Chung, Arthur Y.C., Chey Vun Khen, Sining Unchi and Momin Binti, 2002, Edible insects and entomophagy in Sabah, Malaysia.Malayan Nature Journal, 56 (2): 131-144. More than 50 species of edible insects from 11 orders were documented from Sabah, Malaysia. The most common insect group taken as food was honeybee honeybee Broadly, any bee that makes honey (any insect of the tribe Apini, family Apidae); more strictly, one of the four species constituting the genus Apis. The term is usually applied to one species, the domestic honeybee (A. brood, followed by grasshoppers Grasshoppers may refer to one of the following:
In the wild, they prefer to nest in exposed areas far off the ground, on tree limbs and under cliff overhangs, and , and the cultivated Apis cerana. Grasshoppers of various species, especially those from padi fields, were consumed as well as sago grubs, the larval stage of a weevil weevil, common name for certain beetles of the snout beetle family (Curculionidae), small, usually dull-colored, hard-bodied insects. The mouthparts of snout beetles are modified into down-curved snouts, or beaks, adapted for boring into plants; the jaws are at the Rhynchophorusferrugineus, commonly found in decaying felled sago trunks. Beetles (Coleoptera) contribute the most species consumed as food. The survey showed that many of the edible insects are often roasted or grilled because that is the simplest and most convenient cooking method in remote areas. Entomophagy entomophagy Global nutrition The dietary consumption of insects. See Forensic entomology. , however, is not commonly practiced in Sabah except by some rural and elderly people. This survey covered various ethnic groups, mainly Kadazandusun, Murut and Bajau, and also other races, including the Chinese. Although more than half of the respondents have consumed insects in their lifetime, many reiterated that the insects were eaten only in their childhood. (author's abstract) |
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