Insects make up how much of animal life on Earth?

What is one reason for the disappearance of insects across the world?

What percentage of the world’s food crops are dependent on insect pollinators?

What will be the largest factors in the spread of mosquitoes in the coming years?

Approximately how many people worldwide eat insects?

Which of the following diseases is mosquito-borne?

What insect is responsible for damaging hazelnuts in Turkey?

Varroa mites originated in which country?

How long do desert locusts live?

What is a downside to strong chemical pesticides?

What is Manuka honey specifically good at treating?

Malaysian company Ento is working with a chef in Singapore to develop what?

Tiny, insect-like drones will be used to replace insects that do what?

What does a lab in Terni, Italy hope to do with genetically modified mosquitoes?

Warmer temperatures will increase insect metabolism and crop loss.

In Korea, at least 19 insects and arthropods are commonly used for medical treatments.

Manuka honey is produced from five different plants.

Human activity is the main cause of insect population decline.

The global edible insect market is expected to reach $100 million USD by 2028.

Cyborg beetles are being studied for search and rescue.

Many believe that insect-based medicines could lead to treatments for everything from depression to cancer.

Most of Australia’s insect farming goes to human consumption.

A swarm of locusts can contain 80 million locusts per square kilometer and travel over 140 kilometers in one day.

Bamboo worms and silk worms are sold at Thailand’s 7-Eleven shops in several flavors.

Malaysian company Ento has seen a drop in consumers willing to try their products after switching to adding insect flour to baked goods.

70% of the world’s hazelnuts are grown in Canada.

Black soldier flies only eat in their adult form, not as larvae.

Ants are a focus of insect-based medical development because they live in soil and secrete antimicrobials from glands on their back.

If organophosphates are sprayed on crops, people are able to immediately harvest them.

Organic farmers cannot use genetically modified insects to control pests.

Manuka honey sells at three times the price of clover honey.

Compared to cattle, raising insects for food emits more greenhouse gases.

The diabolical ironclad beetle can withstand a force approximately 39,000 times its own body weight.

Cockroaches are being studied to fight antibiotic resistance.

Farming involving the cultivation of soil to grow crops or raise livestock for food and other products

A medicine that can destroy bacteria or inhibit their growth

The ability of a microorganism to withstand the effects of an antibiotic that is meant to destroy it or inhibit its growth

An agent that is able to destroy a variety of microorganisms or inhibit their growth

Invertebrate animals of the phylum Arthopoda, including insects, arachnids, and crustaceans

Insects that are helpful in some way, such as for pollination or pest control

A way to control pest populations by introducing a natural predator

A substance that can interact with biological systems for medical purposes

Study of the structure, function, and motion of the mechanics of biological systems

Pesticides that are created from natural materials such as plants, animals, and bacteria

Using living systems and/or organism to make products

An organophosphate insecticide commonly used in agriculture

A phenomenon in which most of the worker bees in a colony disappear

A change in global or regional climate patterns, such as increased levels of atmospheric greenhouse gases produced by the use of fossil fuels and other human activities

Any change or disturbance to the environment regarded as being harmful

A process of protecting, preserving, or restoring a living entity or natural environment

A tool to edit DNA

Waste produced in the home

An organism that controls its body temperature using its surrounding environment

A scientist that studies insects

The act of eating insects, either in their whole form or processed into something like powder

Insects that live in cooperative groups

A rigid external covering present in many invertebrates that provides support and protection

The state of lacking consistent access to an adequate quantity of affordable, safe, and nutritious food

The processes involved with growing plant and animal products for human consumption

Food produced for human consumption that is thrown away rather than eaten

Organism whose genome has been altered in a lab

A small arthropod with six legs and often (though not always) wings

Studying insects to see if they can be used to develop products that will be helpful to humanity

A pesticide that specifically targets insects

An organism that causes harm in a new environment where it is not native

An animal without a spine

Diseases spread by mosquito bites, including malaria, Zika, dengue fever, etc.

A widely used type of agricultural pesticide that resembles nicotine

A neuroscience technique in which genes for light-sensitive proteins are introduced into brain cells in order to monitor and control their activity precisely using light signals

Pesticides made of organic compounds that are commonly used in agricultural practices that can cause harmful side effects in humans

A substance used to destroy insects or other organisms that are harmful to crops, plants, and trees

When insects evolve to be able to survive pesticides used by humans

Insect pest control by making a target insect unable to reproduce

A biting organism that spreads disease or parasites between other organisms