KIDS QUIZ
INSECTS AND BUGS
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as a food booster in sauces, smoothies and baked goods
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straight outta the bag with some flavouring
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in salads and soups
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in desserts
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Detailed explanation-1: -Examples are social insects, such as ants, and especially termites, and locusts that migrate in hordes of millions of individuals. Some human societies actually utilize insects as a major source of protein. Locusts (actually grasshoppers) are used by various African groups consistently as food.
Detailed explanation-2: -The dominant insect eating countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and South Africa. The most commonly eaten insects include caterpillars, termites, crickets and palm weevils.
Detailed explanation-3: -These include black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens), house cricket (Acheta domesticus), mealworms (Tenebrio molitor), red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus), lesser mealworms (Alphitobius diaperinus) etc.