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  2. Witchetty grub - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Indigenous Australian food groups - Wikipedia

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    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

  4. Hepialidae - Wikipedia

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    Root-feeding larvae travelling through soil make silk-lined tunnels. Before pupating they make a vertical tunnel, which can be up to 10 cm deep, with an exit close to the ground surface. [ 17 ] The pupae can then climb up and down to adjust to changes in temperature and flooding. [ 18 ]

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    "Birds also like grass clippings, dead leaves, straw, and pine needles," she says. Provide Water Sources Birds need access to clean, fresh water for bathing and for drinking.

  6. Greater bilby - Wikipedia

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    Most food is found by digging or scratching in the soil, and using their very long tongues. [21] They smell out witchetty grubs in roots of wattles and lancewood, and bite open the roots to get the grubs. [22]

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  8. Entomophagy in humans - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. 50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose ...

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    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 #20.