BUG POOP™

BUG POOP™ is formulated based on published plant science research into chitin, insect frass, and plant defence pathways.

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Our understanding of chitin’s role in plant biology and the efficacy of frass as a soil amendment comes from extensive research into peer-reviewed academic studies.

2. Growth and yields

Bug Poop doesn’t just support plant defence. In published frass studies, insect frass has also been linked to stronger growth, higher biomass, and better crop output.

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Why? Because frass helps build a more productive root zone - adding useful nutrition, organic matter, and biologically active compounds that support uptake and development. Better-supported roots can mean stronger vegetative growth, and stronger vegetative growth can support better output later in the cycle.

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Direct cricket-frass evidence supports this: a 2024 study found that cricket frass improved green bean survival, vegetative biomass, and pod production.

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And in this 2020 field study, insect frass improved maize growth, yield, and nitrogen-use efficiency.

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In short: the literature supports insect frass for growers focused on stronger growth and better production potential.

3. scientific literature

There is a substantial and growing body of academic research on frass, chitin, and related plant-response pathways. It would be too long to unpack every paper in detail on one page, but we want this page to be transparent about the evidence behind the ideas discussed above.

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Below is a selected sample of published studies supporting the broader case for stronger growth, improved crop output, more biologically active root zones, and natural plant defence signalling in addition to the ones linked to previously on this page.

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