Insects as Human Food: A Chapter of the Ecology of ManA literature survey of use of insects as food, particularly witchetty grubs, ghost moths, bogong moths, lerp beetles, honey ants and bees; includes description of insect totems and related ceremonies. |
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1817 LIBRARIES aborigines abundant Africa Alatunya animal Apis aposematic bark baskets bee-keeping bees'-nests beetles birds boiled BRYGOO bugs Bushmen caterpillars Central Australia ceremony Churinga cicadas collected combs consumed cooked crop delicacy diet dish dried Dytiscid eaten edible eggs entomophagy fire fish flavour forest fried gathering grasshoppers ground Guayakis hives hole honey ants honey-bee honey-hunting honeypots hunt important Indians insects as food intichiuma Laos large number larvae leaves lice living locusts maggots mainly manna Melipona Melophorus mentions monkeys moths natives nest observed P. L. SIMMONDS palmworm primitive protein pupae quantities reports roasted rocks salt season shrimps Siam silkworm SIMMONDS smoke sold South species SPENCER stick stingless bees stone swarms taste termite hills termites totem tribes Trigona tropical trunk Veddas vegetable vide wasps waterbugs wild bees wild honey wings witchetty grub women