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Table 1 Developmental stages of insects used in therapy

From: Indigenous knowledge system associated with the uses of insects for therapeutic or medicinal purposes in two main provinces of Burkina Faso, West Africa

Number of citations

Insects/groups

Order

Egg

Larvae

Pupae

Adult

Acheta domesticus

Orthoptera

0

0

–

1

Schistocerca gregaria

0

0

–

1

Periplaneta americana

Blattodea

0

0

0

6

Trinervitermes sp.

Macrotermes sp.

0

0

0

5

0

0

0

4

Apis mellifera

Hymenoptera

0

0

0

2

Camponotus spp.

Camponotus maculatus

Sceliphron sp.

0

0

0

2

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

1

Coccinella septempunctata

Coleoptera

0

0

0

1

Lytta sp.

0

0

0

1

Cirina butyrospermi

Lepidoptera

0

10

0

0

Musca domestica

Diptera

0

1

0

1