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The witchetty grub (also spelled witchety grub or witjuti grub [1]) is a term used in Australia for the large, white, wood-eating larvae of several moths.In particular, it applies to the larvae of the cossid moth Endoxyla leucomochla, which feeds on the roots of the witchetty bush (after which the grubs are named) that is widespread throughout the Northern Territory and also typically found in ...
The larva of the moth is commonly known as the "witchetty grub", and is widely used as bush tucker by Indigenous Australians. [1] The caterpillars of the species live in tunnels where they feed on the sap from the roots of the witchetty bush (Acacia kempeana) and the small cooba (Acacia ligulata).
Tyape atnyematye (Witchetty grub) find cracks in the ground underneath a Witchetty bush (Acacia kempeana)and dig there; lever up swollen root where the grubs are located; eat grubs raw or cooked in hot earth; squash guts of the grubs onto sores; Ngkwarle: honey-like foods; nectar, wild honey, lerps, gum
After successfully finding and eating a witchetty grub raw he found many more and cooked them, stating they were much better cooked. [21] After cooking in hot embers of his fire, he removed the head and the hind of the grub and squeezed out thick yellow liquid before eating.
Witchetty grub. It looks like a fat shiny white caterpillar, an aboriginal elder came to our school when I was little (1989?ish) so we tasted bush tucker. Image credits: Thackham
Advertising cooked huhu grubs at the Hokitika Wildfoods Festival 2021. P. reticularis contains substantial amounts of nutrients. The larvae and pupae are relatively high in fat (up to 45% and 58% dry weight in large larvae and pupae respectively). [15] The fat in huhu grubs is mostly oleic acid and palmitic acid. [15]
In Australia, the witchetty grub is eaten by the indigenous population. The grubs of Hypoderma tarandi, a reindeer parasite, were part of the traditional diet of the Nunamiut people. [37] Udonga montana is a pentatomid bug that has periodic population outbreaks and is eaten in northeastern India. [38]
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