![]() Eighty percent of the world's nations eat insects of 1,000 to 2,000 species. Human insect-eating (anthropo-entomophagy) is common to cultures in most parts of the world, including Central and South America, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. Around 3,000 ethnic groups practice entomophagy. The eggs, larvae, pupae, and adults of certain insects have been eaten by humans from prehistoric times to the present day. The scientific term describing the practice of eating insects by humans is anthropo-entomophagy. Mealworms presented in a bowl for human consumption ![]() 3.3.10 Potential as alternative pet foodĮntomophagy is sometimes defined falsely also to cover the eating of arthropods other than insects such as arachnids and myriapods, although the correct existing scientific term is arachnophagy.3.3.2 Small-scale insect farming / Minilivestock. ![]()
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