Honey Bees and other Edible Insects Used as Human Food in Thailand
| Autor: | S. Vongsamanode, P. P. Chen, H. A. Sylvester, Benjamin P. Oldroyd, T.E. Rinderer, T. Jamyanya, Siriwat Wongsiri, M. Matsuka |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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| Zdroj: | American Entomologist. 44:24-29 |
| ISSN: | 2155-9902 1046-2821 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/ae/44.1.24 |
| Popis: | Thai people, especially those from northern and northeastern Thailand, have a long cultural history of eating insects. Though human consumption of insects is common throughout the world, the northern and northeastern ethnic groups in Thailand are remarkable for their large-scale consumption of brood of honey bees ( Apis spp., Apidae) (Sangpradub 1982, Gullan and Cranston 1994) and the variety of insects they include in their diet. Honey bees are extremely popular; so are Patanga succincta L. (Acrididae), called Bombay locusts in Thailand; scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae); and giant water bugs (Lethocerus indicus Lepeletier and Serville, Belostomatidae). Other insects, such as mole crickets ( Gryllotalpa africana Palisot de Beauvois, Gryllotalpidae) and mantises ( Sinensisa sp., Mantidae), are eaten less often (Vraasvapatib et al. 1975, Leksawasdi and Jirada 1983). Vraasvapatib et al. (1975) listed 50 insect species eaten by the northeastern Thai people. Leksawasdi and Jirada (1983) identified 96 insect species that are eaten, at least occasionally, in northern Thailand. However, they confirmed that bees and wasps are the most important of the insect foods of northern Thailand. Insects generally comprise 80% of the edible invertebrates in northeastern Thailand (Sangpradub 1982); other edible invertebrates include snails, crabs, shrimp, centipedes, and millipedes. |
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