" Insects have played an important part in the history of human nutrition in Africa, Asia and Latin America (Bodenheimer, 1951). They were an equally important resource for the Indians of western North America, who, like other indigenous groups, expended much organization and effort in harvesting them (Sutton, 1988). Hundreds of species have been used as human food. Some of the more important groups include grass- hoppers, caterpillars, beetle grubs and (sometimes) adults, winged termites (some of which are very large in the tropics), bee, wasp and ant brood (larvae and pupae) as well as winged ants, cicadas, and a variety of aquatic insects. Ordinarily, insects are not used as emergency food to ward off starvation, but are included as a planned part of the diet throughout the year or when seasonally available. Among the numerous examples that could be cited, the Yukpa people of Colombia and Venezuela prefer certain of their traditional insect foods to fresh meat (Ruddle, 1973), as do the Pedi of South Africa (Quin, 1959)."
YEAAAAAH!!! Eating insects is highly nutritious and fun!!! Who's with me?!? *crickets churp* [no pun intended] No really, a lot of countries devote a great deal of their diet around the consuming insects and suprisingly enough they have high nutrition value, higher when compared to beef, poultry, fish, etc. Thought it was an interesting topic everyone may not think about. We're raised in our society to consider eating insects and gross and disgusting.