Table 1 List of the recorded entomophagy therapeutic species

1

Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758

Hymenoptera: Apidae

Under the soil or in hollow wood

Monsoon and winter

Food: larva, pupa: fried

Therapy: honey: coughs, sore throats, and mouth ulcers; raw insect juice: cure mouth ulcers

2

Apis dorsata Fabricius, 1793

Hymenoptera: Apidae

Rocky cliffs

Monsoon

Food: larva, pupa: fried

Therapy: honey: coughs, sore throats, and mouth ulcers

3

Darthula hardwickii Gray, 1832

Hemiptera: Aetalionidae

Tree trunks (various tree species)

Spring

Food: adult, nymph: frying after discarding wings

Therapy: jaundice: drink the decoction of the crushed roasted insect

4

Unidentified sp. (Longhorn beetles)

Coleoptera: Cerambycidae

Trunk and branches of Albizia sp

Autumn

Food: larva, pupa: fried or the larvae are boiled in a small amount of water by adding ginger, garlic, and salt preferably with chilly, and cooked until the water evaporates

Therapy: larva: cough: make soup by adding salt, ginger, and garlic

5

Notobitus species

Hemiptera: Coreidae

Various plants

Food: adult: fried

Therapy: adult: cough

6

Tipula species

Diptera: Tipulidae

Aquatic and terrestrial

Summer

Food: larva: fried

Therapy: larva: speed up the healing process after surgery and to relieve body aches: soup or the cooked larva is served for quick recovery

7

Rhynchophorus species

Coleoptera: Curculionidae

Phoenix species

Monsoon

Food: larva: fried

Therapy: larva: cough: soup of the larva by adding ginger, garlic and salt

8

Vespa soror du Buysson, 1905

Hymenoptera: Vespidae

Soil (underground)

Autumn

Food: larva, pupa: cooking or fried

Therapy: improves eyesight, strengthens the body

9

Unidentified sp. (Pink Oak borer)

Lepidoptera

Trunk or branches of Quercus species

Autumn

Food: larva, pupa: cooking or fried

Therapy: body ache and cough: soup of the larvae