She said there are many applications for parasitology in research and service. High-protein insect studied at MSU January 19, 2012 - Filed Under: Agriculture, Insects MISSISSIPPI STATE – Imagine an insect that can eat nearly anything, control microbes, live off of water alone in the adult stage, and be a good source of protein for animal feed. The black soldier fly is real, not science fiction, and it has researchers at Mississippi State University abuzz with excitement. MSU research finds home on North and South Farms January 19, 2012 - Filed Under: Agriculture, Crops, Forages, Livestock MISSISSIPPI STATE – Untrained eyes see Mississippi State University’s extensive North and South Farm as typical farmland, but to researchers, these acres are their laboratories.