Insect farming with pre-dosed units

A dosing device for depositing insects into at least one container for insect farming, the at least one container being provided with a container substrate having predetermined properties in order to promote growth of the insects in the at least one container, the dosing device comprising:

• at least one storage unit which is designed to store at least one package containing a predetermined quantity of insects;
• at least one package containing a predetermined quantity of insects being stored in the at least one storage unit, wherein the predetermined quantity of insects is matched in a known ratio to the predetermined properties of the container substrate provided in the at least one container;
• and
• a robot unit, which is arranged in a region of the at least one storage unit and the at least one container, is configured to remove the at least one package containing the predetermined quantity of insects from the at least one storage unit and to move the at least one package with the predetermined quantity of insects to the at least one container,
• wherein the robot unit is further configured to directly or indirectly deposit the predetermined quantity of insects from the at least one package into the container substrate of the at least one container.