Table 5 Inventory of edible insects used by members of the Deori tribe of Eastern Arunachal Pradesh
Scientific name | Order | Family | English name | Vernacular name | Seasonal availability | Mode of intake | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chondacris rosea (DeGeer 1773) | Orthoptera | Acrididae | Short horn grasshopper | Phoring | Sept- Nov | Legs and wings are discarded, roasted or fried with mustard oil | |
Laptysma sp. | Orthoptera | Acrididae | Short horn grasshopper | Phoring | Aug- Oct | Legs and wings discarded, roasted or fried with mustard oil | |
Unidentified | Orthoptera | Acrididae | Short horn grasshopper | Phoring | Sept- Oct | Legs and wings are discarded, roasted or fried with mustard oil | |
Brachytrupes sp. | Orthoptera | Gryllidae | Cricket | Shingapok | May- Sept | Wings, legs and antennae discarded and bodies are fried with mustard oil | |
Brachytrupes orientalis (Burmeister 1838) | Orthoptera | Gryllidae | Cricket | Shingapok | May- Sept | Wings, legs and antennae discarded and bodies are fried with oil | |
Unidentified | Orthoptera | Tettigoniidae | Katydid | Phoring | Sept- Oct | Legs, antennae and wings are discarded, roasted or fried with oil | |
Apis mellifera Linnaeus 1758 | Hymenoptera | Apidae | Honeybee | Moumakhi | Nov- Jan | Honey | |
Apis sp. | Hymenoptera | Apidae | Honeybee | Moumakhi | Nov- Jan | Honey | |
Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius 1775 | Hymenoptera | Formicidae | Red ant | Semete | All year round | Pupae | |
Samia ricini (Donovan 1798) | Lepidoptera | Saturniidae | Saturniid silk moth | Palu | April- Sept | Large caterpillar stages, pupae boiled and fried | |
Antheraea assamensis Helfer 1837 | Lepidoptera | Saturniidae | Muga silk moth | Palu | May- Sept | Large caterpillar stages, pupae boiled and fried | |
Bombyx mori (Linnaeus 1758) | Lepidoptera | Bombycidae | Silkworm or mulberry silk worm | Palu | May- Sept | Large caterpillar stages, pupae boiled and fried |