DE202019001707U1

DE202019001707U1 - Device / system for breeding and propagating insects

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Publication number: DE202019001707U1
Application number: DE202019001707.0U
Authority: DE
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2019-04-13
Filing date: 2019-04-13
Publication date: 2019-06-12
Anticipated expiration: 2029-04-14

Abstract

Einrichtung zur Zucht von Insekten gekennzeichnet durch ein einen Kreislauf bewirkendes System von mit einander verbundenen Stationen (Paarung, Fütterung, Weiche und Verpuppung), durch das die Vermehrung automatisiert wird, indem naturgegebene Automatismen gefördert und durch bauliche, klimatische und/oder sonstige Einrichtungen stimuliert und/oder bewirkt werden.Insect breeding facility characterized by a circulatory system of interconnected stations (mating, feeding, weeping and pupating) that automates multiplication by promoting inherent automatisms and stimulating them through constructional, climatic and / or other facilities / or be effected.

Description

Durch die Zunahme der Weltbevölkerung und den ebenfalls zunehmenden Wohlstand steigt die Nachfrage nach Eiweißen weltweit stark an. Insekten, und vor allem deren Larven (also die Zwischenform in der Entwicklung vom Ei zum Erwachsenenstadium, die bei Insekten auch als Maden bezeichnet werden), stellen aufgrund ihrer fischmehlähnlichen Eigenschaften als Alternative zu anderen tierischen Eiweißen eine effiziente und potenzielle Eiweißquelle dar.Due to the increase of the world population and the likewise increasing prosperity the demand for proteins is increasing worldwide. Insects, and especially their larvae (ie the intermediate form in the development of the egg to adult stage, which insects are also referred to as maggots), represent an efficient and potential protein source due to their fish meal-like properties as an alternative to other animal proteins.

Als Insektenzucht bezeichnet man die künstliche Vermehrung von Insekten zur Befriedigung menschlicher Bedürfnisse, zum Beispiel als Lebensmittel (Speiseinsekten) zum menschlichen Verzehr (Entomophagie), als Futtertiere oder verarbeitet als Futtermittel für Haus- und Nutztiere, zur Bestäubung von Kulturpflanzen und/oder zur biologischen Schädlingsbekämpfung.Insect breeding refers to the artificial propagation of insects to satisfy human needs, for example, as food (edible insects) for human consumption (entomophagy), as feed animals or processed as feed for domestic and farm animals, for pollination of crops and / or biological control of pests ,

In der Regel werden Insekten dabei auf besonderen Nährsubstraten gehalten und vermehrt, eine eigentliche Zucht, also eine gezielte genetische Veränderung, ist damit im Normalfall nicht verbunden.As a rule, insects are kept on special nutrient substrates and propagated, an actual breeding, so a targeted genetic change, it is usually not connected.

Züchtung von Insekten als Tierfutter ist weit verbreitet. Futtertiere für diese Zwecke werden auch gehandelt, ihre Zucht hat nicht geringe wirtschaftliche Bedeutung.Breeding of insects as animal feed is widespread. Feeding animals for these purposes are also traded, their breeding has no small economic importance.

Die Soldatenfliege ist ein Zweiflügler aus der Familie der Waffenfliegen (Stratiomyidae); sie stammt aus den tropischen und subtropischen Breiten Amerikas, vorwiegend aus Südamerika. In anderen Breiten überlebt sie nicht.The soldier fly is a two-flyer from the family of weapon flies (Stratiomyidae); It comes from the tropical and subtropical latitudes of America, mainly from South America. In other latitudes it does not survive.

Von anderen Insektenlarven unterscheiden sich die der Soldatenfliege durch einen wesentlich längeren Lebenszyklus (gut drei Wochen gegenüber etwa fünf Tagen etwa bei Stubenfliege) und das damit erreichbare größere Endgewicht sowie die Umstand, dass sie zur Verpuppung das Nahrungssubtrat von Natur aus verlassen.From other insect larvae, the soldier fly differs by a much longer life cycle (a good three weeks compared to about five days in housefly) and the thus achievable greater final weight and the fact that they leave the food substrate by nature for pupation.

Die Larven der hermetia illucens ernähren sich von organischen Abfallstoffen aller Art; sie haben einen sehr hohen Protein- und Fettanteil und weisen dem Fischmehl ähnliche Aminosäuren- und Fettsäuremuster auf; ihre Konsistenz ist vergleichsweise weich.The larvae of hermetia illucens feed on organic waste of all kinds; they have a very high protein and fat content and have fish meal-like amino acid and fatty acid patterns; their consistency is comparatively soft.

Mit diesen Eigenschaften sind sie als Ersatz für Fischmehl und Fischöl höchst interessant, deren Produktion aufgrund weltweit zurückgehender Fangmengen stagniert und nicht zuletzt deswegen immer kostenintensiver wird.With these properties, they are highly interesting as a substitute for fishmeal and fish oil, whose production is stagnant due to worldwide declining catches and not least because of this is becoming more costly.

Dem gegenüber können die Larven der Soldatenfliege vergleichsweise günstig produziert werden, sie könnten im Übrigen einen wertvollen Beitrag zu einer Ressourcen schonenden Abfallverwertung leisten.In contrast, the larvae of the soldier fly can be produced relatively cheaply, they could also make a valuable contribution to a resource-saving waste recycling.

Herkömmliche Insektenzucht vollzieht sich im Wesentlichen in vier Schritten:

a) Insekten werden dazu gebracht, dass sie sich paaren und Eier legen, die manuell gesammelt und ggf. gezählt werden,
b) aus den Eiern entwickeln sich Larven,
c) die solcherart gewonnenen Larven werden manuell in einen Nahrungsbrei eingebracht, werden auf diese Weise gemästet, reifen und wachsen,
d) die herangereiften Larven werden manuell aus dem Nahrungsbrei-Behälter genommen. Üblicherweise werden sie gepresst und getrocknet bzw. pelletiert und „weiterverwendet“.

Conventional insect breeding essentially takes place in four steps:

a) Insects are made to mate and lay eggs that are collected manually and possibly counted
b) larvae develop from the eggs,
c) the larvae thus obtained are introduced manually into a porridge, are fattened in this way, mature and grow,
d) the matured larvae are taken manually from the food pulp container. Usually they are pressed and dried or pelletized and "reused".

Das Gebrauchsmuster bedient sich grundsätzlich dieses Ablaufes und zeichnet ihn nach, allerdings

a) zum einen mit der Maßgabe, dass der Lebenszyklus „geschlossen“ und ein Teil der gewonnenen Larven zur Fliegenzucht verwendet wird, die in der Folge den Vorgang erneut in Gang setzen, und
b) zum anderen mit der Maßgabe, dass die bislang üblichen manuellen Zwischenschritte durch naturgegebene Automatismen ersetzt werden, die durch bauliche, klimatische und/oder sonstige Einrichtungen stimuliert und bewirkt werden.

The utility model basically uses this process and draws it after, however

(a) on the one hand with the proviso that the life cycle is "closed" and that part of the larvae obtained are used for fly breeding, which subsequently restart the process, and
b) on the other hand with the proviso that the usual manual intermediate steps are replaced by inherent automatisms that are stimulated and effected by structural, climatic and / or other facilities.

Claims

Insect breeding facility characterized by a circulatory system of interconnected stations (mating, feeding, weeping and pupating) that automates multiplication by promoting inherent automatisms and stimulating them through constructional, climatic and / or other facilities / or be effected.

Setup after Claim 1 characterized in that it is closed and therefore can be used outside the natural habitat (distribution area) of the insects.

Setup after Claim 1 characterized in that it is used to automate the breeding of insects, in particular the soldier fly (lat. hermetia illucens).

Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the propagation of insects through generations is continued and repeated by them or can be.

Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a variably quantifiable part of the cultured larvae within the system is used for further breeding, which subsequently restarts the propagation process, while the remaining part of the larvae for use outside the closed system used in combination with Aquaponic or similar systems as fish food.

Furnishing according to one of the Claims 1 to 5 characterized in that they o.ä. using the waste heat of biogas plants, geothermal plants. is heated to about 26 to 28 degrees Celsius.

Furnishing according to one of the Claims 1 to 5 characterized in that the imaginary for mating and equipped with suitable natural and / or artificial plants station is irrigated by a H ² O atomizer with a spray.

Furnishing according to one of the Claims 1 to 5 characterized in that the mating and designed for feeding stations are connected by a shaft, such as a mesh, with each other, which allows fertilized females, following the smell of the feed following in the station intended for feeding.

Furnishing according to one of the Claims 1 to 5 characterized in that the station designed for feeding comprises at the top a ceiling in honeycomb-like structure with inclined, optimally inclined by about 45 degrees and suitable for receiving Insekteneiem honeycomb that allow the fertilized females to lay their eggs there

Furnishing according to one of the Claims 1 to 5 characterized in that the ceiling is arranged at the top of the station designed for feeding so above the feeding trough at the bottom that the hatching from the eggs larvae / maggots fall due to their own weight due to gravity on or in the feeding trough.

Furnishing according to one of the Claims 1 to 5 characterized in that the station designed for feeding has at the bottom a feeding trough with obliquely rising, optimally inclined by about 45% walls with a roughened and suitable for emigration of the larvae surface.

Furnishing according to one of the Claims 1 to 5 characterized in that the station designed for feeding on the bottom has a feeding trough with rounded at the top walls, so that emigrating and reaching the edge larvae slip there and land on the predetermined slope on a passing there conveyor belt.

Furnishing according to one of the Claims 1 to 5 characterized in that the designed for feeding and designed as a switch stations are connected to each other via a suitable conveyor belt, which receives the falling from the feeding trough larvae and feeds the switch.

Furnishing according to one of the Claims 1 to 5 characterized in that the station designed as a switch is provided with a light barrier and a counting device which make it possible to supply the larvae - quantitatively variable - to the several outlets, including a station designed for pupation;

Furnishing according to one of the Claims 1 to 5 characterized in that the station designed for pupation darkened, dry and equipped at the bottom with sawdust or similar material.

Furnishing according to one of the Claims 1 to 5 characterized in that the designed for pupation and designed for mating station are optimally interconnected by a tube with a diameter of about 10 cm, which is lit by the station designed for mating daylight to those designed in the pupation station hatched flies - like the moths to the light - lead into the station designed for mating.

Furnishing according to one of the Claims 1 to 5 characterized in that each individual station (mating, feeding, switch and / or pupation) also multiple and parallel, such as for the purpose of quantity control, for maintenance or repair purposes and / or for the supply of targeted heat and / or feed, in the system can be integrated.