Jumiles

🇵🇪Loreto, Peru

Anticuchos de Suri

Loreto palm grubs grilled on skewers, a rare Amazonian seasonal food.

🇦🇴Angola

Palm Grasshoppers

Gafanhotos de palmeira

Grasshoppers gathered from palm trees, toasted with salt and eaten by the handful or served with game meat.

🇰🇷South Korea

Beondegi

번데기

Beondegi, steamed silkworm pupae sold in paper cups from street carts, is a named Korean street food and a genuine test-of-nerve collectible.

🇦🇴Angola

Catatos

Palm caterpillars fried hard with garlic and served with rice or funge.

🇬🇦Haut-Ogooué (Southeastern / Franceville), Gabon

Gabonese Caterpillars

Chenilles

Edible caterpillars (Parotis baldersalis) collected from Tabernaemontana crassa trees on the Plateaux Bateke; an important source of protein; pan-fried or stewed with vegetables.

🇧🇫Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Chitoumou

Shea tree caterpillars, a seasonal delicacy (July-September); fried, cooked in sauce, dried, or powdered; high in protein; a Bobo ethnic specialty around Bobo-Dioulasso.

🇪🇨Ecuador

Chontacuro

Edible palm worm from the Ecuadorian Amazon, grilled on skewers or eaten raw. A high-protein Amazonian delicacy with a creamy, nutty flavor.

🇨🇳Yunnan, China

Fried bee pupa with rice wine

油炸蜂蛹

Fried bee pupae, eaten with rice wine in Yunnan, is a named regional insect dish.