Insect constitute the largest and most diverse group of animals on world and also serve as the hosts or nutrient sources. In addition, several insects have a strong influence on people's emotion. To utilize the preference and interest of insects in the field of mental healthcare, a survey study was conducted with individual living in Korea. As results, the most people had a high preference and interest of insect, but some were disagreeable to the insect itself. The preference and interest of insect were high on male, adult and practician experienced insect-related events than female, student and non-practician, respectively. The most favored insects were familiar or pet insects such as Papilio xuthus, Lucanus maculifemoratus, Allomyrina dichotoma and Lampyridae. These results may be useful to develop a healing program for mental healthcare using insects. Further research is needed to determine the effects of these insect in the mental therapy for this purpose.

• Tae Young Shin(Department of Agricultural Biology, Chungbuk National University)
• Sung Min Bae(Department of Agricultural Biology, Chungbuk National University)
• Jae Bang Choi(Department of Agricultural Biology, Chungbuk National University)
• Won Seok Kwak(Department of Agricultural Biology, Chungbuk National University)
• Yong Oh Ahn(Department of Agricultural Biology, Chungbuk National University)
• See Nae Lee(Department of Agricultural Biology, Chungbuk National University)
• In Hui Kim(Department of Agricultural Biology, Chungbuk National University)
• Ra Mi Woo(Department of Agricultural Biology, Chungbuk National University)
• Dong Jun Kim(Department of Agricultural Biology, Chungbuk National University)
• Soo Dong Woo(Department of Agricultural Biology, Chungbuk National University)