Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
  • A01K67/00—Rearing or breeding animals, not otherwise provided for; New or modified breeds of animals
  • A01K67/033—Rearing or breeding invertebrates; New breeds of invertebrates

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• the present invention relates to a system for breeding insects suitable for consumption in a controlled environment for yield, sanitary safety and quality of insects, and an insect breeding method implementing this system.
• insects are used in integrated biological protection (IBP) as entomophagous beneficial insects. Insects are also useful for research in pharmacology, or simply for providing fishing bait. In an ecological, demographic and economic context where the consumption of our resources becomes problematic, the breeding and the consumption of insects is an innovating alternative to the traditional breeding to answer the needs of an ever growing population.
• IBP integrated biological protection
• Insect consumption is a common practice in many parts of the world and has many benefits. From a nutritional point of view, insects are rich in protein, vitamins and minerals and low in cholesterol. From an ecological point of view, entomoculture (ie insect farming) has a low environmental impact, requires little space and few food resources. Finally, insect farming remains less expensive than traditional farming. Insects are therefore a potential source of protein at a lower cost and sustainable. These Proteins can be used either for direct human consumption or for indirect consumption through reconstituted foods (proteins extracted from insects) or used in animal feed.
• insects are likely to contain high concentrations of bioaccumulated heavy metals or plant toxins. Finally, they can also carry microorganisms that can affect the health of the consumer.
• the control of the environmental conditions in which insects are grown is therefore a major issue in the development of techniques and methods for breeding insects for consumption. There is therefore a need to provide a means to massively and inexpensively raise insects in a healthy environment so as to ensure a high level of sanitary quality.
• Any element involved in the development of insects, food to the atmosphere in which they evolve, must be perfectly controlled to meet the health standards of the agri-food sector.
• the present invention proposes to respond to the problems of entomoculture on an industrial scale and to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art.
• the present invention makes it possible in particular to meet the quality requirements of insect specimens raised so as to ensure the safety of insect consumers.
• the present invention also makes it possible to maximize the production yield of the insects and to optimize their handling.
• the present invention relates to an insect breeding unit characterized in that it comprises at least one closed chamber and a system for monitoring the environmental conditions of the enclosure.
• Said closed enclosure further comprises at least one upper compartment for containing insects, said upper compartment comprising at least one airlock, generally used to pass the food;
• the closed enclosure also comprises at least one lower compartment for receiving the eggs of the insects contained in the upper compartment;
• the enclosed enclosure further comprises at least one separating member of said upper and lower compartments, said separating member comprising pores; said upper and lower compartments are removable and separable from the enclosure, independently of one another.
• the controlled environmental conditions include hygrometry, temperature, brightness, pressure and composition of the air contained in the enclosure.
• the enclosure further comprises a filter.
• said upper compartment further includes frames disposed within the upper compartment in the volume of the upper compartment.
• the separating element is a grid whose pores are smaller than the size of the insects raised in the upper compartment and greater than the size of the eggs of said insects.
• the invention in a second aspect, relates to a conjugated system for producing insects, characterized in that it comprises at least three modules arranged in a common enclosure: a module comprising at least one unit for breeding insects; a module comprising at least one unit for growing nurse plants for feeding insects; a module comprising at least one slaughter unit for slaughtering insects; and wherein said modules comprising at least one insect and slaughter unit are isolated from the outside atmosphere.
• the conjugate production system according to the invention comprises at least two modules, namely at least one module comprising at least one insect breeding unit and a module comprising at least one plant culture unit. nurturers of insects.
• the conjugate insect production system is characterized in that at least two modules are isolated from each other by a safety lock.
• the entry into said common enclosure of the conjugate insect production system is located in the module comprising at least one feeder plant culture unit, the other modules being arranged in a row.
• at least one of said at least three modules further comprises a system for monitoring environmental conditions.
• the common enclosure comprises a system for monitoring environmental conditions.
• the slaughter unit comprises at least one means for rapid slaughter by hypothermia or hyperthermia.
• the invention relates to an insect breeding method comprising the steps of: a) selecting insect specimens; b) installing said specimens in an insect breeding unit, preferably in the upper compartment of the breeding unit;
• the method of breeding insects further comprises a step of killing insects by means of a slaughter unit.
• Responsible slaughter refers to the ethical slaughter of insects to minimize the animal's pain. A death caused by entomophagous insects does not correspond to responsible slaughter.
• Removable relates to the ability of the elements to be separated from their enclosure or one of the other for example by sliding.
• a first element is not considered removable if disassembly of another element of the enclosure is necessary to allow the first element of the enclosure to be separated.
• “Frame” relates to an element comprising rigid borders limiting an inner surface, preferably of rectangular or square shape.
• the frame is placed in the enclosure for breeding insects, preferably in the upper compartment.
• the inner surface of this frame can be filled with a patterned grid for example square or hexagonal patterns. The size of the patterns can be adapted according to the nature of the high insect.
• Environmental conditions refers to all the elements that surround an individual or a species and some of which contribute directly to meeting their biotic and abiotic needs.
• Environmental conditions can example relate to the atmosphere in which the individual evolves (content in particles, gas content, pressure, temperature, humidity etc.) and the elements in contact with a part of the body of the individual (brightness, food and water consumed etc .).
• Selection Criteria refers to the desired biotic and abiotic criteria in the insect to select specimens at any stage of insect development (ie, egg, larva, adult). These criteria include, but are not limited to, growth rate, environment or insect reproductive capacity. The criteria allow, for example, to maximize the yield of insect production. - “Sas” concerns an opening and closing system for passing an object from one medium to another while maintaining these isolated environments from one another.
• Figure 1 is a first diagram of an embodiment of an insect breeding unit (1).
• Figure 2 is a second diagram of an embodiment of an insect breeding unit (1).
• Figure 3 is a diagram of a first embodiment of a conjugate insect production system (10).
• Figure 4 is an image of a second embodiment of a conjugate insect production system (10).
• the invention relates to a conjugated system for producing insects (10), characterized in that it comprises at least three modules arranged in a common enclosure: a module comprising at least one unit (1) or (11) for rearing animals. 'insects ; a module comprising at least one unit (12) for growing food plants for feeding insects; a module comprising at least one slaughter unit (13) for slaughtering insects; system in which said modules comprising at least one insemination and slaughter unit (1) or (11) (13) are isolated from the outside atmosphere and are preferably located in an enclosure containing them all and which contains a system of control of environmental conditions.
• the conjugate insect production system (10) makes it possible to breed insects under controlled environmental conditions.
• Said system An insect production conjugate (10) also produces the food plants needed for feeding in a controlled and healthy environment.
• the insects raised in the breeding modules are fed with plants whose nutritional quality is guaranteed (ie free of potentially bioaccumulable substances potentially toxic to the insect).
• high insects are protected from contaminants in the outdoor environment and raised under optimal physiological conditions.
• the system also makes it possible to manage the slaughter of insects and their reproduction in order to ensure the traceability of the individuals of the breeding.
• closed-farm operations make it possible to avoid the spread of plant protection products used throughout the insect breeding process (cultivation of food plants, cleaning of insects and their environment, slaughter, etc.).
• insects breeding unit The insects breeding unit
• the invention also relates to an insect breeding unit (1) characterized in that it comprises at least one closed chamber (2) and a system for monitoring the environmental conditions of the chamber (2).
• Said chamber (2) further comprises at least one upper compartment (3) for containing insects, said upper compartment (3) comprising at least one lock (6); at least one lower compartment (5) for receiving the eggs of the insects contained in the upper compartment (3); at least one separating element (4) of said upper (3) and lower (5) compartments, said element (4) comprising pores and such that said upper (3) and lower (5) compartments being removable and separable from the enclosure (2), independently of one another.
• the upper compartment (3) is separable from the enclosure without requiring disassembly of the lower compartment (5), and vice versa.
• the lower (5) and upper (3) compartments are positioned relative to one another so that the only element positioned between the two compartments (3) and (5) is the separating element (4).
• the insect breeding unit (1) is intended to raise insects under optimal conditions meeting the physiological needs of the insect.
• the unit also allows to control the environment in which insects are bathed, particularly by isolating insects from the external environment and its contaminants (predators, pollutions, pesticides, microorganisms, etc.).
• the insect breeding unit (1) makes it possible to breed all species of insects for consumption by animals or humans.
• the insect breeding unit (1) is capable of raising orthoptera or beetles.
• the insect breeding unit (1) is capable of raising orthoptera.
• the insect breeding unit (1) is capable of raising insects to ovipositors.
• the insect breeding unit (1) makes it possible to raise mealworms, crickets, grasshoppers or crickets.
• the unit (1) for raising insects makes it possible to raise mealworms, crickets or crickets.
• the insect breeding unit (1) is used to raise locusts, crickets or crickets.
• the insect breeding unit (1) is capable of raising locusts or crickets.
• the enclosure (2) comprises and is delimited by walls of which at least one of the walls is transparent.
• said walls are made of glass or poly (methyl methacrylate) known as Plexiglas®.
• the enclosure (2) is not made from putrescible materials.
• the enclosure (2) is not made of cardboard or wood.
• the materials used to fabricate the enclosure (2) have not been treated with pesticides.
• the enclosure (2) further comprises a filter.
• said filter is a particulate filter.
• said enclosure (2) comprises particulate filters at the inlet and / or at the outlet of the air flow circulating in the enclosure (2).
• said enclosure (2) comprises particulate filters at the inlet and at the outlet of the flow of air flowing in the enclosure (2). In one embodiment, said enclosure (2) comprises particulate filters at the inlet or at the outlet of the flow of air flowing in the enclosure (2). In one embodiment, said enclosure (2) comprises particulate filters at the inlet of the air flow circulating in the enclosure (2). In one embodiment, said enclosure (2) comprises particle filters at the outlet of the air flow circulating in the chamber (2). In one embodiment, said enclosure (2) further comprises anti-escape filters and / or anti-invasion filters. In one embodiment, said enclosure (2) further comprises anti-escape filters and anti-invasion filters. In one embodiment, said enclosure (2) further comprises anti-escape filters or anti-invasion filters.
• said enclosure (2) further comprises anti-escapes filters. In one embodiment, said enclosure (2) further comprises anti-escape filters. In one embodiment, said enclosure (2) comprises at least one filter formed of a grid whose pore dimensions are of the order of one micron, for example between ⁇ and 500 ⁇ , ⁇ and 250 ⁇ or ⁇ and ⁇ .
• said insect breeding unit (1) further comprises olfactory sensors for detecting pathogens within the breeding unit (1).
• the enclosure (2) comprises at least one upper compartment (3) for containing insects.
• the upper compartment (3) is for containing adult insects.
• the upper compartment (3) is delimited by walls and comprises at least one transparent wall. In one embodiment, said upper compartment (3) is removable. In one embodiment, said upper compartment (3) is slidable.
• said upper compartment (3) further comprises an airlock (6) for penetrating objects (such as for example food) or for installing or collecting insects in said upper compartment (3) .
• Said lock (6) allows in particular to isolate the atmosphere of the compartment (3) of the external environment.
• the airlock (6) also makes it possible to isolate the insects from the contaminants, to prevent predators or pathogenic micro-organisms from entering the compartment (3).
• the lock (6) also prevents insects from escaping from the breeding unit (1).
• the lock (6) is pivotable around a horizontal axis.
• the lock (6) is pivotable around a vertical axis.
• the upper compartment (3) comprises at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 locks (6).
• said upper compartment (3) further comprises frames (7) disposed in the volume of the upper compartment (3).
• the frames (7) are removable.
• said frames (7) comprise rigid borders flanking a meshed interior surface.
• said inner mesh surface is formed of a succession of triangular, square, hexagonal, round patterns or any other pattern known to those skilled in the art.
• the inner mesh surface is in the form of honeycombs.
• the size of the patterns can be adapted according to the nature of the insects raised. In one embodiment, the size of the patterns is between 0.10 and 5 cm 2 , preferably between 0.20 and 2 cm 2 , and even more preferably between 0.20 and 1 cm 2 .
• said upper compartment (3) comprises at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 frames (7).
• said lower compartment (5) is delimited by walls and comprises at least one transparent wall.
• said lower compartment (5) is intended to receive insects in the egg stage.
• the lower compartment (5) is intended to receive insects at the larval stage.
• the lower compartment (5) is for receiving insects at the stage of eggs and larvae.
• the lower compartment (5) serves as a hatcher when it is transferred into an empty enclosure.
• the lower compartment (5) is removable. In one embodiment, the lower compartment (5) is slidable. In one embodiment, said lower compartment (5) is a drawer. In one embodiment, the lower compartment (5) is not funnel-shaped. In one embodiment, the lower compartment (5) can be interchangeable with the lower compartment (5) of another enclosure (2).
• said frames (7) allow insects in particular to hide or perform their moults on a support.
• the removable nature of the frames (7) makes it easy to harvest insects or other resources from the insect on the frame (7).
• said lower compartment (5) further comprises a litter.
• the two upper compartments (3) and lower (5) are removable relative to each other so as to interchange the compartments without influencing the balance of environmental conditions of the other compartment.
• the upper (3) and lower (5) compartments can be interchanged between several breeding units.
• the enclosure (1) thanks to the removable nature of the lower compartment (5) and upper (3), can be used both as an eclosoir or nest according to the presence or absence of the element separation (4).
• the enclosure (2) also comprises a separating element (4) separating the upper (3) and lower (5) compartments.
• the separating element (4) is not funnel-shaped. According to one embodiment, the enclosure
• the separating element (4) is a grid whose pores are smaller than the size of the insects raised in the upper compartment
• said pores are triangular, round, square, hexagonal, rectangular, or any other form of pores known to those skilled in the art.
• the round pores have a diameter of between 1 mm and 1 cm.
• the pores have a shape of which at least one dimension is between 1 mm and 1 cm.
• the separation element (4) is a grid that spatially isolates adult insects and eggs, thus protecting the eggs.
• the separating grid (4) is removable.
• the separation grid (4) is sliding.
• the separating member (4) does not include pores.
• the non-porous separating element (4) is intended to retain the waste generated by the insects (for example their excrement).
• the removable nature of the separating element (4) makes it possible to easily interchange a separating element comprising pores with a separation element that does not include them, according to the needs.
• FIGS. 1 and 2 differ in that the separating element (3) is a grid comprising pores in FIG. 1, whereas the separation element (3) does not comprise no pores in Figure 2.
• the controlled environmental conditions include the humidity, temperature, brightness, pressure and composition of the air contained in the enclosure (2).
• control system is configured to impose constant temperature, hygrometry, brightness, pressure, and / or air composition. In one embodiment, the control system is configured to impose a constant temperature, hygrometry, brightness, pressure, or air composition. In one embodiment, the control system is configured to impose a constant temperature, hygrometry, brightness, pressure, and air composition. In one embodiment, the control system is configured to impose hygrometric, temperature, luminosity, pressure, and air compositions. In one embodiment, the control system is configured to impose at least one constant air composition or a variation of the air composition. In one embodiment, the control system is configured to impose at least one constant air composition. In one embodiment, the control system is configured to impose at least one variation of the air composition.
• the environmental conditions imposed in the enclosure (2) are configured to suit the needs of the high insect species. In one embodiment, the imposed environmental conditions create a microclimate reproducing the climate in which the species evolves in the wild. In one embodiment, the environmental control system of the enclosure is not used to administer C0 2 to insects to numb them.
• environmental conditions such as light, hygrometry or brightness are selected and imposed to influence the growth rate of the insects.
• hygrometry control prevents the development of mites and molds that increase insect mortality.
• environmental conditions can accelerate or retard the growth of insects.
• the environmental conditions are selected and imposed to influence the reproductive capabilities of the insects.
• environmental conditions can stimulate reproduction and thus increase the yield of production.
• the environmental conditions are selected and imposed to influence the need for water and / or food resources of the insect.
• the environmental conditions are selected and imposed to influence the need for water and food resources of the insect.
• the environmental conditions are selected and imposed to influence the need for water or food resources of the insect.
• the environmental conditions are selected and imposed to influence the water requirement.
• the environmental conditions are selected and imposed to influence the need for food resources of the insect.
• a high hygrometry rate makes it possible to minimize the water requirements of the insect.
• environmental conditions prevent the diapause or hibernation of insects subject to these phenomena.
• the environmental conditions in the upper (3) and lower (5) compartments are the same.
• the quality of the environmental conditions, their adequacy with respect to the needs of the insect and the protection of the eggs as soon as they are laid thus make it possible to maximize the number of high insects, while minimizing the amount of work and equipment required and therefore the yield of insect production.
• Insects that can accumulate undesirable substances in the environment or food such as pesticides, persistent organic pollutants or heavy metals
• the closed enclosure and the control of environmental conditions advantageously allow to limit the contamination of insects and thus allow the production of insects suitable for consumption by humans or animals.
• the conjugate insect production system (10) comprises a module comprising at least one unit (12) for growing food plants for feeding insects.
• Said module comprising at least one unit (12) for cultivating nurse plants is isolated from the other modules and the external environment by at least one safety lock (14).
• said module the culture unit (12) comprises at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 20, 30, 50 feeder plant culture units (12).
• the feeder plant culture unit (12) comprises at least one culture tube (12a) and at least one watering system.
• the culture tube (12a) is preferably an aboveground planting system.
• the planting tube (12a) is a hollow and elongate member whose internal volume allows planting said feeder plants.
• the culture tubes (12a) have an oval, round, square, rectangular section or any tube section shape known to those skilled in the art for cultivating aboveground plantings.
• the culture tube (12a) extends along a straight line.
• the culture tube (12a) does not extend along a straight line and forms an irregular pattern.
• the shape of the pattern formed by the tubes and stacking the tubes maximizes the available culture surface while minimizing the required floor area.
• said culture tubes (12a) are arranged one above the other and are sufficiently spaced apart to allow the plants to grow.
• the culture unit (12) comprises at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 50, 100 culture tubes (12a). arranged one above the other. In one embodiment, the culture tubes (12a) are spaced apart from 5 cm to 1 ⁇ m, preferably from 50 cm to 75 cm. In a preferred embodiment, the culture tube (12a) comprises orifices on the lower surface of said culture tube (12a). In one embodiment, the culture tube (12a) comprises at least 2, 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 orifices. Advantageously, the orifices allow the flow of fluids through the culture tubes (12a).
• Said at least one irrigation system irrigates the culture tubes (12a) in which the nurse plants are cultivated.
• the watering system delivers water optionally supplemented with nutrients.
• the nurse crop plant (12) is fed with water and nutrients, whose composition and quality is known and controlled.
• the water supply of the nursery plant unit (12) (12) is intended for said irrigation system for irrigating the nurse plants.
• the water is controlled so as not to exceed a defined threshold of toxic products for humans.
• the safety threshold is set to correspond to less than 1%, 2%, 5% or 10% of products in a given volume of water.
• the pesticide content (total amount of pesticides, atrazine and its metabolites), nitrates, selenium, microorganism (coliform bacteria, enterococci, Escherichia coli for example), aluminum, radioactivity or any other component that may be diluted in water and toxic to humans are controlled.
• inputs are controlled, including chemical inputs that are prohibited.
• the control of the inputs allows a controlled fertilization and to limit the biotic contaminations notably in air and in water.
• the sprinkler system is located above at least one culture tube (12a).
• Said at least one feeder plant culture unit (12) further comprises a fluid recycling system circulating in said unit (12).
• the fluid recycling system is intended to collect the fluids (water, nutrients in solution, etc.) used to irrigate the plants.
• this recycling system makes it possible to produce insects' food using a minimum of water resources.
• Figure 3 illustrates the arrangement of a conjugate insect production system (10) comprising a module comprising a nursery plant (12) unit (12).
• the culture unit (12) comprises 5 tubes arranged one above the other.
• the culture tubes (12b) extend over the entire length of the module following a path in the form of double S so as to optimize the area available for plant culture.
• Water tanks (12a) are also distributed along the path of the culture tubes (12b).
• slaughter unit The slaughter unit
• the conjugate insect production system (10) comprises a module comprising at least one slaughter unit (13).
• the felling module is isolated from the other modules and from the external environment by at least one safety lock (14).
• the slaughter unit (13) is intended to slaughter insects responsibly (i.e. minimizing the suffering of the insect) while ensuring compliance with sanitary standards specific to slaughter. At the end of their slaughter, insects suitable for consumption can be recovered for consumption directly or indirectly by humans or animals.
• the felling module (13) is not a module for feeding entomophagous insects by insects raised in the insect production unit (10).
• said at least one slaughter unit (13) comprises means for rapid slaughter by hypothermia or hyperthermia.
• the slaughter unit (13) is a rapid hyperthermic slaughter system exposing insects to at least 50, 60, 70, 80, 100 ° C or higher, within a specified time period.
• the slaughter unit (13) is a rapid hypothermic slaughter system exposing the insects to at least -6 ° C, -10 °, -20 ° C, -30 ° C, - 40 ° C, -50 ° C, -100 ° C, within a specified period of time.
• the slaughter unit (13) is a rapid hypothermic slaughter system exposing insects to liquid nitrogen ie at a temperature of -195,79 ° C.
• the slaughter unit (13) is a slaughter system exposing the insect to hyperthermia or "flash" hypothermia such that death of the animal occurs within less than 1s, 5s, 10s after exposure to extreme temperature (ie temperature inducing hypo / hyperthermia).
• killing of insects is not done by freezing for at least 24 hours at -18 ° C. In one embodiment, killing of the insects is not done by immersing insects in boiling water for at least 1 minute.
• the slaughter module further includes an insect cleaning system.
• this system makes it possible to guarantee the sanitary quality of post-mortem insects and thus to guarantee insects suitable for consumption.
• the slaughtered insects are packaged within the slaughter unit (13), preferably after undergoing a cleaning operation. Arrangement of units
• the conjugate insect production system (10) comprises at least three modules (11, 12, 13) arranged in a common enclosure.
• the conjugate insect production system (10) is arranged on a level. In one embodiment, said modules (11, 12, 13) are arranged in a row. According to an alternative embodiment, the conjugate insect production system (10) is arranged on several levels, or several stages. In an alternative embodiment, said enclosure of the conjugate insect production system (10) is a building.
• said multi-stage insect-producing conjugate system (10) includes at least one insect-growing unit (11 or 1) located on the ground floor and the module comprising at least one unit (12) for cultivating nurse plants for feeding insects located at the upper floor.
• said rearing unit (11 or 1) is illustrated in FIG.
• said enclosure in which the at least three modules (11, 12, 13) are arranged is a container.
• the container measures 28m 2 of floor area.
• the inlet (15) in said common enclosure of the insect-producing conjugate system (10) is located in the module comprising at least one feeder plant culture unit (12).
• the conjugate insect production system (10) is characterized in that at least two modules are isolated from one another by a safety lock (14).
• FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment in which the inlet (15) in said common enclosure of the insect-producing conjugate system (10) is located in the module comprising at least one unit (12) for cultivating nurse plants, the other modules (11,13) being arranged in a row.
• the conjugate insect production system (10) is organized such that at least two modules are isolated from each other by a safety lock (14).
• any one of said modules serves as a security lock (14).
• the module comprising at least one felling unit (13) is located between the two other modules and serves as a security lock (14).
• the conjugate insect production system (10) further comprises a cleaning unit for cleaning insects and said at least one unit (11 or 1) for breeding insects.
• At least one of said at least three modules further comprises a system for monitoring environmental conditions. Breeding process
• the invention also relates to an insect breeding method comprising the following steps:
• the species are selected from edible insect specimens for humans or animals.
• the selection criteria are in particular criteria of size, reproductive capacity, development time or any other parameter that can influence the performance of the breeding of insects.
• the selection criteria are, in particular, criteria of size, reproductive capacity, development time, viability rate, synchronization of nymphoses, rate of conversion of the food, cost of its diet, ability to live in reduced volumes in the presence of a high density of individuals, the production of quality proteins in relation to other animal or plant proteins, disease resistance or any other parameter that may influence the yield of the insect breeding.
• the species are selected from orthopterans and coleopterans, preferably orthopterans.
• the species are selected from mealworms, locusts, grasshoppers and crickets, preferably from locusts, locusts and crickets.
• the species are selected from locusts and crickets.
• breeding insects are installed in the insect breeding unit (1).
• the adult stage insects are installed in the upper compartment (3).
• the insects adult stage are installed through the airlock (6).
• the eggs stage insects are installed by depositing in the enclosure (2) a lower compartment (5) comprising eggs and / or larvae.
• the eggs stage insects are installed by depositing in the enclosure (2) a lower compartment (5) comprising eggs and larvae.
• the eggs stage insects are installed by depositing in the enclosure (2) a lower compartment (5) comprising eggs or larvae.
• the eggs stage insects are installed by depositing in the enclosure (2) a lower compartment (5) comprising eggs.
• the eggs stage insects are installed by depositing in the enclosure (2) a lower compartment (5) comprising larvae.
• the eggs located in the lower compartment (5) are eggs laid by insects located in the upper compartment (3) having dropped into the lower compartment (5), through the separation grid (3). ).
• the eggs are harvested by separating the lower compartment (5) comprising the eggs from the enclosure (2).
• the lower compartment (5) includes spawning and litter.
• food and water for insects in the adult stage are deposited in the enclosure (2), more particularly in the upper compartment (3), by means of the lock (6).
• food and water for insects are controlled.
• the food for insects is derived from the food plants grown in the nurse crop plant unit (12) of the conjugate insect production system (10).
• the eggs laid by the insects in the upper compartment (3) are recovered and placed in an empty insect-breeding unit (1) (ie not yet containing insects).
• the insect specimens are introduced into the egg-stage insect-breeding unit (1) by inserting the lower compartment (5) comprising the eggs into the enclosure (2).
• the regular harvesting of the eggs and the environmental conditions imposed in said insect breeding unit (1) allow the eggs incubated in the insect breeding unit (1) under very similar conditions and therefore hatches at a controlled frequency, eg in the same day.
• the possibility of having a constant and controlled development cycle also makes it possible to be able to predict the needs of the insects and thus to better control the resources necessary for their breeding.
• the analysis of the litter makes it possible to test the presence of mites or microorganisms harmful to the culture of insects.
• the method of breeding insects further comprises a step of killing insects by means of a slaughter unit (13).
• the upper compartment (3) comprising the insects is separated from the enclosure (2) of the breeding unit (1) and placed in the slaughter unit (13).
• the upper (3) and lower (5) compartments comprising the insects slaughtered in the slaughter unit (13) are washed and the slaughtered insects are harvested.
• the washwater effluents of said upper compartment (3) and the slaughtered insects are used for the cultivation of nurse plants.
• the insects are washed and then stored.
• the insect-growing units (1) are regularly cleaned with an antiseptic solution that is not harmful to the health of insects or insect consumers if the insect ingests it.

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