Package for pre-dosed units for insect farming
AssigneeLivin Farms AgriFood GmbH
InventorsKatharina Unger, Jürgen Wixler
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Abstract
A package, method and arrangement for insect farming. The package is filled with a predetermined quantity of insects, and includes a package body; and a package closure configured to close the package body to prevent the insects from escaping from the package. The closed package body is configured to open at least partially under at least one of: at least one predetermined environmental condition, or in an event of consumption by the insects in the package body in order to release the insects.
Claims14
A method for insect farming using a package having a package body filled with a predetermined quantity of insects;
- and a package closure configured to close the package body to prevent the insects from escaping from the package, wherein an opening through which the insects are released from the package is formed in the closed package body under at least one of:
- at least one predetermined environmental condition, or in an event of consumption of a part of the closed package body by the insects in the package, the method comprising:
- placing the package containing the insects in a container for insect farming;
- and
- releasing the insects from the package by at least one of:
- exposing the package to the at least one predetermined environmental condition provided in the container, or
- the insects in the package consuming a part of the package body,
- whereby the insects in the package are released into the container in order to obtain a predetermined density of insects in the container.
An arrangement for insect farming comprising:
- a package having a package body filled with a predetermined quantity of insects and a package closure configured to close the package body to prevent the insects from escaping from the package, wherein an opening through which the insects are released from the package is formed in the closed package body under at least one of:
- at least one predetermined environmental condition, or in an event of consumption of a part of the closed package body by the insects in the package;
- a container filled with substrate for insect farming,
- wherein the package is provided in the container and the at least one predetermined environmental condition is present in the container in order to form the opening in the closed package body and release the insects in the package into the substrate in the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.