Asian giant water bug
The Asian giant water bug is a large aquatic insect, about 6.5 to 8 cm long. It lives in South and Southeast Asia and parts of China, the Ryukyu Islands and New Guinea. People in several Asian countries eat it, and its scent glands make it valued as a flavouring.1

Sɛdeɛ wobɛhunu no
- Typically 6.5 to 8 cm long.1
- Its abdomen has glands that produce odorous chemicals.1
- Some of these chemicals give a sweet, banana-like smell.1
Wɔtaa fa no sɛ: Lethocerus patruelis has narrower light stripes on the pronotum (the plate behind the head). Lethocerus insulanus has a dark stripe between its light stripes. Kirkaldyia deyrolli is paler and has no pronotal stripes, and its eyes are set further apart.1
Bɔre ahoɔden
Bɔre fi ne se mu ba bere a ɔka.
Ne asiane ma nnipa te sɛn?
Asiane ma nnipa: Ɛyɛ yawƐtumi yɛ yaw paa, nanso ɛkame ayɛ sɛ ɛnyɛ asiane kɛseɛ da.
Sɛ ɛka a
- Caterpillar nwi a ɛwɔ: fa sticky tape yi firi so, na afei hohoro honam no. Ntwitwi.
- Ka ho: hohoro na dwo. Hwehwɛ dɔkota mmoa sɛ onipa no ho ntɔ no anaa mogya tu no ntɛm a.
Di kan frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911). Yei yɛ mmoa a ɛdi kan ho akwankyerɛ, ɛnyɛ dɔkota afotuo. Mmoa a ɛdi kan ho nsɛm titiriw
Hwɛ wo ho so
- Mfa wo nsa nka wiram aboa biara, nkyere no na mfa no nni agorɔ, sɛ ɔyɛ ketewa mpo, na sɛ ɛte sɛ ɔrededa anaa wawu mpo a.
- Ma no kwan. Sɛ wohyia baako a, ma wo bo nnwo, san w'akyi brɛoo na ma ɔnkɔ ne kwan.
- Sɛ baako ka wo a: ma wo bo nnwo, tena dinn, frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911) anaa kɔ ayaresabea ntɛm. Kae sɛdeɛ na ɛte, mfonini bɛboa.
Ɛnhwehwɛ wo sɛ ɛbɛpira wo. Ɛde ne bɔre kyere aduane anaa ɛbɔ ne ho ban, na ɛpɛ sɛ ɛhinta sene biribiara. Nsɛm pii fa ahobammɔ ho
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In several Southeast Asian cuisines it is a well-known edible insect. Its flight muscles are often said to taste like sweet scallops or shrimp.1
In Vietnam, a single drop of the extract on a toothpick is enough to flavour a whole bowl of bún thang soup.1
In Vietnam, its scent essence is a pheromone produced by males that attracts females. It is collected from liquid-producing sacs and sold in small glass containers.1
Much of the essence sold as cà cuống in Vietnam is imitation, because the real product is scarce and expensive.1
Its large size, flight muscles and easy dissection make it a model for studying muscle structure, especially cardiac muscle.1
In Northeast India, it is often fried or made into a chutney. It is valued for its high protein content.1
Baabi a nsɛm no fi
- Lethocerus indicus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Lethocerus indicus (iNaturalist): din ne nkyekyɛmu.
- Venom Wiki: asiane gyinabea, kɛseɛ a ɛtaa yɛ ne ntɛm susuo no yɛ yɛn ankasa deɛ. Hwɛ sɛdeɛ yɛbu no: Sɛdeɛ yɛkyerɛ asiane gyinabea.
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