• K.Ashok
• K.Aravind Raju

Entomophagy is using insects as human food. Insect as food play an important role in new insect focus. Ants, bees, termites, caterpillars, water bugs, beetle larvae, flies, crickets, katydids, cicadas, and dragonfly naiads are among a long list of edible insects that provide for the people of Asia, Australia, Africa, South America, the Middle East, and the Far East. Insects represent an important food source for a wide variety of other animal species. By weight termites, grasshoppers, caterpillars, weevils, houseflies, and spiders are better sources of protein than beef, chicken, pork or lamb. The nutritional and economic value of edible insects is often neglected and we should further encourage their collection and commercialization, given the benefits to the environment and human health. It is an interesting concept, managing pest insects by developing them into a sought after delicacy.

Insectivory, Entomophagy, Traditional knowledge, Insect bio prospecting.

"ENTOMOPHAGY AS BIO-PROSPECTING", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 2, page no.1252-1256, March-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1802227.pdf

"ENTOMOPHAGY AS BIO-PROSPECTING", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 2, page no. pp1252-1256, March-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1802227.pdf