United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture

Juan A Morales Ramos

Maria Guadalupe Rojas

W Louis Tedders

Scott L Lee

David Shapiro Ilan

The insect water supply system is configured to prevent the insects (such as crickets) from self-contaminating the water supplied to the insects' rearing enclosure. The system is designed so that the insects drink in an inverted (i.e. upside down) and elevated position&#x2014;consequently the insects' feces fall downward toward the ground and away from their water source&#x2014;and therefore do not contaminate the insects' water supply.

Insect water supply system

The system produces beneficial parasites by depositing parasite-infected cadavers adjacent to a filtering device inside an enclosed package. The parasites are then allowed to migrate from the infected cadavers, through the filtering device, and into a parasite-sustaining medium. After the migration is complete, the spent cadavers and the filtering device are removed and the package is closed. In the preferred embodiment, beneficial nematodes migrate through a screen matrix into polyacrylamide gel to create a package of beneficial nematodes.

System and method for producing beneficial parasites

A composition suitable for the preparation of insect diet formulations, containing proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, salts, and lambda carrageenan; the composition contains maltodextrin and no agar. An insect diet formulation, containing the composition described herein and water (room temperature). A method for rearing insects from eggs, involving providing the insect diet formulation described herein and culturing the insects with the insect diet formulation.

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Greenville, MS, United States of America

Juan A Morales Ramos