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Detailed explanation-1: -Although consuming insects might seem strange from the European point of view, the zoologist points out that according to the FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization) estimates, every day about one third of the Earth’s population, or more than 2 billion people, eat insects.

Detailed explanation-2: -Edible bugs are widely available. More often than not, they are cooked in certain dishes, such as pasta or ravioli. Here are street food insect carts from where you can buy tasty snacks. Insects like ants and grasshoppers are used as main ingredients in traditional foodstuffs.

Detailed explanation-3: -The average person unknowingly eats a surprisingly high number of bugs each year! According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the average person consumes up to one and a half pounds of insects annually through fruits and vegetables. That amounts to about 440 to 660 bugs in a year!

Detailed explanation-4: -Beetles (31%) Caterpillars (17%) Bees, wasps, and ants (15%) Grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets (14%) Cicadas, leafhoppers, planthoppers, scale insects and true bugs (11%) Termites (3%) Others (dragonflies, flies, and others – 9%)