Table 1.

Most commonly consumed insects around the world [12].

Group of Insects	Order	Number of Species	Number of Recorded Edible Insect Species per Group in the World	Percent of Recorded Edible Insect Species per Group in the World
Beetles	Coleoptera	370,000	659	31.2
Caterpillars	Lepidoptera	165,000	362	17.1
Ants, Bees, Wasps	Hymenoptera	198,000	321	15.2
Grasshoppers, Locusts, Crickets	Orthoptera	20,000	278	13.2
True bugs	Hemiptera	82,000	237	11.2
Dragonflies	Odonata	5500	61	2.9
Termites	Isoptera	2750	59	2.8
Flies	Diptera	122,000	37	1.8
Cockroaches	Blattodea	4000	37	1.8
Spiders	Araneae	40,000	15	0.7
Others	-	33,164 +	45	2.1

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