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Lethocerus indicus
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Belostomidae
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Giant water bug
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Isi tari
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Round the year
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Boiled or fried as adult consumed
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Tibicen pruinosus (American species, but given as such by Zool Survey of India, Kolkata)
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Cicadidae
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Annual cicada
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Nyani (G) Laptung bargi (N)
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Apr-June
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Adult stage is consumed. Boiled or as paste. Wings are discarded.
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Diurnal singer; stops menstrual cycle if taken in larger quantities.
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Cyclochila virens (Australian species, but given as such by Zool Survey of India, Kolkata)
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Cicadidae
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Greengrocer cicada
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Nyare tasi (G)
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May-Aug
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Adult stage is consumed. Roasted or as paste. Wings are discarded.
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Diurnal singer. Not consumed by Nyishi.
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Euterphosia crowfooti
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Cicadidae
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Cicada
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Gopu goye (G) Yadung nengne (N)
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May-July
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Adult stage is consumed. Roasted or as paste. Wings are discarded.
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Diurnal singer.
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Pycna repandar
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Cicadidae
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Cicada
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Gopu goye (G) Yato rugne (N)
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May-July
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Adult stage is consumed. Roasted or as paste. Wings are discarded
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Diurnal singer.
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Aspongopus sp.
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Pentatomidae
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Stink bug
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Rishu (N) Rishu punyo (G)
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Dec - Feb
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Adult stage is consumed. Fried or boiled with vegetables.
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Alcaerrhynchus grandis (American species, but given as such by Zool Survey of India, Kolkata)
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Pentatomidae
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Stink bug
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Rishu (N) Rishu punyo (G)
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Dec - Feb
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Adult stage is consumed. Fried or boiled with vegetables.
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Not consumed by Galo people.
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Tessaratoma quadrata
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Tessaratomidae
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Stink bug
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Tari (G) Agu chena rekok (N)
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Feb-Mar
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Adult stage is consumed. Raw or turned into chutney. Wings are discarded.
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Large insect; considerable knowledge is required to avoid poisonous mimic. Not consumed by Nyshi as the bug bites and may cause fever.
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Halyomorpha picus
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Pentatomidae
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Stink bug
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Tari (G) Rishu (N)
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Nov-Feb
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Adult stage is consumed. Raw paste (chutney) is made. Head or in some cases abdomen is discarded.
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Aspongopus nepalensis
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Pentatomidae
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Stink bug
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Tari Gondhi bug/gondhipuk (G, N)
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Nov-Feb
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Adult stage is consumed. Part of abdomen is discarded to avoid pungent taste; raw or as chutney.
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Excessive consumption causes hallucination.
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Nezara viridula
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Pentatomidae
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Stink bug
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Rishu (N) Rishu punyo (G)
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Dec - Feb
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Adult stage is consumed. Fried or boiled with vegetables.
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Not consumed by Galo people.
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Unidentified
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Pentatomidae
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Stink bug
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Rishu (N)
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Dec - Feb
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Adult stage is consumed. Fried or raw paste is made.
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Dalader acuticosta
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Coreidae
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Plant bug
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Rishu (N) Rishu punyo (G)
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Dec - Feb
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Adult stage is consumed. Fried or raw paste is made.
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Causes burning sensation in body. Not consumed by Galo people.
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Mictis tenebrosa
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Coreidae
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Plant bug
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Rishu (N) Rishu punyo (G)
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Dec - Feb
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Adult stage is consumed. Fried or raw paste is made.
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Not consumed by Galo people.
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Antilochus coqueberti
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Pyrrhocoridae
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Red bug
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Rishu (N) Rishu punyo (G)
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Dec - Feb
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Adult stage is consumed. Fried or boiled with vegetables.
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Not consumed by Galo people.
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Unidentified
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Bug
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Rishu (N) Rishu punyo (G)
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Dec - Feb
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Adult stage is consumed. Fried or boiled with vegetables.
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Not consumed by Galo people.
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