A quick primer on farmed black soldier fly, house fly, and yellow mealworm welfare

How might semantic value associations have impacted the ecological study of parasites?

Continuing declines in the body size of wild desert bees.

New data confirm that adult black soldier flies can and do eat - and even have preferences for what nutrients they consume.

Eisemann et al. (1984) is still often cited as the authority on the neurobiological and behavioral arguments against pain in insects. However, the last forty years of insect research demonstrate the empirical claims in the paper are out of date. How should we move our understanding of insect pain into the 21st century?

What do entomologists report about the ethical treatment of their test subjects?

How humane can grinding as a method of slaughter be for farmed yellow mealworms?

Can insect physiology tell us when farmed insects are doing well or poorly? Johnson and Barrett (2025) discuss!