Entomophagy

Robber fly feeding on wasp
Fried saturniid caterpillars being served on bread for human consumption in Burkina Faso in 2015

Entomophagy (/ˌɛntəˈmɒfədʒi/, from Greek ἔντομον éntomon, 'insect', and φαγεῖν phagein, 'to eat') is the practice of eating insects. An alternative term, usually applied to animals, is insectivory.

Entomophagy is sometimes defined to also include the eating of arthropods other than insects, such as arachnids and myriapods; eating arachnids may also be referred to as arachnophagy.

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