https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-03/fake-meat-industry-eyes-crickets-beetles-mealworms-maggots-for-burgers

    • wax_worm_futures [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      They can live a better life than in the wild. Not all of them do, but many do. It depends on how efficient and careful the company is, and some companies can be quite careless in their shipping and handling, as @Dirt_Owl said.

      I'm not sure what the survival-to-adulthood rate is in the wild but I would guess that it is not very high.

      I am posting this on break at my bug farming job