For centuries it wasn’t meat that sustained Aztec warriors but protein-rich, fat-free stink bugs, mescal worms and fly eggs. Mexico has the world’s highest number of edible insects and many of them aren’t all that odd when you sit them alongside caviar, prawns and escargot. Here are the most common edible bugs in Mexico and where to sample them.
Chapulines (grasshoppers)
Gusanos (maguey worms)
Jumiles (stink bugs)
Chicatanas (giant winged ants)
Escamoles (ant larvae)
Ahuatle (water-fly eggs)
Cuchamás (green caterpillars)
Alacránes (scorpions)
Libélulas (dragonflies)
Escarabajos (beetles)
