US 12,108,747 B2
Large-scale, high density storage of larvae
Petrus Maria Jansen Maurits, Bavel (NL)
Assigned to Bühler AG, Uzwil (CH)
Appl. No. 15/734,262
Filed by Bühler AG, Uzwil (CH)
PCT Filed Jun. 5, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/064673
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 2, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/234107, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18175908 (EP), filed on Jun. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0212300 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A01K 67/033 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 67/033 (2013.01) 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for storing living insect larvae in water, comprising
providing a mixture of insect larvae and water to a storage tank,
controlling the amount of the water in the mixture of the storage tank to be between 30% and 80% of the total weight of said mixture,
maintaining the mixture of the storage tank at a temperature below 10° C. by at least one of the following: (a) introducing a continuous water flow through the storage tank; and (b) introducing a continuous flow of air inside the storage tank, and agitating
the mixture of the storage tank.