Passive exchanges during water vapour absorption in mealworms (Tenebrio molitor): a new approach to studying the phenomenon.

Is there a relationship between insect metabolic rate and mortality of mealworms Tenebrio molitor L. after insecticide exposure? Czy istnieje zależność pomiędzy tempem metabolizmu a śmiertelnością mącznika młynarka Tenebrio molitor L. eksponowanego na insektycydy?

Pesticides are known to affect insects metabolic rate and CO2 release patterns. In the presented paper metabolic rate and mortality of mealworms Tenebrio molitor L. exposed to four different insecticides was evaluated, to find out whether there is a relationship between mealworms sensitivity to pesticides and their metabolic rate. Tenebrio molitor mortality was determined after intoxication wit...

Effects of Brewer’s spent grain (BSG) on larval growth of mealworms, Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Mealworms for Food: A Water Footprint Perspective

In this paper, we have explored the possibility of substituting traditional meat products with an alternative source of protein (insects) in order to reduce human pressure on water. Insects, in fact, could represent a good alternative source of quality proteins and nutrients and they are already a very popular component of the diet of one third of the world’s population in approximately 80% of ...

Observation of two-dimensional yttrium oxide nanoparticles in mealworm beetles (Tenebrio molitor).

Nanomaterials are being used in medicine, manufacturing and consumer products, but their effects on organisms and the environment are not well understood because of the difficulty in detecting them. Here dual-energy X-ray K-edge subtraction was used to track two-dimensional yttrium oxide nanoparticles (which can be found in such household objects as color televisions) in adult mealworms (Tenebr...

The Toxicity of Bran Baits , Formulated with Carbaryl , Chlorpyrifos and Dimethoate , on Yellow Mealworms ( Tenebrio molitor L

Laboratory feeding trials were conducted to assess the comparative impact of registered and new unregistered insecticide-treated bran baits on nontarget epigcal arthropods. Yellow mealworm beetles and larvae (Tcllebrio molitor, L.) (8 surrogate, surface-dwelling tenebrionid) were individually housed in containers and exposed to five different dosages (quantities) of bran bait treated with three...