Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Entomophagy ( / ˌɛntəˈmɒfədʒi /, from Greek ἔντομον éntomon, 'insect', and φαγεῖν phagein, 'to eat') is the practice of eating insects. An alternative term is insectivory. [1] [2] Terms for organisms that practice entomophagy are entomophage and insectivore . Entomophagy is sometimes defined to also include the eating of ...
Digging for Honeypot ants in Australia. Insects as food or edible insects are insect species used for human consumption. Over 2 billion people are estimated to eat insects on a daily basis. [ 1] Globally, more than 2,000 insect species are considered edible, though far fewer are discussed for industrialized mass production and regionally ...
Eighty percent of the world's nations eat insects of 1,000 to 2,000 species. FAO has registered some 1,900 edible insect species and estimates that there were, in 2005, around two billion insect consumers worldwide. FAO suggests eating insects as a possible solution to environmental degradation caused by livestock production.
The silverfish ( Lepisma saccharinum) is a species of small, primitive, [ 1] wingless insect in the order Zygentoma (formerly Thysanura ). Its common name derives from the insect's silvery light grey colour, combined with the fish-like appearance of its movements. The scientific name ( L. saccharinum) indicates that the silverfish's diet ...
Ant. Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22,000 species have been classified.
Apiformes (from Latin 'apis' ) Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea. They are currently considered a clade, called Anthophila. [ 1 ]
A monarch butterfly ( Danaus plexippus) caterpillar feeding on an unopened seed pod of swamp milkweed. Caterpillars ( / ˈkætərpɪlər / KAT-ər-pil-ər) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths ). As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the ...
The Torah prohibits the use of most insects as food, but it permits consuming certain types of locust; specifically, those that are red, yellow, or spotted grey. [71] [72] Islamic jurisprudence deems eating locusts to be halal. [73] [72] The Prophet Muhammad was reported to have eaten locusts during a military raid with his companions. [74]