Abstract:
A Survey of Edible Insect in Meung District, Surin Province between June 2002 and May 2003, collected insect specimens were classified into 6 Order 13 families and 21 species. Giant water bug (Lethocerus indicus Lep.-Serv.), mole cricket (Gryllotalpa africana Beauvois), short tailed cricket (Brachytrupes portentosus Lichtenstein), house cricket (Acheta testacea Walker), ground cricket (Acheta confirmata Walker), field cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus Degeer), bombay locust (Patanga succincta Linnaeus), slant-faced grasshopper (Acrida willemsei Pirsh), band-wing grasshopper (Ducetia japonica Thumburg), termite (Termes sp.), true water beetle (Cybister limbatus Fabricius), water scravenger beetle (Hydrous cavistanum Bedel), dung beetle (Copris nevinsoni Waterhouse), dung beetle (Paragymnopleurus aethiops Sharp), scarab beetle (Holotrichia sp.), scarab beetle (Anomala cupripes Hope), hercules beetle (Xylotrupes gideon Linnaeus), skipper (Erionata thrax thrax Linnaeus), red or yellow ant (Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius), honey bee (Apis florea Fabriscius), and silk worm pupae (Bombyx mori Linnaeus). Regarding to the survey, all edible insects have high nutrient valve; having low fat and high protein quantity which is not too different from other kinds of meets.