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entomophagy

Rat bites in ‘private’ parts, human eating pests and vice versa

BenH for rentokil.in | January 20, 2011
I wasn’t planning to write about pest in the headlights so soon after the ‘interesting’ news of December. Luckily for us pest controllers, 2011 starts out to be an amazing ‘pest in the news’ year. There were much more interesting news, but I have to constrain myself to the truly unbelievable

Salma Hayek Eats Bugs For Breakfast

Danusia for rentokil.com | September 7, 2010
Look no further than Hollywood actress Salma Hayek who loves her bug diet. “These little ants fried are amazing with a little guacamole. “And the worms, there are many different recipes for those. She appeared on the David Letterman show, admittedly a while back, and shared her love of bugs and provided recipe ideas (more [...]

Chez Entomangeur – Edible Pest Menu – Yummy Entomophagy

Danusia for rentokil.com | April 13, 2010
Here at Rentokil, we too are concerned about climate change (see our effect of climate change on pests blog post). So when you read that some people are advocating entomophagy as a way to combat global warming (entomphagy as in eating insects, as opposed to unintentional entomophagy where you kind of do it by accident!), [...]

The Biggest Myth About Rentokil

Danusia for rentokil.com | January 20, 2010
Rentokil. What images does the name conjure up for you? What do you automatically start to think. Well, here is the biggest myth that needs banishing. The company was started by a hitman: Nope, it was started by a professor of entomology at Imperial College, London in 1924. Harold Maxwell-Lefroy had been investigating ways to kill [...]

My Phrase For The Day Is Unintentional Entomophagy

Danusia for rentokil.com | July 22, 2009
So before you enjoy a romantic meal with your sweetheart, you check out the behind the scenes state of the play by looking at a Scores on the Doors star rating. Then when you arrive, what do you choose to eat? Well, how about eating what was meant to be excluded from behind the scenes… [...]