Bug Foraging & Cultivation

The West undervalues entomophagy. Bugs possess essential protein & fat, many world cultures see them as delicacies.

• entomology [ bugs ' feeding , sleeping , housing & habitat , predators ]
• stunning stick
• poisonous bug common warning signs [ bright colors ; smelly]
• preparation methods [ removal of wings & legs usually; cook to destroy parasites ]
• termite logs & barrel breeders
• grasshopper & cricket-raising
• popular edible bugs [ crickets , cicadas , grasshoppers , ants , beetle grubs , darklingbeetle larvae , various caterpillar species , scorpions , tarantulas ]
• vermiculture [ worm compost bins ]
• challenges [ bioaccumulation of herbicides & pesticides ]
• bug cultivation for fish & fowl [ mulch heaps for cockroaches , mealworms , sowbugs, millipedes , earwigs ; watered brick pit or drum filled w/ wood , cardboard , straw fortermites, sowbugs; vegetables & harbors for snails ; zooplankton screening ; larval fliesfrom carrion ; flooding worm beds ]