List of edible insects by country
The following are edible insects that are locally consumed, as listed by country.[1]
Australia[]
- Agrotis infusa (Bogong moth)
- Bush coconut
- Honeypot ant
- Hyles livornicoides (Yeperenye caterpillar)
- Witchetty grub
Brazil[]
China[]
Wasp species eaten in Yunnan, China:[1]
- auraria
- Vespa tropica ducalis
- Vespa analis nigrans
- Vespa basalis
- Vespa mandarinia mandarinia
- Vespa bicolor bicolor
Other insects consumed in China:
- Tenebrio molitor (mealworm)
- Omphisa fuscidentalis (bamboo borer)
- Bombyx mori (silkworm pupa)
India[]
Indonesia[]
Insect species eaten in Indonesia:[1]
- Hyblaea puera (teak caterpillar; known as enthung jati in Javanese)
- Valanga nigricornis
- Patanga succincta
- Pantala flavescens
- Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (red palm weevil)
- Chalcosoma atlas
- Xylocopa latipes
Kalimantan[]
- sp.
- Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
- Batocera spp.
- Lepidiota stigma
- Chalcosoma moellenkampi
- Odontolabis spp.
- Leptocorisa oratoria (rice ear bug)
- Nezara viridula (green stinkbug)
- Apis dorsata
- Apis cerana
- Ropalidia spp.
- Vespa spp.
- Vespa tropica
- Vespa affinis
Papua Province[]
- Rhynchophorus bilineatus
- Xylotrupes gideon
- Cotinis spp.
- Batocera spp.
- spp.
- Rosenbergia mandibularis
- Nezara viridula
- Nyctalemon patroclus goldiei
- Batocera wallacei
Laos[]
Insect species eaten in Vientiane Province, Laos:[1]
- Omphisa fuscidentalis
- Orientopsaltria sp.
- Acheta domesticus
- Lethocerus indicus
- Caelifera sp.
- Apis spp.
- Xylotrupes gideon
- Gryllotalpa africana
- Bombyx mori
- Hierodula sp. ?
- Vespa spp.
- Oecophylla smaragdina
Madagascar[]
Insects eaten in Madagascar:[6]
- Acheta domesticus (Zazavery)
- Amphimallon solstitiale (Voangory)
- Bombyx mori (Landikely)
- Borocera cajani (Landibe)
- Borocera madagascariensis (Landibe)
- (Voangory)
- Gryllus bimaculatus (Akitra)
- (Voangory)
- Locusta migratoria (Valala)
- Phyllophaga sp. (Voangory)
- Rhynchophorus sp. (Voangory)
- (Voanosy)
- Scarites sp. (Voangory)
- Serica sp. (Voangory)
- Tenebrio molitor (Voangory)
Malaysia[]
Insects eaten in Sabah:[1]
- Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
- Apis dorsata
- Apis cerana
- Ropalidia spp.
- Leptocorisa oratoria (rice ear bug)
- Nezara viridula (green stinkbug)
- (banana leaf-roller pupa)
- Orientopsaltria spp. (brown and green cicadas)
- Dundubia spp. (light green cicadas)
- Oecophylla smaragdina
- Camponotus gigas (giant forest ant)
- grayi (stick insect eggs)
and in Sarawak:
- Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (sago worm)
Mali[]
The Northern Dogon people of Mopti Region, Mali consume grasshopper species such as:[7]
- Acorypha glaucopsis
- Kraussaria angulifera (also a millet pest)
- Kraussella amabile
- Hieroglyphus daganensis
Mexico[]
Mexico insects:
- Aegiale hesperiaris (maguey worm)
- Atta mexicana (ant)
- Comadia redtenbacheri (mezcal worm)
- Eucheira socialis (Madrone butterfly)
- Sphenarium spp. (chapulines)
- Liometopum apiculatum larvae (escamol)
- Several Choleoptera larvae (chahuis)
- Dactylopius coccus females used as red food dye
New Caledonia[]
- (Montrouzier, 1861) (Vers de Bancoule)
Peru[]
Insect species eaten in Peru:[8][9]
- Brassolis sophorae (Ahuihua)
- Metardaris cosinga (Huaytampo)
- Chrysophora chrysochlora (Sun-sún)
- Rhynchophorus palmarum (Suri, Shampuru)
- Rhinostomus barbirostris (Yurak suri, Suri blanco)
- Atta cephalotes (Mamaku, Sikisapakuru)
- Cephalotes atratus
- Agelaia pallipes
- Mischocyttaru spp.
- Macrodontia cervicornis
- Acrocinus longimanus
- Dynastes hercules
- Atta sexdens
- Euchroma gigantea (Intimaman)
- Eupalamides cyparissias
- Helicoverpa zea
- Chloridea virescens
- Mocis latipes (Vareador)
- Lusura chera
- Arsenura armida (Bolasho, Bolayna awiwa)
Philippines[]
Insect species eaten in the Philippines:[1]
- Apis dorsata
- Apis cerana
- Gryllotalpa sp.
- (June beetle larvae)
- Locusta migratoria manilensis
- Camponotus spp.
- Palembus dermestoides
South Africa[]
- Gonimbrasia belina (mopane worm)
- Encosternum delegorguei (inflated stinkbug)
Thailand[]
Some of the most commonly consumed insects in Thailand are:[1]
- Acheta domestica (house cricket)
- Gryllus bimaculatus (Mediterranean field cricket)
- (short-tailed cricket)
- Omphisa fuscidentalis (bamboo borer)
- Bombyx mori (silkworm pupa)
- Oecophylla smaragdina (weaver ant)
- Lethocerus indicus (giant water bug)
Heterometrus longimanus (Asian forest scorpion) is also consumed.
Below is a more comprehensive list of the insect species that are consumed in Thailand.[1]
- Coleoptera
- Aeolesthes sp.
- (Montrouzier, 1861)
- Aristobia approximator
- Dorysthenes buqueti
- Arrhines 2 spp.
- Episomus sp.
- Tanymecus sp.
- Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
- Sternolophus rufipes
- Cybister tripunctatus asiaticus
- Copelatus sp.
- Xylotrupes gideon
- Oryctes rhinoceros
- Adoretus spp.
- Agestrata orichalca
- Apogonia sp.
- Holotrichia 2 spp.
- Maladera sp.
- Pachnessa sp.
- Protaetia sp.
- 2 spp.
- Aphodius sp.
- Paracopris sp.
- Heliocopris bucephalus
- Onthophagus sp.
- Sternocera aequisignata
- Sternocera ruficornis
- Hemiptera
- Diplonychus sp.
- Lethocerus indicus
- Anoplocnemis phasiana
- Homoeocerus sp.
- thai
- Pygopalty[check spelling] sp.
- Tessaratoma papillosa
- Aeshna sp.
- Ceriagrion sp.
- bellicose
- Rhyothemis sp.
- Hymenoptera
- Apis dorsata
- Apis florea
- Oecophylla smaragdina
- Carebara castanea
- Vespa affinis indosinensis
- Acrida cinerea
- Acrida sp.
- Chorthippus sp.
- Cyrtacanthacris tatarica
- Locusta migratoria
- Oxya sp.
- Parapleurus sp.
- Patanga japonica
- Patanga succincta
- Shirakiacris shirakii
- Trilophidia annulata
- Atractomorpha sp.
- Teleogryllus sp.
- Gryllus bimaculatus
- Gryllus sp.
- Gymnogryllus 2 spp.
- Pteronemobius sp.
- Velarifictorus sp.
- Gryllotalpa africana microphtalma
- sinensis
- Mantis religiosa
- Euparatettix sp.
- Conocephalus sp.
- Onomarchus sp.
- Pseudophyllus titan
- Homoeoxipha sp.
- Isoptera
- Lepidoptera
- Bombyx mori
- thrax
- Omphisa fuscidentalis
- Chremistica sp.
- Dundubia sp.
- Orientopsaltria sp.
- Platylomia sp.
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