Another promising contender is the mealworm, a type of darkling beetle larva. Recent studies have shown that certain species of mealworms can degrade polystyrene, a widely used plastic in food ...

Darkling beetles eat feed. One can find up to 2 million darkling beetles and their larvae in a broiler house of 10,000. A beetle can grow to a size of 6mm and weigh about 100mg. such a population ...