Comparative ethnoentomology of edible stinkbugs in southern Africa and sustainable management considerations [PDF]
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2013 Insects, such as stinkbugs, are able to produce noxious defence chemicals to ward off predators, nevertheless, some ethnic groups have recipes to render them delicious.
Catherine Maria Dzerefos +1 more
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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,
Paulo Silva, Roseli Barros
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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
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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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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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Caatinga revisited: ecology and conservation of an important seasonal dry forest. [PDF]
ScientificWorldJournal, 2012 Besides its extreme climate conditions, the Caatinga (a type of tropical seasonal forest) hosts an impressive faunal and floristic biodiversity. In the last 50 years there has been a considerable increase in the number of studies in the area. Here we aimed to present a review of these studies, focusing on four main fields: vertebrate ecology, plant ...
de Albuquerque UP +20 more
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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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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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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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