On January 1, 2018, the European Union recognized insects as food. Since then, much has happened, and efforts have been made to introduce this nutritious and more sustainable protein in formats that would generate less rejection among the population. whether in the form of flour, biscuits or barsInsects are a normal part of the diet in many places around the world, whether in America or Asia. But now, scientific research has located an almost forgotten recipe on the European continent. In the Balkans and Turkey, it was common to make ant yogurt.

"So far we know it's the heaviest insect in Australia." Australian scientists have discovered a new species of giant walking stick insect (Acrophylla alta) which weighs 44 grams, about the same as a golf ball, and is 40 centimeters long. James Cook University professor Angus Emmott suggested the insect's size could be an evolutionary response to the "cold and wet" habitat of the Atherton Plateau, located in northern Australia and about 50 kilometers southwest of the city of Cairns, where it was found.

In nature there are several examples of animals impostors They manage to fool their predators thanks to their physical appearance. As their names indicate, the bee fly and the ant spider pretend to be what they are not in order to survive: the first earns respect with its colors and the second appears to be harmless. However, research confirms that one of the queens of mimicry would be the blue fly. According to a study led by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE), the larvae of this insect are capable of developing a "mask" and a characteristic smell to coexist with termites.