99% of insects benefit humans

That is the claim of scientists at a special insect festival taking place in the southern Dutch city of Wageningen. At this point, people will attend many useful activities to understand more about these tiny species.

Dragonflies, useful insects.
(Photo: gakuyukan)

Insect festival takes place within 1 week with activities including exchange workshops on how to avoid insects, outdoor lectures on insects, and especially efforts to break the world record for eating insect. And the record was also broken, when there were 1,747 people gathered on the square and each one ate a cup of crispy deep fried with pepper and garlic.

Professor Marcel Dicke, entomologist, Wageningen University said: "If there are no insects, the world will not be like what it is today, and we may not even have the opportunity to be present in life. We completely depend on the life of insects, and should show people their importance, that is the purpose of this festival week, because of the fact that the earth is an insect planet. of human".

According to scientists, 99% of insects are useful for human survival, only 1% are harmful insects.