Patent ID: 6506597
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: A01K,A23K

Abstract:
A method for rearing an arthropod, comprising providing arthropod eggs, larvae, nymphs or predaceous adults with a growth medium which is essentially free of insect components or meat products and which comprises a mixture of: 5-20% by weight of a first growth medium mixture which comprises cooked egg, carbohydrate source, and liquid, and 95-80 by weight of a second growth medium mixture which comprises a plant-based phytophage artificial diet and cooked egg yolk or cooked whole egg,wherein said growth medium provided in an amount effective to support growth of said arthropod eggs, larvae, nymphs or predaceous adults and wherein said arthropod eggs, larvae, nymphs or predaceous adults are incubated under conditions and for a period of time effective for said eggs or larvae to mature into pupae or adults, for said numphs to mature into adults or for said adults to advance through reproductive stages.