A List of Edible Insects Sold at the Public Market in Khon Kaen, Northeast Thailand

In their book Edible fnsects tn IVbrtheast Thailand, Varaasvapati et al. [1975] describe various insects eaten.as food, including stink bugs, water-scorpions, and mantids.This was followed by Mung- korndin [1981], Forests as a Slource of R)od to Rural Communities in Thaigand, which deals with the edibie plants and animals of the whole of Thailand, Moreover, Sangpradub [1982] found that insects account for 44 percent of edible invertebrates in northeast Thailand.We have found that various insects are sold as food at the public market in Khen Kaen, a major city of northeastern Thailand.This paper describes 15 of these insects, their prices, seasons and other details.