A tourist ate fried insects from a street food market in Thailand. Footage shows the holidaymaker munching on a fried beetle, holding it up to the camera before taking a bite in Chumphon Province ...

Thailand, Aug. 20, 2017. Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images There are 2,100 species of insects that are consumed as food in over 110 countries, according to the National Institute of Health ...

At the Institute of Entomology at Khon Kaen University, which is pushing forward with research into edible insects in Thailand, students are experimenting with ways of producing food from insects ...

Thailand has long used insects in cuisine, not just in well-known Thai street food, but also utilising ingredients such as water beetles and silkworms in fine dining. Flying Spark grows fruit fly ...

Grasshoppers are a Thai delicacy, often eaten fried and sprinkled with soya sauce as a snack. They are considered a future food due to their high protein and low fat, and can be farmed using ...

South Korea and Thailand have allowed the consumption of certain insect species that tick several boxes for nutrition. Companies selling pre-packaged food which contain insects as an ingredient ...