Benefits
Humidity control is key in insect breeding to ensure healthy growth, reproduction, and high yields. Proper levels prevent stress, dehydration, and disease, creating stable, productive environments for diverse species.
Optimised insect health
Stable humidity prevents stress from dehydration or excess moisture ensures lower mortality.
Better production and yield
Conditions mimic natural habitats, enabling more uniform growth.
Low-cost humidity control and cooling
Humidification also provides energy-efficient cooling in overheated facilities.
Humidification for Insectuaries and Breeding
Tailored humidity for every species and growth stage
Condair humidifiers and dehumidifiers ensure precise humidity between 50 % and 80 % RH, matching the specific needs of each species. While humidity requirements vary, many insects thrive within this range. Crickets generally develop best at 50–70 %, mealworms prefer slightly lower levels of 50–60 % and should not exceed 70 %, and black soldier flies (BSF) require 60–70 % or even higher for optimal egg laying and should never be kept below 60 %. Most other flying insect species fall within the broader 50–80 % range. Maintaining the right humidity prevents desiccation, but it must be carefully controlled, as excessive moisture can encourage mould and bacterial growth, reducing hatchability and impacting overall productivity.
Energy-efficient and reliable climate control
Precise humidity and temperature control are critical for maximising insect growth, health, and productivity. Condair’s adiabatic and hybrid systems provide precise humidity control while cooling the air naturally, reducing energy consumption by up to 80% compared to steam humidifiers. Their robust design ensures reliable performance even in warm, high-moisture environments typical of insect farms.
Conceived to withstand these challenging conditions, Condair systems support consistent colony performance, improve protein yield, and simplify facility management. By combining robustness, precision, and energy efficiency, Condair enables insect farm operators to optimise production while minimising operational costs, delivering a sustainable and high-performance climate control solution.
Conceived to withstand these challenging conditions, Condair systems support consistent colony performance, improve protein yield, and simplify facility management. By combining robustness, precision, and energy efficiency, Condair enables insect farm operators to optimise production while minimising operational costs, delivering a sustainable and high-performance climate control solution.
Tailored, hygienic humidity control for insect farms
With decades of experience in controlled environments, Condair brings global expertise and full-service support to industrial insect farms, providing turnkey climate solutions from design and installation to calibration, service, and maintenance. Our adiabatic and steam humidifiers ensure precise humidity control, supporting optimal insect growth, reproduction, and health, while dehumidification systems prevent condensation, mould, and other humidity-related issues. Designed to integrate seamlessly into HVAC or vertical farming setups, Condair systems maintain stable airflow, hygiene, and internal climate, even in warm, high-moisture environments. By combining robust performance, energy efficiency, and easy operation, our solutions help operators maximise yield, reduce operational costs, and ensure sustainable, high-performance insect production.
Discover Condair in action
Zoological Society of London, UK
ZSL London Zoo is the world™s oldest scientific zoo, having been formed in 1828 for scientific study and then opened to the public in 1847. Condair steam humidifiers are helping to keep animals such as spiders, snails and beatles comfortable and healthy, at the humidity levels they would typically have experienced in their indigenous environments.
Insectarium of the CNRS Institute of Molecular Biology in Strasbourg
The insectarium is a platform of the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology (IBMC) in Strasbourg. It provides the entire scientific community”both public and private”with a state-of-the-art facility, featuring over 170 m² of climate-controlled rooms and laboratories, dedicated to the rearing of mosquitoes (Anopheles and Aedes) and the production of genetically modified lines.
Innovafeed facility in Nesle, France
Innovafeed is a French company founded in 2016 that specializes in insect farming and processing. It produces insect-derived ingredients for animal nutrition and operates two production plants in northern France, in Gouzeaucourt and Nesle.
The species used is the larva of the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens), which has been approved by the European Commission for use in animal feed due to its global distribution, its non-pathogenic nature for humans, and its non-aggressive behavior.
The species used is the larva of the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens), which has been approved by the European Commission for use in animal feed due to its global distribution, its non-pathogenic nature for humans, and its non-aggressive behavior.
World Mosquito Program (WMP), Australia (Research)
The World Mosquito Program (WMP) in Australia, an initiative owned by Monash University, is a leading research and implementation body that pioneered a self-sustaining method using naturally occurring Wolbachia bacteria to prevent the transmission of mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, Zika, and chikungunya. This research has effectively eliminated local dengue transmission in parts of North Queensland
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