Abstract: An apparatus and method for breeding insects, preferably larvae, and/or hatching insect eggs. The apparatus having: a housing adapted to have a mass of insects and/or insect eggs and nourishment, at least one beam being moveably mounted on the upper part and/or substantially in the centre of the housing, at least one substantially vertically oriented auger suspended from the beam, the auger being rotatable and adapted to stir the mass of insects and nourishment in the housing, a perforated floor, and an air supply providing an airflow through the perforated floor into the housing.