Leslie Mertz at EntomologyToday contacted me in May 2016 about my research. After a few email exchanges, she wrote up this nice interview with me: From Turtle Shell to Poop Umbrella, This Is One Unusual Group of Beetles
Month: August 2016
Insects can solve food insecurity
A great part of the growing world human population has no reliable access to sufficient, affordable nutritious food. Among the many options proposed to increase food security, insects are a candidate that can satisfy the requirements of sufficiency, reliability, and nutrition. Insects are eaten in many parts of the world, e.g., suri palm beetles in…
Is that pill vegetarian?
My inquiry into the use of cochineal as a natural dye by Andean dyers and weavers touches on multiple issues, including human diet, health, and even into organic chemistry which I abandoned long ago. I register the concern of my vegetarian friends over the “vegetarian” status of foods. For example, the company Starbucks had to…