Insect production and utilization of insect products in the USA and Canada.

Abstract

Abstract This chapter discussed the history of the sale and production of live insects as ingredients in pet food and animal feed in North America, Canada, and USA. Highlights focused on the purpose of using insects as feed and on the currents species available in the market such as crickets Acheta domesticus, Gryllodes sigillatus, yellow mealworms (Tenebrio molitor), superworms (Zophobas morio), waxworms (Galleria mellonella), black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) (Hermetia illucens), silkworms (Bombyx mori) and fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila hydei).