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Chapulines, plural for chapulín (Spanish: [tʃapuˈlin] ⓘ), are grasshoppers of the genus Sphenarium that are commonly eaten in certain areas of Mexico. The term is specific to Mexico and Central America , and derives from the Nahuatl word chapolin [t͡ʃaˈpolin] (singular) or chapolimeh [t͡ʃapoˈlimeʔ] ( plural ).
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 ...
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]
Besides nutrients, the energy obtained by eating insects can be similar to other food sources like beef and chicken depending on what kind of insect is eaten. [ 13 ] There are also environmental benefits from using insects as a food source: Insects require significantly less feed, can be used in feed, and release fewer CO 2 emissions than ...
Grist reports that roughly 30 percent of the world's population considers insects a delicacy or dietary staple.
Eighty percent of the world's nations eat insects of 1,000 to 2,000 species. [6] [7] 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. [8]
Clean grasshoppers are cooked by immersing them in boiling water seasoned with garlic and lime. [10] The most common way to eat them is fresh off the comal and with a tortilla, but they are also consumed fried with chili powder as a snack (especially with mezcal) and can be found in more sophisticated preparations, in a sauce or mixed with eggs.
But there are yet other species, about which we have no tradition, and we will not eat them. One of which is a little larger in size than the grasshoppers, having the name of `awsham. There is yet another variety, smaller in size than the grasshopper, and it is called ḥanājir (katydids)." [35] [36]