The habit of eating insects as a supplement has been spread among the people. Dragon lice, ants, grass worms, osmanthus cicadas, kudzu worms, bee pupae, locusts, scorpions, etc. have long become people's delicacies.

There are many ways to eat insects, and there are endless varieties of insect vegetables.

Insects are indeed very rich in nutrients. Insects are rich in proteins, unsaturated fatty acids, chitin, vitamins, trace elements, biologically active substances and other nutrients. What is particularly valuable is that many nutrients are unique to insects.

Although the protein content of insects exceeds that of poultry and livestock, the fat content is much lower than that of poultry and livestock. Eating them will not cause an increase in cholesterol levels.

For example, termites are rich in protein and fat, as well as 8 kinds of amino acids, trace elements, vitamins and physiologically active substances necessary for the human body.

The protein content of locusts is four times that of beef, and it is also rich in iron, zinc and multiple vitamins.

Although some small animals are not insects with six legs and four wings, gourmets also classify them as "small bugs". For example, earthworms, in addition to amino acids, also contain 72% crude protein, which is higher than fish, soybeans, and meat.

Both bone meal and bone meal have high protein content and are rich in a substance called superoxide dismutase (SOD), which can remove free radicals produced by the aging process of human cells, help beauty, and prevent and treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

At present, the insects that people in the world eat include snails, earthworms, ants, cicadas, cockroaches, crickets, butterflies, locusts, grasshoppers, lake flies, spiders, mantises, etc.

However, it should be noted that first, it must be cooked or roasted thoroughly to prevent parasites from insects from entering the human body and causing poisoning or illness.

Common edible insects include: locusts: soaked in soy sauce and eaten grilled, boiled or fried; mantis: grilled or fried after removing the wings, or boiled; dragonfly: edible after dry-fried; cicada: eaten raw or dry-fried,

Larvae are also edible; centipedes: fried but not tasty; beetles: larvae can be eaten raw or roasted; ants: fried, delicious; spiders: roasted with legs removed; termites: eaten raw or fried; pine caterpillars:

Grilled food.