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. 2020 Sep 1;20(5):19.
doi: 10.1093/jisesa/ieaa106.

Commerce of Edible Insects in the State of Morelos, Mexico

José Manuel Pino Moreno  1 , Humberto Reyes-Prado  2
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Commerce of Edible Insects in the State of Morelos, Mexico

José Manuel Pino Moreno et al. J Insect Sci. .

Abstract

The present study deals with the taxonomical analysis of the edible insects commercialized in the state of Morelos, Mexico. We have recorded two species under the order Orthoptera and four species under Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Our work revealed that grasshoppers and small hemipterans known as 'jumiles' are the two main insects sold in the markets of the state of Morelos. We also discuss insects' prices and their economic importance for the livelihood improvement of the local people connected to the edible insect trade.

Keywords: anthropo-entomophagy; grasshoppers; jumiles’; trade.

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Fig. 1.
The localities (26) in the state of Morelos, Mexico, in which trade of edible insects was documented in preliminary visits to food markets.
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(A and B) Containers in which grasshoppers are sold. (C) Sale of Euschistus sp. ‘jumiles’ in ‘cucuruchos’ (paper cones). (D) Sale of ‘cuetlas’ Arsenura armida displayed in a cardboard box.
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Fig. 3.
Localities and prices of the main insects that are commercialized in rural, semiurban, and urban regions.
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