SPECIAL ISSUE: 6TH INTERNATIONAL ENTOMOPHAGOUS INSECTSCONFERENCEEntomophag ous insects – an introductionEric Conti1* , Eric Wajnberg2,3& Leo W. Beukeboom41Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno, Perugia 06121,Italy,2INRAE, 400 Route des Chappes, BP 167, Sophia Antipolis Cedex 06903, France,3INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, ProjetHephaistos, 2004 Route des Lucioles, BP 93, Sophia Antipolis Cedex 06902, France, and4Groningen Institute forEvolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, PO Box 11103, Groningen 9700 CC, The NetherlandsAccepted: 31 July 2020Key words: international congress, parasitoids, predators, trophic networks, ecosystem functioning,BIOCAT database, exploitation, behavioral manipulation, mass rearing, intraguild predation,chemical ecology, functional morphology, biological control, biocontrol agentsAbstract