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Eighty percent of the world's nations eat insects of 1,000 to 2,000 species. [7] [8] FAO has registered some 1,900 edible insect species and estimates that there were, in 2005, around two billion insect consumers worldwide. FAO suggests eating insects as a possible solution to environmental degradation caused by livestock production. [9]
A bowl of chapulines in Oaxaca City Chapulines and chili flavored peanuts at an artisanal food market in Colonia Roma, Mexico City. Chapulines, plural for chapulín (Spanish: [tʃapuˈlin] ⓘ), are grasshoppers of the genus Sphenarium that are commonly eaten in certain areas of Mexico.
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.
Eighty percent of the world's nations eat insects of 1,000 to 2,000 species. [10] [11] FAO has registered some 1,900 edible insect species and estimates that there were, in 2005, some two billion insect consumers worldwide. FAO suggests eating insects as a possible solution to environmental degradation caused by livestock production. [12]
The Torah prohibits the use of most insects as food, but it permits consuming certain types of locust; specifically, those that are red, yellow, or spotted grey. [72] [73] Islamic jurisprudence deems eating locusts to be halal. [74] [73] The Prophet Muhammad was reported to have eaten locusts during a military raid with his companions. [75]
Crop pest: grasshopper eating a maize leaf. Grasshoppers eat large quantities of foliage both as adults and during their development, and can be serious pests of arid land and prairies. Pasture, grain, forage, vegetable and other crops can be affected. Grasshoppers often bask in the sun, and thrive in warm sunny conditions, so drought ...
Mexico insects: Aegiale hesperiaris (maguey worm) Atta mexicana (ant) Comadia redtenbacheri (mezcal worm) Dactylopius coccus females used as red food dye; Eucheira socialis (Madrone butterfly) Sphenarium spp. Liometopum apiculatum and L. occidentale var. luctuosum larvae ; Several Choleoptera larvae
Placentophagy: eating placenta; Trophallaxis: eating food regurgitated by another animal; Zoopharmacognosy: self-medication by eating plants, soils, and insects to treat and prevent disease. An opportunistic feeder sustains itself from a number of different food sources, because the species is behaviourally sufficiently flexible.