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Cultural entomology

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How insects have affected the world

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Scarab beetles in myth

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Scarab beetles are related to rebirth after death

This is because they reproduce in dung and dead material

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Egyptian God Khepri is depicted

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As a scarab beetle or a man with one for a head

The god of rebirth and the god of the sun

the believed that he rolled the sun out everyday the same way beetles roll dung

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Bees in greek mythology

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Three important bee maidens that played a role with Apollo

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Old tale by indigenous San people

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Mantis is sent out to find the purpose of life

Enlisted a bee which represents wisdom to San people

Bee carried the mantis for days and laid it on a flower which bloomed to be the first human

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African origin mantis is credited with the creation of

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Humans

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Anansi is the spirt of of storytelling in both

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African and Caribbean folklore and brings mischief and wisdom

Anansi is a spider

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North American Indigenous Lakota myth

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Akaoti is a spider-like human in Lakota stories

He was known for his cunning, often mischievous ways. He even managed to deceive another significant trickster, Coyote. Although he sometimes caused trouble, he was also viewed as a teacher.

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Butterflies are associated with

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Sleep by the Blackfoot

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The Innu Cree of Eastern Canada believed that fish were protected by a

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Fly named big biter

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Mothman

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Giant red-eyed winged creature

Story made in the 1960s

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3 plagues in the Bible come from

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Lice flies and locusts

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Christianity flies are symbolic of

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Corruption

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Flies represent the soul of a dead person in

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Ancient Egypt

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Praying mantis symbolizes

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Strength

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Bees and ants symbolize

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Industrialism

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Butterflies are symbolized as the

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Maturation of the human soul

Comes from their metamorphosis

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Arctic native tribe Gwich’in view insects

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As an important part of life and conserve them even though they are not as common

They sometimes consume insects as well

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Inuit word Quipirruit encompasses

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Spiders

Worms

Crustaceans

Insects

Seen with fear but also respected

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Ernst Haeckel

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Artist who depicts insects

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Insects are popular in

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Dutch still life paintings

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Allegory on life and death

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Popular painting with many insects present

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Insects are also prevalent in

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Japanese and Chinese art

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Nature- Printed Japanese Butterflies

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Artwork of butterflies done by impressions

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Tyus wong

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Makes kites that look like insects

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South American people may use parts of insects for

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Jewelry or clothes

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27
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Caccons may be turned into

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Ankle rattles for ceremonies

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Live insects as art

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Teathered beetles with jewellery as live art

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Caddisflies make cases which are then used as

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Jewelry

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Artists may aid peoples view of insects by making them look

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Beautiful rather than scary

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Insects used by JRR Tolkien

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Giant spiders represent evil

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32
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The metamorphosis

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Book of a man who wakes up as an insect

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33
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Insects in films or comics

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Spider man or ant man

They are more associated with villains though

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34
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Insects in film

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Antz

Bugs life

Bee movie

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A lot of arthropods in movies make insects

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Large and make them villains

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36
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Insects may also be the design of

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Ships or structures in movies

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37
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Very popular beetle in culture

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Rhinoceros beetle

38
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insects influence

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Music as well

39
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Most famous insect music reference is the

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Beatles

40
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Important trade product in the past made by insects

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silk

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130bc was the creation of the

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Silk Road

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Silk is used to make

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Cocoons and webs in the wild

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Spiders silk is used for

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Textiles as it is stronger than steel and it is elastic

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Spiders are difficult to rear en-mass because they are

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Predators and would kill each other

45
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Yeast is artificially modified to help make

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Silk proteins and then silk

46
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Insect products makes

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Natural dyes as well that can be used as food

47
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Red dye is made of

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Insects

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Biomimicry

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Traits of arthropods being integrated into technology

49
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Insect-inspired robot maintain

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The centre of gravity at the centre of mass

50
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Insects like flies inspire

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Flying robots

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Robots grouped together to complete a task mimic

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Swarms of insects

52
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Insect eyes have inspired

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Artificial eyes of drones to detect movement

Copies the way light enters the ommatidia in the compound eye

Can detect high speed in dim environments

53
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Skyscraper in Zimbabwe takes inspiration from

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African Termite mound that does not need temperature regulation

Air is drawn in by fans on the first floor and either heated or cooled by the mass of the building and enters offices before leaving the chimneys

54
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Darkling beetles

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Collect water from air

Tiny bumps and grooves collect water from water vapour that condenses and then the water falls into their mouth

55
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Honeybees can sniff out

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Explosives or illegal drugs

can be more easily trained than dogs

Bee capsules are given a reward for sticking out their tongue when provided with a certain odour

Eventually the bees will stick out their tongue without the reward

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Honey is used for

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treating infections and sore throats

Has anitmicrobial properties due to high-sugar to water ratio

57
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Venom of bee stings may ha e

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Antiinflamitory properties

Can be used for arthritis

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Bee venom may be used for lipstick because

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It causes increased circulation which makes more plump and firm lips

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Dangers of bee venom

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Can be allergic

60
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Spider venom can be used as

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Insecticide

Can be encoded into BT

61
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Maggots can be good at

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Removing dead tissue to allow growth of living tissue

Can be used to clean wounds and must be sterilized and monitored

62
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Maggots were overshadowed by

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Penicillin

63
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maggots in medicine use comeback

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Maggots being used for antibiotic resistant infection or infection involving flesh-eating bacteria

64
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Maggot use is

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Cheaper and has less complications that antibiotics

Can be an alternative to surgery

Cause rapid healing and less scarring

65
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Insect in genetic research

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Fruit fly as one of the first model organisms in genetics

This fruit fly matches 60 percent of human genes and 75 percent of human disease causing genes

Can be studied easily due to short generation time meaning changes can be implemented quickly

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Entomophagy

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Consuming insects

67
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Iroquois consumed

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Ants or nymphs of cicada

68
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Grasshopper consumption

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Consumed by indigenous culture and are first dried or roasted

69
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Indigenous groups also consumed

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Raw fly larvae

70
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Modern society consumes

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Less insects due to spread of western views (GOOD LIKE WTF)

71
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Group of people that eat the most insects

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Mexicans

72
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China uses insects as

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meal for vertebrae livestock

73
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Insect as livestock food use has been

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Increasing

74
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Insects are packed with

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Nutrients

75
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Insect protein is more available than

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Plant-based proteins

76
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Exoskeleton may be consumed for

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Fiber

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Probiotics

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Live microbes that are consumed to assist naturally occurring gut fauna

78
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Prebiotics

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Help nourish already existing gut fauna in humans

79
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Chitin can be used as a

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Prebiotics

80
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Insects are more sustainable as food than

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Livestock

81
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Food and water is more readily turned into edible tissues because insects are

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Ectothermic

82
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Insects are also much easier to

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rear because they need less food and water

83
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Percentage of consumable parts of an insect is

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Greater than that of a cow

84
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Insects have very low amount of

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Space needed for rearing

85
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Insect manure can also be used to feed

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Fish

86
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Insects reared for food also produces less

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CO2 and greenhouse gases

87
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Insect flour is much more nutritious than

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Regular flour

88
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Real challenge of entomophagy

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Overcoming the perception of insects

They are seen as gross

Insects being more visually appealing would make people more likely to eat them

89
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Harvesting wild insects is hard because

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Some may be poisonous

Pesticide may accumulate in insect

90
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It is important to take what into account when rearing insect

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Food quality given to insects

91
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Insect rearing and processing is

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Difficult to understand difficulty and price wise because it is a new type of agriculture.

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