Scientific name | Order | Family | English name | Vernacular name | Seasonal availability | Mode of intake | Remarks |
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Chondacris rosea (DeGeer 1773) | Orthoptera | Acrididae | Short horn grasshopper | Phiring | Sept- Nov | Roasted or fried with mustard oil | |
Brachytrupes sp. | Orthoptera | Gryllidae | Cricket | Gumro | May- Sept | Wings discarded and fried with mustard oil | |
Brachytrupes orientalis (Burmeister 1838) | Orthoptera | Gryllidae | Cricket | Gumro | May- Sept | Wings discarded and fried with oil | |
Microcentum sp. (?) | Orthoptera | Tettigoniidae | Katydid | Elbetto phiring | Aug- Oct | Roasted or fried with oil | |
Mantis sp. | Mantodea | Preying mantis | Aasphiring | Aug- Oct | Fried with oil | ||
Aristobia sp. | Coleoptera | Cerambycidae | Long horn beetle | Chorgipok | June- Aug | Roasted or fried with oil | |
Batocera roylei Hope 1833 | Coleoptera | Cerambycidae | Long horn beetle | Chorgipok | June- Aug | Roasted or fried | |
Haplocerambyx sp. | Coleoptera | Cerambycidae | Long horn beetle | Chorgipok | June- Sept | Roasted or fried with oil | |
Sternocera sp. | Coleoptera | Buprestidae | Beetle | Keshkumari | June- Sept | Roasted or fried with oil | |
Helicupris sp. | Coleoptera | Scarabaeidae | Beetle | Shimpok | June- Sept | Roasted or fried with oil | |
Unidentified sp. | Coleoptera | Scarabaeidae | Beetle | Shimphoo | June- Sept | Roasted or fried with oil | |
Anomala sp. | Coleoptera | Scarabaeidae | Beetle | Elphobang | Aug- Sept | Roasted or fried with oil | |
Propomacrus sp. | Coleoptera | Scarabaeidae | Beetle | Phobang | June- Sept | Roasted or fried with oil | |
Lepidiota sp. | Coleoptera | Scarabaeidae | Beetle | Phobang | Aug- Sept | Roasted or fried with oil | |
Lucanus laminifer Waterhouse 1890. | Coleoptera | Lucanidae | Stag beetle | Komrengpok | June- Sept | Roasted or fried with oil |