Edible insects are a promising product for the Russian food market. This is due to their high nutritional value, presence of essential amino acids, useful omega‑3 and omega‑6 polyunsaturated fatty acids. The balanced content macro- microelements in composition such allows us talk about its potential benefits human health. However, at present there no reliable information attitude citizens eatin...

b a ckground: aquatic insects are the  major groups of arthropods that spend  some parts of their life cycle in the water. these insects play an important role for transmission of some human and animal diseases. there is few information about the aquatic insects fauna of iran. m e t hods: to study the aquatic insects fauna, adult, nymphal and larval collections were carried out from different h...

Background and Aim: Insects associated with dead bodies are very diverse and very important in decomposition and recycling of the carcasses.  The present study was conducted in the Margoon region of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad province (Iran) to determine the species diversity of carrion insects associated with decomposing remains of different animals. Materials and Methods: Different cadavers ...

New phylogenomic analyses suggest that ants and Apoidea (hunting wasps and bees) are more closely related than we had previously believed.

Global average surface temperature has increased by around 0.6 oC during the past century, with the 1990s being the warmest decade. Temperature changes vary geographically, greater at higher latitudes; and within the year, greater during the coldest months (Houghton et al. 2001). There is now a consensus that anthropogenic emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases are ultimately responsible f...