I'll be damned, Wiki gave me a good idea!!! I see these damn cicadas all over the place, I could just harvest the exoskeleton that they leave behind! Still, I will probably dump the zapped insects into my worm bin. Maybe the exoskeletons will find the compost instead? I will start collecting these in jars.
Agriculture[edit]
Most recent studies point out that chitin is a good inducer of
defense mechanisms in plants.
[11] It has also been assessed as a
fertilizer that can improve overall crop yields.
[12] The EPA regulates chitin for agricultural use within the USA.
[13] Chitosan is prepared from chitin by deacetylation.