What is the bug in the picture?

The insect mentioned in the question is called Tenebrio molitor, also known as bread worm, belonging to Insecta, COLEOPTERA. They live in grain warehouses, medicinal materials warehouses and various agricultural and sideline products warehouses, and are world-class warehouse pests. At the same time, this insect is also an insect with high protein content, so its larvae are mostly used as feed for keeping pets or economic animals. The new research found that the protein produced by this insect larva per unit area is higher than that of traditional livestock, so this species may replace traditional meat and become the source of human protein.

Edible

Tenebrio molitor is rich in protein, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. The content of protein is much higher than that of conventional animal foods such as eggs, beef and mutton, and it is easy to digest and absorb, so it is an excellent protein food. Tenebrio molitor is also an edible insect with good taste and unique flavor, which is easily accepted by consumers. It can be baked, fried and processed into various forms of foods with nut flavor, such as protein drinks, refined protein powder, alcoholic drinks and so on.

Besides the bugs in the picture, what other bugs can China people eat?

No.1 in the world-eighteen eccentrics in Yunnan, should we have grasshoppers as a snack?

When it comes to eating insects, I have to mention Yunnan. Although there are no good dishes in Yunnan, eating insects can definitely be called a must in the world.

People who have been to Yunnan have to admit: "There are many interesting places and delicious things in Yunnan." This is not an advertisement. People who have been to Yunnan think so. People in Yunnan are very innovative in diet. They can make ordinary rice into more than ten kinds of snacks, such as bait slices, shredded bait, rice noodles, rice cakes, zongzi, Yuanxiao, rice sausage, steamed rice noodles, rolled rice noodles, bean jelly and rice jelly, which shows the wisdom of Yunnan people in diet. How ingenious and creative they are! It is puzzling that people in Yunnan are particularly fond of eating insects, and they also specialize in eating pests.

One of the eighteen strange grasshoppers in Yunnan is "should we have grasshoppers as a snack?" This grasshopper we often talk about is such an ordinary bug. People here call it "jumping vegetables", which is a good image in old China. One year, there was a locust plague in the north, and locusts flew over and covered the sky. Wherever he went, grass and leaves were swept away, showing the power of locusts. In the northwest of Yunnan, when millet is harvested in autumn, grasshoppers are flying everywhere in the grain fields. Walking on the ridge of the field, there was a "dike click". If you are in a hurry, you can crush several grasshoppers with one foot. At this time, the women cut the millet, caught the grasshopper and stuffed it into their waist. Of course, there are also special ones. You tie a bamboo stick with a net bag and run around the ridge to catch it. It doesn't take much effort to catch a big plastic bag. Therefore, every time we go to Xiaojiezitian in northwest Yunnan, we occasionally sell grasshoppers by the number of bowls, which is beside the point. These women who cut millet take the grasshoppers home, scald them with boiling water, remove their wings and legs and feet, and slowly bake them in a pot until the water dries and turns brown. Together with sesame oil, pepper seasoning and yellow grasshoppers, they will give off an attractive fragrance. That kind of fragrance is indescribable, and there is a faint scent of cereal grass in the crispness. Or fuck a grasshopper, "friends come from afar!" " "At that time, fry a plate, get a couple of small wines, chew and fry grasshoppers, and show deep affection among people. This is the life of a fairy.

Silkworm pupa is also a kind of delicious food, which is called "the silkworm in spring will weave to death." When they are young, they throw themselves into cocoons and become silkworm chrysalis. When the good cocoon is dried, cooked thoroughly and added with alkali, it is sent to the skilled silkworm girl. When they finished spinning, the golden pupae were rolled out with their skilled hands. Jiangnan people only throw away these advanced nutritious things or feed them to pigs, which is really a waste of resources. People in Yunnan are not that stupid. They put away the silkworm chrysalis and picked up the stiff and shriveled silkworms to make them round and golden. Especially excellent, it should be regarded as the silkworm chrysalis of spring silkworm. Looking at the golden silkworm chrysalis makes people drool. After baking in the pot, adding oil, salt and seasoning is a good appetizer, especially with a bottle of "Heqing dry wine", a tribute of the old emperor Qianlong, which has a unique flavor. Smart Yunnan people are really masters of turning waste into treasure! It's cheap, delicious and satisfying. The good things in the world are really unique to Yunnan people.

Willow leaf worm is also a favorite insect of Yunnan people. The century-old willow tree was eaten by insects and was about to fall down. The old willow was cut down, the willow pipe was split open by an axe, and white and fat insects rolled out from it. Don't underestimate these bugs. Although they killed the willows, they should be punished, but it's a pity to throw them away. Pick them up and bake them carefully in the pot. Before long, oil will flow out of them. No need to add any seasoning. Just put them in your mouth and chew. They are crisp and fragrant. That's a real treat. Flying ants are rare delicacies that Yunnan people seldom eat. From July to August, there were several heavy rains in the mountains. Flying ants with wings have emerged from the ant hole and are flying around the hillside. Their reddish bodies are very fat, and they can't fly high or far. Most of them can only crawl slowly on the wet hillside. Pick them up, remove the wings, put the iron pot on a tripod, put a handful of pine mushrooms, roast the flying ants in the pot, and add some clear salt. It is tender and fragrant, and Empress Dowager Cixi may not have tasted it.

Humpty Dumpty, that's a rare delicacy. On that tall chestnut tree or other tall trees, there is a hornet's nest hanging, and an oval hole is opened outside the eccentric hornet's nest. The round door where bumblebees come in and out has classical and solemn patterns on the surface of hornet's nest. Only brave mountain people dare to provoke them. It is said that the wasp's poisonous needle is particularly poisonous. As long as the bull is stabbed three times, it will fall within ten steps. This is incurable. As for people, as long as they are stung for the first half, there is no hope of survival. But there are also brave mountain people who are not afraid of poisonous needles. When it got dark, they came under the tree, lit torches, held a bag of spicy dry cigarettes in their mouths and a snakeskin bag in their hands, climbed up the tall chestnut tree, caught off guard by wasps, put hornets' nests in their pockets, and put strange things in their pockets. When I got off the tree and went home, I took those big wasps alive and put them in wine to make medicinal liquor, because the poison of poisonous needles is a good medicine for rheumatism. Carefully open the hornet's nest, which contains several layers of bee cakes. The wasp is white and fat. This is the hornet's nest. Tender Jiao Jiao, one by one, put it in an iron pot. The taste is unique in Yunnan and the world.

The native sea cucumber, also called reptile by local people, is a rare product of Yunnan people. In February and March, the water in the ditch, the river and the river, like the old-timer Ouyang Xiu's "Preface to the Drunk Pavilion" wrote: "Water falls, stone comes out." In the season, those ditches or rivers have been washed under stones for a winter, and there are delicious local sea cucumbers. The name of native sea cucumber is different from that of sea cucumber. He looks a little ugly, and that scary look really looks like a centipede. But they are hidden between clear water and round pebbles. They can only be seen in clear mountain springs or clear rivers. Like people who love cleaning, they are too picky about the environment to be understood. Where there are local sea cucumbers, just open a pebble and you can catch them. Where there is no place, you can rummage through all the pebbles, but there is no trace of them. It is this fatal weakness that makes them on the verge of extinction. Just like this, it eats in a special way. Because of the high price, Yunnan people mix eggs with flour and dress these ugly guys in beautiful gold clothes outside the sea cucumber. On the one hand, it can avoid being difficult to swallow because of its ugly appearance, on the other hand, it can increase the number of guests they entertain and avoid embarrassing the host because of the small number. Of course, it is difficult to swallow, just because people who taste it for the first time feel this way. If you eat it once or twice, the delicious taste will make you want to see it and eat it alive. Indeed, the delicious taste is really wonderful.

People who have lived in the countryside are very familiar with this bug. The common name is Tugouzi, or Lalagu, who lives in the soil, has a pair of opposite hands on his head and digs very hard. You must be smart and agile when you catch it, so that you can catch it. Otherwise, in the blink of an eye, they will be buried in the soil and disappear. They specialize in doing bad things and love to bite crops, roots and stems. They are hidden class enemies. Generally, May or June is the transplanting season. As soon as the water is released from the paddy field, crickets that live in the soil all the year round come out. Take a dustpan and roll up your trouser legs, and you will get something at once. Perhaps no one thought that such an ordinary bug could be used to make porridge. Only Yunnan people with creative thinking can put them on the table and turn harm into treasure. Pick them up, blanch them in water, remove feathers and limbs, bake them on a baking tray with chestnut charcoal fire, remove water, add oil and salt, and it will become a very solid appetizer. Never heard of it, right?

Mombasa Ante is the second largest city in Kenya, Africa, and the port frequented by China merchant ships. After our ship arrived in Mombasa, our local friend Cherono warmly invited us to experience the eating custom of "beating gongs and drums to eat ants".

Centipede An 80-year-old man in Yongfu County, Guangxi, has a special liking for eating centipedes raw and alive for 50 years. On March 10, the reporter saw the old man's unique skills in Ma Bei Village, Guangfu Township, Yongfu County.

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