Comparative ethnoentomology of edible stinkbugs in southern Africa and sustainable management considerations. [PDF]
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2013 AbstractInsects, such as stinkbugs, are able to produce noxious defence chemicals to ward off predators, nevertheless, some ethnic groups have recipes to render them delicious. We provide an example of edible stinkbugs (Encosternum delegorguei) used by two locally separate ethnic groups in South Africa, the Vhavenda and Mapulana, with a third group ...
Dzerefos CM, Witkowski ET, Toms R.
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Ethnoentomology (1952–2024): scientific production, emerging trends and research gaps [PDF]
Journal of Ethnobiology and EthnomedicineBackground Ethnoentomology, as an interdisciplinary field, explores the interactions between humans and insects from cultural, ecological, and social perspectives, fostering dialogue between traditional knowledge and modern science. Despite its relevance,
Johnson Andrade Junior +2 more
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Insects in Art during an Age of Environmental Turmoil [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Humans are reshaping the planet in impressive, and impressively self-destructive, ways. Evidence and awareness of our environmental impact has failed to elicit meaningful change in reversing our behavior.
Barrett Anthony Klein, Tierney Brosius
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Ethnoentomology of the Central Kalahari San [PDF]
, 1996 The Central Kalahari San use many kinds of insects for daily food and materials and as children's play things. This study describes how several insect species are used, which often follows a series of processes from collecting to consumption and the ...
Kenichi Nonaka
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Beetles, ants, wasps, or flies? An ethnobiological study of edible insects among the Awajún Amerindians in Amazonas, Peru [PDF]
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2018 Background Insects are known to be able to provide valuable nutrients to indigenous populations across the Amazon. However, studies on traditional insect use in the Peruvian Amazon are scarce.
Rubén Casas Reátegui +3 more
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Austral Ecology, 2022 AbstractThe giant wood moth,Endoxyla cinereus(Tepper, 1890) (Cossidae: Zeuzerinae), is the heaviest known moth in the world and a traditional food resource to Indigenous Australians, but it is primarily understood as a pest. Research on its pest status has highlighted the different interactions this moth has with plants and animals, suggesting that it ...
Jessa H. Thurman
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The Curious Connection Between Insects and Dreams [PDF]
Insects, 2011 A majority of humans spend their waking hours surrounded by insects, so it should be no surprise that insects also appear in humans’ dreams as we sleep. Dreaming about insects has a peculiar history, marked by our desire to explain a dream’s significance
Barrett A. Klein
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The traditional knowledge on stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponina) used by the Enawene-Nawe tribe in western Brazil. [PDF]
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2008 Background This paper presents the Enawene-Nawe Society's traditional knowledge about stingless bees. The Enawene-Nawe are an Aruak speaking people, indigenous to the Meridian Amazon.
dos Santos GM, Antonini Y.
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The ethnocategory ''insect'' in the conception of the inhabitants of Tapera County, São Gonçalo dos Campos, Bahia, Brazil [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2007 This article deals with the construction of the "insect" ethnozoological dominium by the inhabitants of Tapera County, which is located in the municipality of São Gonçalo dos Campos, Bahia State.
Eraldo M. Costa-Neto +1 more
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Therapeutic and prophylactic uses of invertebrates in contemporary Spanish ethnoveterinary medicine. [PDF]
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2016 Zootherapeutic practices in ethnoveterinary medicine are important in many socio-cultural environments around the world, particularly in developing countries, and they have recently started to be inventoried and studied in Europe.
González JA +3 more
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