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
]