurality of insects from an insect habitat to a storage chamber which is operable to allow access to a plurality of exit holes and allowing access to the exit holes, followed by luring and/or compelling the insects to leave the storage chamber via the exit holes for subsequent loading into an insect holder. | 07-28-2011 |
20110197817 | HABITAT FOR MOSQUITO GROWTH AND PROPAGATION - An embodiment of the present invention provides a habitat for the | 08-18-2011 |
20110232574 | ECTOPARASITE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - An ectoparasite diagnostic apparatus comprising a vacuum motor, a microscope, a display, a non-flexible pivoting door and a containment chamber, wherein the microscope is in electrical communication with the display. The ectoparasite diagnostic apparatus provides a method of capturing live ectoparasites for observation removing live ectoparasites from a subject animal, disposing the live ectoparasites in the containment chamber, opening the non-flexible pivoting door and inserting a flea control compound, closing the non-flexible pivoting door and observing the effects of the flea control compound on the live ectoparasites via the microscope and the display. | 09-29-2011 |
20110283945 | SEX-PEPTIDES RESISTANT TO PROTEOLYTIC DEGRADATION AND THEIR USE IN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF INSECTS - An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising, or consisting of, a polynucleotide sequence encoding an oligopeptide capable of inducing post-mating depression of receptivity to mating in female insects, wherein said oligopeptide is resistant to proteolytic degradation, is provided for expression in sterile transgenic male insects useful in the control of insect populations. | 11-24-2011 |
20120017834 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MATURATION OF AQUATICALLY HATCHED INSECTS - There is provided an apparatus and method for controlling maturation of aquatically hatched insects. The apparatus comprises a drainable container for housing an egg laying medium for the insects; a filter operatively connected to the container for containing debris in the egg laying medium; and a selectively sealable catch basin located below the container for receiving the egg laying medium from the container when the container is drained. One or more outlets are provided on the catch basin for operatively releasing gas from the catch basin. The apparatus and method enhances the attractiveness of the artificial breeding pool to the gravid insects and helps control the local insect population. | 01-26-2012 |
20120132140 | Method for Breeding Musca Domestica - A method for breeding | 05-31-2012 |
20120132141 | Method for Treating Swine Feces/Urine - A method for treating swine feces/urine includes breeding and growing imagoes of | 05-31-2012 |
20120137977 | Food Production System From Biomass With Heat And Nutrient Recovery - A food production system having improved heat and nutrient recovery is disclosed. The system employs waste biomass and comprises a composter that partially composts the waste biomass, an invertebrate (e.g. worms) culture unit, a delivery subsystem to deliver partially composted waste biomass from the composter to the invertebrate culture unit in a temperature range suitable for the invertebrate culture, a food (e.g. fish or crustaceans) culture unit for producing the food operating in a temperature range suitable for the food culture, a delivery subsystem to deliver invertebrates from the invertebrate culture unit to the food culture unit, and a heat exchange subsystem providing for exchange of heat from the composter to the food culture unit. The subsystem comprises a controller for controlling the exchange of heat such that the food culture unit is maintained in the temperature range selected for the food culture. | 06-07-2012 |
20120145081 | Insect feeder - An insect feeder that allows membrane feeding with a membrane above a feeding medium. | 06-14-2012 |
20120167826 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INSECT PEST BY VIBRATION - A method for controlling an insect pest with vibrations, including a step of determining a frequency range and an amplitude range of vibrations in a habitat medium of an insect pest that induce or suppress a specific behavior of the insect pest, and a step of controlling the insect pest behavior by applying vibrations in the frequency range and amplitude range once or two or more times in the insect pest habitat medium. | 07-05-2012 |
20130081572 | DETECTING PLATFORM FOR HOLDING A TINY INSECT - A detecting platform for holding a tiny insect includes a main body forming a containing space, which passes through the main body and is surrounded by side walls of the main body. A first side wall and a second side wall of the side walls are opposite to each other, and the area of the second side wall is smaller than that of the first side wall. The main body forms a first opening and a second opening passing through the first side wall and the second side wall respectively for the tiny insects entering and leaving the containing space. A bottom plate covers a first through surface of the containing space to form a bottom surface and a detecting area is configured thereon to holding the tiny insects. Accordingly, the tiny insects can stay on the detecting area so as to detect the characteristics of the tiny insects expediently. | 04-04-2013 |
20130081573 | SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING TINY INSECTS - A system for classifying tiny insects includes a cultivation tank, a detecting container, a detector, a gathering device, and a control unit. The cultivation tank is connected to the detecting container, so that the hatched tiny insects can enter the detecting area of the detecting container from the cultivation tank. The detector is used for detecting the characteristics of the tiny insects in the detecting area, and then the control unit controls the switching unit of the gathering device to switch the gathering containers for gathering the tiny insects according to the detecting results. The system of the present invention is capable of automatically classifying the tiny insects and then gathering them to different gathering containers according to their characteristics, so as to decrease the man power and time necessary for factitious classification. | 04-04-2013 |
20130152860 | INDOOR ARTIFICIAL BREEDING METHOD OF TERMITE - Provided is a method of collecting wild termites and rearing the termites indoors. The method can be used to observe physiological and ecological characteristics of termites that give serious damage to wooden cultural assets and buildings, and thus basic information can be obtained for controlling termites. | 06-20-2013 |
20130206071 | PLANT AND METHOD FOR ORGANIC WASTE BIOCONVERSION AND MUNICIPAL WASTE BIOSTABILIZATION - System for the bio-treatment of organic waste by means of insect larvae comprising a tank provided with removable cover and means for ventilation and temperature control able to induce migration of the larvae outside the waste mass when in a desired larval development stadium, means for distributing in many times the various waste layers and for removing the same at the end of the treatment and means for distributing the larvae inside the tank and for collecting and storing the larvae at the end of the treatment. Method for the bio-treatment of organic waste by means of larval stadium insects provided with the step of placing a first waste layer inside a tank ( | 08-15-2013 |
20130228126 | Means to Culture Cochineal Insects in an Artificial Medium - A method is provided for culturing cochineal insects. In accordance with the method, a medium is created ( | 09-05-2013 |
20130319334 | Systems and Methods for Rearing Insect Larvae - In one embodiment, a system for rearing larvae includes a plurality of culture trays arranged in at least one stack of trays, each stack comprising multiple levels of trays, each tray comprising an open-topped basin adapted to receive larvae and larval food, a feed delivery system adapted to automatically deliver larval feed to individually selected culture trays, and a water delivery system adapted to automatically deliver water to the culture trays. | 12-05-2013 |
20140123902 | ORGANIC FERTILIZER PRODUCTION SYSTEM - [Problem] To provide an efficient system for manufacturing an organic fertilizer base material that reduces the manual labor involved in treating livestock manure using | 05-08-2014 |
20150013609 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CAUSING, ENHANCING, AND/OR EXPEDITING BIODEGRADATION OF ARTICLES - Kits and assemblies for causing, enhancing, and/or expediting consumption of an article by at least one living organism are disclosed. Methods of producing and using same are also provided. | 01-15-2015 |
20150013610 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CAUSING, ENHANCING, AND/OR EXPEDITING BIODEGRADATION OF ARTICLES - Kits and assemblies for causing, enhancing, and/or expediting consumption of an article by at least one living organism are disclosed. Methods of producing and using same are also provided. | 01-15-2015 |
20150013611 | COMPOSITIONS AND KITS COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO ORGANISMS AND METHODS FOR CAUSING, ENHANCING, AND/OR EXPEDITING BIODEGRADATION OF ARTICLES USING SAME - Kits and assemblies for causing, enhancing, and/or expediting consumption of an article by at least one biodegradative living organism are disclosed. The kits and assemblies include at least one additional living organism that enhances and/or expedites consumption of the article by the at least one biodegradative living organism. Methods of producing and using same are also provided. | 01-15-2015 |
20150128864 | Mite composition comprising a predatory mite and immobilized prey contacted with a fungus reducing agent and methods and uses related to the use of said composition - The present invention in general relates to the field of biological crop protection by use of predatory mites. More particularly the present invention relates to a mite composition comprising a predatory mite and a prey. Such a mite composition is suitable for rearing the predatory mite and/or for crop protection using the predatory mite. The prey in the composition comprises individuals of at least one Astigmatid mite species, wherein at least a fraction of the Astigmatid individuals is immobilized. The composition is characterized in that immobilized Astigmatid individuals are contacted with a fungus reducing agent. | 05-14-2015 |
20150144064 | System and Methodology for Culturing Cochineal Insects On An Artificial Medium - A method is provided for culturing cochineal insects. In accordance with the method, a medium is created ( | 05-28-2015 |
20150296760 | ROTATING FEEDER BIN FOR GROWING, FEDING AND HARVESTING INSECT LARVAE - A system of feeding, culturing and harvesting insects, particularly black soldier flies comprises of a semi-enclosed barrel including a generally cylindrical sidewall having two ends and a central axis of rotation oriented roughly transversely to the direction of gravity, and a migration path attached to one or both ends of the barrel for the exit of mature larvae. A method of raising insect larvae and byproducts comprises of inserting larvae or eggs into a bin; comminuting and inserting food material into the interior of the bin; aerating the larval/food mass by rotating the bin about a central axis that is positioned roughly transverse to the direction of gravity; draining leachate from the bin into a collection system; and providing a migration path for the egress of mature larvae on at least one end of the bin into a larval collection system. | 10-22-2015 |
20150359208 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING THE PRESERVATION OF THE INSECT POPULATION - Method for supporting the preservation of the insect population, having the following steps of: determining the lethal effect of a product unit on an insect population, determining a difference in the insect population on the basis of the effect of a particular quantity of product units, determining the actual insect population in a predetermined area, determining a desired insect population in the predetermined area, which desired insect population is derived from the actual insect population in the predetermined area and the difference in the insect population, and creating a basis of life for the desired insect population in the predetermined area by adapting the biological nature of the predetermined area. | 12-17-2015 |
20150366177 | MITE REARING METHODS - The present invention relates to methods for rearing, storing or shipping predatory mites. The methods comprise contacting a rearing population of predatory mites with a succulent plant or one or more parts thereof; and optionally a nutritional source for said predatory mites. | 12-24-2015 |
20160066552 | Method and System for Breeding Insects, Using a Plurality of Individual Crates - A method and system for breeding insects, using a plurality of individual crates, wherein at least a portion of each crate is filled with a substrate, containing feed stock, and immature phases of insects. Also provided is a climate area housing the crates that has an aeration system. A conveyor system is included in the system for retrieving crates from the climate area and for returning same thereto. An observation system for obtaining observations, including data and measurements, and downstream thereof a feedstock supply station are arranged along the conveyor system. The method includes steps of aerating the substrate and the immature phases of insects with the aeration system, when in the climate area; periodically retrieving at least one individual crate of the plurality of crates by the conveyor system from the climate area and passing it to the observation system; obtaining an observation of the substrate and the immature phases of insects in the at least one retrieved crate; and interpreting the observation of a retrieved individual crate and determining one of a requirement for adding an amount of supplementary feed stock, and a reason to withdraw the insects from further breeding for harvesting or discarding from further breeding. The method and system are further arranged for returning the retrieved individual crate to the climate area via the feedstock supply station, when a required amount of supplementary feedstock has been determined, and transferring the retrieved individual crate to one of an area for harvesting and an area for discarding, when a reason for withdrawal has been determined. The steps of the method are repeated for as long as at least one of the plurality of crates remains in the climate area. | 03-10-2016 |
119600600 | Egg treatment, production, or storage | 7 |
20080295774 | Automated Packaging, Inoculation, and Harvesting of Lepidopterous Larvae for Protein Manufacturing - A method for mass rearing of insects. A web including a plurality of wells is provided. Insect eggs or larvae and growth medium are loaded in the wells. The wells are covered. The web is rolled up. The eggs or larvae are incubated during eggs hatch and larval growth. The web is unrolled and the larvae harvested. | 12-04-2008 |
20110174222 | METHOD FOR REARING SOLDIER FLIES - Provided is a method for producing BSF. The method comprising: providing adult black soldier flies in a breeding farm of black soldier fly; and providing, in the breeding farm, an induction medium comprising sawdust and, on the induction medium, a breeding induction apparatus having a plurality of breeding grooves in which to allow the adult black soldier flies to lay eggs. | 07-21-2011 |
20140020630 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BREEDING FLYING INSECTS - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for breeding flying insects, more particularly flies, and still more particularly black soldier flies. An apparatus for the production and collection of flying insect eggs comprising: a vessel for containing a substrate upon which larvae and/or pupae develop into flying insects, a cage for retaining the insects, a tubular passage or duct connecting the vessel to the cage through which the flies travel from the vessel to the cage, a moist substrate within the cage upon which the insects will lay eggs, and a light source within or proximate the cage for providing light of a wavelength that enhances the tendency of the insects in the cage to mate. | 01-23-2014 |
20140261188 | APPARATUS FOR BREEDING FLY LARVAE - The present invention relates to an apparatus for breeding fly larvae, and more particularly, to an apparatus for breeding fly larvae in which a breeding chamber is divided into multiple square sections to enable larvae to progressively grow and to complete the growth thereof, the larvae with the exception of those having escaped to an emergency chamber, are collected, and the larvae having escaped to the emergency chamber emerge as flies and are moved to a fly habitat chamber arranged above the breeding chamber to live and oviposit into the breeding chamber, and the above-described process is repeated so as to automatically breed larvae. To this end, the apparatus for breeding fly larvae of the present invention comprises: a fly habitat; a larvae-breeding area installed in the fly habitat; and a lid covering an upper portion of the larvae-breeding area, wherein the larvae-breeding area includes a pillar unit installed on the bottom of the fly habitat, and multiple breeding chambers installed in the pillar unit such that the breeding chambers operate independently. | 09-18-2014 |
20150122182 | CONTAINED SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE REPRODUCTIVE HABITAT FOR HERMETIA ILLUCENS - An apparatus and method of inducing black soldier flies to emerge, mate and lay eggs is provided. The method involves exposing at least one male black soldier fly and at least one female black soldier fly to artificial light in an enclosed space. The artificial light includes at least one wavelength in a visible spectrum and at least one wavelength in an ultraviolet spectrum. | 05-07-2015 |
20160128313 | METHODS AND APARATUS FOR SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL OF INSECT VECTORS - Improved devices for the capture, detection, or quantification of insect vectors such as gravid female insects, are provided. The devices include surface coloration, design, and dimension that improved their ability to attract and/or capture target insect vectors. The traps are used in process for detection or control of insect vectors in indoor and outdoor environments. | 05-12-2016 |
20170231205 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BREEDING AND HARVESTING INSECTS | 08-17-2017 |