What bugs can eat? What are the edible bugs?

Feeding on insects is anything but unusual. Nowadays, insects have become a high-end dish. According to relevant information, there are no less than 100 species of edible insects in China.

Among them, silkworm pupae and locusts are "home-cooked dishes". Here, we will introduce some new and strange insect dishes from all over the north and south of our country. Tianjin people like to eat grasshoppers.

At the end of autumn, when the grasshopper's belly is full of eggs to be laid, the wings and calves are cut off, and when they are alive, they are put into the oil pan to fry and eat, which is the local authentic flavor food. Yi County, near Tianjin, has a unique discernment, and exports the live grasshopper frozen packaging as a high-grade nutritious food to Japan, and also creates a lot of foreign exchange! Killing pests, satisfying your mouth, and earning tickets is really a triple win.

Shandong people love to eat a kind of grass insect called worm. In autumn, when the worm is pregnant and has a big belly, the farmers will catch it and fry it in oil until it turns yellow, which is the most precious local delicacy. The richer the family, the more they love to eat the game of fried oysters, to show that they know how to eat and are good at eating.

Shandong people also love to eat scorpions. In autumn, when the scorpions are dormant, they go to the countryside to turn over large stones, catch the hibernating scorpions, chop off the heads and tails, and roast or fry them in the fire to eat. Hebei people eat locusts.

When a locust plague occurs, the common people use cloth bags to cover the army of locusts that are flying in the sky and are like rain and mist, and one cover can cover dozens of hundreds. The captured locusts are decapitated and fried in an oil pan, and it becomes a fragrant and crispy delicacy. The insect feast of the Dai people in Yunnan is famous all over the world, and it is fragrant with insects.

Knowing the back meat filling", "fried bamboo worms", "fried grasshoppers", "crickets mixed with sauce", "grasshopper eggs mixed with sour", "cold local bee seeds", "sweet light wood worms", "clear water silkworm pupae soup", are all original insect flavor dishes. A dish of "sauce mixed with crickets", the method is to remove the cricket wings and internal organs, and then chop the knife into meat sauce, mixed with green onions, ginger, pepper and other seasonings, into a purple paste can be eaten. A few other insect dishes made with the sauce method:

For example, remove the wings, head and feet of the cicada, steam the cicada body, chop it finely, and then mix the cicada sauce with spices; The honeycomb crowded with young pupae is squeezed by hand, and the milky white bee pupal juice and finely chopped residue are mixed with spices such as fragrant knotweed to make bee pupae sauce, which is dipped in side dishes and eaten, which is fresh and sweet, and beautiful! The insect dishes of Cantonese cuisine are more flavorful. The crisp "white blanched dragon", the fragrant "and flavor osmanthus cicada", the burnt and tender "fragrant fried maggots", the luscious "salt and pepper dragon lice", "salt and pepper crickets", "salt and pepper maggots", taste faintly fragrant, mysterious and fresh.

There are a variety of insects that enter the Cantonese recipe, such as ants, termites, scorpions, silkworm pupa, crickets, etc., which are fresh, sweet, spicy, crispy, and tender.

Granulation is a farmed maggot.

1. Silkworm pupae, silkworm pupa, also known as small bees, are high-protein nutrients. Late silkworm sand (excrement of silkworms), silkworm molt, silkworm cocoons, white zombie silkworms (silkworms infected with Beauveria bassiana disease and death), etc., are all used for medicinal purposes.

2. The cicada is rich in nutrients, with a dry protein content of more than 70%, a fat of about 7%, vitamins and various beneficial trace elements are higher than that of general meat foods, and it can be called the king of protein in today's food.

3. Bamboo shoot insects, as a high-protein animal, bamboo shoot insects have a very classic way of eating in the southwest. First of all, cut off the limbs, claws, and wings of the bamboo shoots. Then, fry in a hot oil pan over medium heat for one minute, then change to low heat and simmer for 7 minutes, filter out the oil, add chili pepper, pepper, salt, a little monosodium glutamate, stir-fry and it is delicious!

4. Grasshoppers are rich in chitin, and nutrition experts believe that chitin is known as the sixth major life element of the human body after protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals.

5. Dragon lice, medicinal and edible insects, unique flavor, rich in nutrition, known as "ginseng in water", dragon lice are delicious, can be fried, fried and roasted, after being roasted and fried with spice seasoning, it is crispy and delicious, and Guangdong people like to eat dragon lice; It can also be made into tonic wine, which can tonify the kidney and strengthen the spleen.

The insects that can be eaten are crickets, scorpions, grasshoppers, ants, agave worms, etc., among which crickets are insects used all over the world, with extremely high protein content, and scorpions only need to remove the tail to cook and use, in addition, grasshoppers appear in barbecue restaurants everywhere, and the calcium content is very rich.

1. Crickets. The insects that can be eaten are crickets, which have been one of the more long-standing foods around the world, and can be eaten by baking them in the oven and dipping them in some salt and oil, and if they are fed with corn, grains, and vegetables, they will have a nutty and corn taste.

2. Scorpions. The insects that can be eaten are scorpions, and the taste of scorpions is more similar to that of crabs, because the tail of scorpions contains toxins, so they need to be removed before use, and the remaining toxins will gradually disappear under high temperature cooking, and will not cause harm to human health.

3. Grasshoppers. Edible insects include grasshoppers, grasshoppers are rich in a large amount of protein and calcium, can supplement a variety of nutrients for the human body, grasshoppers are generally fried or roasted to eat, but the legs and wings of grasshoppers have low nutritional value and affect the taste of eating, so they can be removed before eating.

1. Agave worms.

It also has a very tongue-twisting name, the mezcal worm, which is an agave-like wine that Mexicans put in a mezcal bottle to prove that the wine is authentic.

2. Ants. Ants are simple and delicious to eat, such as leaf-cutting ants, which taste a bit like bacon, eat raw a bit like nuts, and fry them a bit like popcorn. There are also lemon ants that taste like lemons, and honeypot ants that have a slightly sour taste and are suitable for eating raw, and friends who like sweetness will definitely be fascinated by it.

3. Bamboo insects. In Thailand, people can make a big meal with fried bamboo worms. It doesn't look great, but it's deliciously sweet.

4. Bees. It is said that bee larvae and adults have an amazing umami taste, and some people roast and eat them dipped in butter, or fry them to make bee biscuits, which have the taste of bacon and fried mushrooms. So bees don't taste sweet.

5. Beetles. Earthlings seem to love beetles, accounting for 31% of the world's insect food, ranking first. After all, the taste of fried beetles is something that few people can refuse.

Swallows, woodpeckers, frogs, seven-star ladybugs, red-eyed bees, dragonflies, bats, praying mantis can all eat pests. There are also some beneficial microorganisms that can kill pests. Such as avermectin, thuringibacillus, etc.

1. Swallows: They feed on insects, and they have always been accustomed to preying on flying insects in the air, and are not good at searching for insect food in tree crevices and crevices, nor can they omnivorous berries, seeds and leaves in winter like oak grouse and ptarmigans (some coniferous species do not lose their leaves even in winter).

2. Frog: love to eat small insects, good at finding small insects that move, its action when catching insects: a frog lying in a small dirt pit, hind legs curled up on the ground, front legs support, mouth open and face up, belly bulging waiting for something.

3. Seven-star ladybug:

4. Red-eyed bees:

It is an egg parasitic wasp, which can parasitize the eggs of lepidopteran pests such as corn borer, armyworm, stripe borer, cotton bollworm, Spodoptera litura, and ground tiger in corn fields. Red-eyed wasp is a very useful insect.

5. Dragonfly with the collapse bureau:

Prey on flying insects. Mosquitoes and other insects that are harmful to humans, but they have a wide range of eating habits, so they cannot be relied on to control a certain insect pest. No more than 5,000 species are known.

Edible insects include beetles, caterpillars, bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, crickets, silkworm pupa, locusts, and so on.

Insects have a high protein content, more than twice as much as ordinary meat and fish. At the same time, it also has the advantages of fast reproduction and large output, and it is much cheaper than the chicken and pork that are often eaten.

In addition, insects are also rich in vitamins and minerals such as zinc, iron, calcium and other elements, which are far more nutritious than ordinary meat. Data suggest that beef contains 6 milligrams of iron per 100 grams, while locusts range from 8 milligrams to 20 milligrams of iron per 100 grams.

Although they may seem prohibitive, they have unexpected medicinal properties. Let's take a look at the Orange Room!

The first type of bug is the cicada. Cicada molt has a wide range of applications in traditional Chinese medicine, it has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, and improving pharyngeal sound. Cicadas can also have symptoms such as loss of voice, sore throat and so on. I found a cicada for everyone, so that everyone can better understand its appearance.

The second type of bug is the silkworm pupae. Silkworm pupae are nutritious and are a high-protein, low-fat food. In traditional Chinese medicine, silkworm chrysalis has the effect of nourishing yin and kidneys, moistening the lungs and relieving cough.

The third type of bug is the beehive. The hive is rich in protein, amino acids, vitamins and other nutrients, and is known as a "natural nutrient storehouse". In traditional Chinese medicine, the beehive has the effect of nourishing the blood, calming the nerves, and lowering blood lipids.

The fourth type of bug is crickets. Crickets are rich in protein, calcium, phosphorus and other nutrients, and are a food with high nutritional value. In traditional Chinese medicine, crickets have the effect of warming and invigorating qi, tonifying the kidneys and strengthening yang.