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The flea and the disease that it causes are found in the tropical parts of Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and India. Tunga penetrans is the smallest known flea, measuring 1 mm across. It is also known in Latin America as the nigua and bicho de pie (Spanish) or bicho de pé (Portuguese), literally "foot bug".
Moldovan chicken racitura.In this serving, chicken legs were removed after boiling. In Russia, Ukraine, [citation needed] Romania, [citation needed] and Moldova, [citation needed] chicken feet are cleaned, seasoned, and boiled, often with vegetables, and then cooled, to make an aspic called kholodets in Russian and Ukrainian, and piftie or răcitură in Romanian.
C. Cape honey bee; Ceratitis podocarpi; Ceratogomphus triceraticus; Chlorocypha consueta; Chlorolestes apricans; Chlorolestes conspicuus; Chlorolestes draconicus
Kerria lacca is a species of insect in the family Kerriidae, the lac insects. These are in the superfamily Coccoidea, the scale insects. This species is perhaps the most commercially important lac insect, being a main source of lac, a resin which can be refined into shellac and other products. [1] This insect is native to Asia. [2]
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Haematosiphon inodorus is a species of blood-sucking obligate ectoparasitic insect from the family Cimicidae, commonly called Mexican chicken bug, chicken bug or poultry bug. After feeding they remain in or near their host's roost, nest, substrate, or dwelling, but not on the body.
The edible stink bug Encosternum delegorguei is consumed as human food in Zimbabwe and among the Venda people of South Africa. [22] [28] The insects are light green in color and quite large, averaging at 25 mm (0.98 in) in length. They are most widely known in South Africa as "thongolifha", though they are also known as "tsonônô". [29]
Young African boy intrigued by a bright yellow and red moth. Various cultures throughout Africa utilize insects for many things and have developed unique interactions with insects: as food sources, for sale or trade in markets, or for use in traditional practices and rituals, as ethnomedicine or as part of their traditional ecological knowledge.