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The intentional cultivation of insects and edible arthropods for human food is now emerging in animal husbandry as an ecologically sound concept. Several analyses have found insect farming to be a more environmentally friendly alternative to traditional animal livestocking. [77] [93]
Insects as food or edible insects are insect species used for human consumption. [1] Over 2 billion people are estimated to eat insects on a daily basis. [ 2 ] Globally, more than 2,000 insect species are considered edible, though far fewer are discussed for industrialized mass production and regionally authorized for use in food.
Locusts, such as this migratory locust (Locusta migratoria), are grasshoppers in a migratory phase of their life. Millions of swarming Australian plague locusts on the move. Locusts (derived from the Latin locusta, locust or lobster [1]) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase.
How nutritious are edible worms and insects? Many are a complete source of protein and high in iron, zinc, magnesium, phosphorus, B-vitamins, amino acids, omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids and fiber.
Edible insects are also known to affect people who have crustacean/shellfish allergies due to similar biochemistry because insects and crustaceans are related to each other, both being Tetraconata. [5] Taco made from nopal tortilla, fried beans and chapulines
Entomophagy is scientifically described as widespread among non-human primates and common among many human communities. [3] The scientific term describing the practice of eating insects by humans is anthropo-entomophagy. [7] The eggs, larvae, pupae, and adults of certain insects have been eaten by humans from prehistoric times to the present ...
The Northern Dogon people of Mopti Region, Mali consume grasshopper species such as: [14] Acorypha glaucopsis; Kraussaria angulifera (also a millet pest) Kraussella amabile; Hieroglyphus daganensis; The Southern Region of Mali consume caterpillar species such as: Cirina butyrospermi (shea caterpillar) [2]
Hundreds of species of crickets, grasshoppers, beetles, moths and various other insects are considered edible. Selected species are farmed for human consumption. [4] Humans have been eating insects for as long as (according to some sources) 30,000 years. [11] Today insects are becoming increasingly viable as a source of sustainably produced ...