How many insects are edible?

September 25, 2017

Edible insects species worldwide list

Did you know that there are more than 2.000 species of edible insects around the world?

Species of edible insects in the world

You can find them in the list compiled by Mr. Yde Jongema, taxonomist at the Department of Entomology of Wageningen University&Research, the Netherlands.

It's really a great work, useful to better understand the variety of the edible insects on the planet... because edible insects doesn't mean just crickets and grasshoppers!

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