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What Countries Eat Bugs/Insects
What Countries Eat Bugs/Insects: compare 30 countries on 1 metric.
Culture30 countries · 1 metricUpdated Nov 4, 2024Original page
6 sources
- List of edible insects by country - Wiki
- Insects as food in the Netherlands: Production networks and the geographies of edibility - CORE
- What's All the Buzz About? Eating Insects in Japan - Tokyo Cheapo
- Edible Bugs: A Scientific Guide - Everyday Health
- https://www.favv-afsca.be/scientificcommittee/publications/posters/_documents/EdibleinsectsontheBelgianmarket.pdf
- Identification and classification of common edible insects in Ghana - Researchgate
Data
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30 countries
 Australia | Agrotis infusa (Bogong moth), Bush coconut (insect gall)+3 |
 Belgium | Acheta domesticus (cricket), Achroia grisella (moth caterpillar)+7 |
 Brazil | Atta spp. (ants) |
 Burkina Faso | Cirina butyrospermi (shea caterpillar) |
 China | Bombyx mori (silkworm pupa), Omphisa fuscidentalis (bamboo borer)+8 |
 Colombia | Acrididae (grasshopper), Aidemona Azteca (grasshopper)+7 |
 Fiji | Olethrius |
 Ghana | Field crickets (crickets), Grasshopper+7 |
 India | Darthula hardwickii (treehopper), Udonga montana (bug) |
 Indonesia | Acherontia achesis (moth), Apis cerana (bee)+8 |
 Japan | Bee Larvae, Crickets+4 |
 Laos | Acheta domesticus (house cricket), Apis spp. (bees)+7 |
 Madagascar | Acheta domesticus (cricket), Amphimallon solstitiale (beetle)+8 |
 Malaysia | Apis cerana (eastern honey bee), Apis dorsata (giant honey bee)+6 |
 Mali | Acorypha glaucopsis (grasshopper), Cirina butyrospermi+3 |
 Mexico | Aegiale hesperiaris (maguey worm), Atta mexicana (ant)+4 |
 Netherlands | Locusta migratoria (grasshopper) |
 New Caledonia | Agrianome fairmairei (beetle) |
 New Zealand | Prionoplus reticularis (beetle) |
 Peru | Acrocinus longimanus (beetle), Agelaia pallipes (wasp)+8 |
 Philippines | Apis dorsata (giant honey bee), Apis cerana (eastern Honey bee)+6 |
 Samoa | Bombyx mori (silkworm) |
 South Africa | Encosternum delegorguei (inflated stinkbug), Gonimbrasia belina (mopane worm) |
 South Korea | Bombyx mori (silkworm pupa) |
 Thailand | Acheta domestica (house cricket), Acrida cinerea (grasshopper)+7 |
 Tonga | Olethrius (weevil) |
 United States | Black soldier fly larvae, Crickets+1 |
 Venezuela | Liometopum apiculatum (pupae), Liometopum occidental (pupae)+1 |
 Wallis and Futuna | Olethrius (weevil) |
 Zimbabwe | Flying termites (termites), Solder termites (termites)+2 |
Quick answers
- Where does this what countries eat bugs/insects data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: List of edible insects by country - Wiki; Insects as food in the Netherlands: Production networks and the geographies of edibility - CORE; What's All the Buzz About? Eating Insects in Japan - Tokyo Cheapo; Edible Bugs: A Scientific Guide - Everyday Health.