Tenebrio molitor is one of the most reared species of insect at industrial scale. The entire life
cycle of mealworms takes place in the same ecosystem and the duration of the different
stages is highly dependent on environmental and physical conditions such as temperature,
relative humidity, diet and population density. Most of the environment conditions as well as
diet have already been studied and are documented. Tenebrio molitor is deeply adaptable
to extreme dry conditions, obtaining water from both food ingestion (even substances with …