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Mealworm farming.
Built from scratch.

Founded in 2021, Entolab grew from one kilogram of mealworms to hundreds of trays, selling live mealworms, frass and beetles across the UK.

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Drag the scale, or use ← / → to change chapter and ↑ / ↓ to fine-tune. Hover or tap a part for its story; Enter steps through the parts and Escape clears. The room loops on its own; any control stops it for a while, and Pause holds it.

1 kg · 2–3 trays

A concept for further development

One idea for
what could come next.

The Node: a proposed rearing unit. A concept, separate from the original farm.

Fig. 01Entolab Node / concept cutaway
ENTOLAB / NODE28°C65% RH24 m³/hTARGETS
72% open
Drag the dark tray · hold ↑ / ↓Feed · 12 trays

Add feed and inspect each group of larvae during the modeled weekly visit.

Interactive concept · operating assumptionsOpen the full model
Pointer and keyboard controls

Drag the dark tray or hold ↑ / ↓ on the drawing; ← / → change stages. Hold the feed button, Space or F to demonstrate feeding.

On the tray slider, arrows move the tray; Home closes and End opens. Escape releases held controls; reduced motion keeps the tour still.

Tray format12 × GN 1/1Commercial dimensions · proposed rack
Estimated weekly harvest1.35 kg live larvaeSteady-state model · assumption
Estimated operator time38 min / weekly visitUnvalidated labor assumption
Inside the unit Inspect the 3D construction

Work to build on

Experience to
develop further.

The site brings together learning material, proposed tools and operational thinking. Explore the work, then talk to Cristian about what could come next.

01Academy

Learning material.

Published material about biology, husbandry and the records behind rearing practice.

  • Biology and husbandry
  • Field protocols
  • Operator training
Explore the existing materialExplore Academy
02Platform

Records and tools.

A direction for batch, climate and yield records. Discuss its future development with Cristian.

  • Batch histories
  • Climate and substrate logs
  • Forecasts and exports
Future availability to be discussedExplore Platform
03Advisory

Operational know-how.

Experience from building and running a mealworm operation, available as the starting point for a conversation.

  • Rearing practice
  • Sensors and observation
  • Brands and distribution
Future scope to be discussedExplore the founder’s work

The founder behind the work

Built from scratch.
Across disciplines.

Cristian brought product design and entrepreneurial experience to mealworm farming: learning the husbandry, introducing sensing and visual computing, and creating brands that reached buyers.

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  1. 01

    Start with the organism

    Biology, substrate and daily husbandry come before a promise of scale.

  2. 02

    Make the process legible

    Write down what happened so the next batch can teach you something useful.

  3. 03

    Test before you multiply

    Validate a working process before repeating it across a room or a farm.

Reference / UK · EU · global

Know the context
before you build.

Explore the existing reference archive and its official source links. This material is not a maintained regulatory tracker.

Explore regulatory resources

Research brief / beyond the field

Small systems.
Further questions.

The off-world rearing brief explores constraints, hypotheses and questions for possible future research.

Read the research brief

04 / Before you start

A few practical
questions.

Is Entolab operating today?

The operation is paused while Cristian settles in Italy and winds down the UK company. This site records the work and invites conversations about its next chapter.

Is the Node available to buy?

The Node is a proposed rearing concept, distinct from the original farm. Its hardware integration, climate control and operating performance still need pilot validation.

Discuss further development
What could a collaboration involve?

A new venture, further development, investment or a discussion about the existing work and intellectual property. The structure and scope would be agreed directly with Cristian.

What did Cristian actually build?

Cristian started Entolab in 2021. From 1 kg of mealworms and two or three trays, he developed an operation of approximately 250–300 trays, created Entolab and EcoBooster, and distributed live mealworms, frass and beetles across the UK. The initial tray expansion was one phase of that wider venture.

The next chapter

See a future
for this work?

If you are an entrepreneur, operator or investor, share what interests you and how you imagine developing the idea with Cristian.

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