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. 2020 Apr 1;9(4):401. doi: 10.3390/foods9040401

Table 1.

List of preferred insects used as food, feed, and oriental medicine in Korea.

Sample Scientific Name Classification Feed Life Stage
AD Allomyrina dichotoma Coleoptera Dynastidae Fermented sawdust Larvae
TM Tenebrio molitor Coleoptera Tenebrionidae Rice, bran Larvae
PB Protaetia brevitarsis Coleoptera Cetoniidae Rice, bran, Organic soil Larvae
GB Gryllus bimaculatus Orthoptera Gryllidae Rice, bran, Vegetables Late nymph
TE Teleogryllus emma Orthoptera Gryllidae Rice, bran, Vegetables Late nymph
AM Apis mellifera Hymenoptera Apidae Honey, pollen Adult