Asian giant water bug
KirumaThe 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

Engeri y'okukitegeera
- 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
Kitera okutabulwa ne: 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
Amaanyi g'obusagwa
Obusagwa buyita mu mannyo gaakyo amawanvu (fangs) oba mu mannyo amalala nga kiruma.
Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?
Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.
Bwe kiruma
- Ku byoya by'ebisaanyi ebibojja: bijjeeko ne tteepu ekwata, oluvannyuma naaza olususu. Tokolokota.
- Ku kulumwa: naaza era nyogoza. Funa obuyambi bw'abasawo singa omuntu awulira bubi oba omusaayi gumuvaamu mangu.
Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi
Weekuume
- Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
- Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
- Bw'emu ekuluma: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.
Tekikunoonya. Kikozesa obusagwa bwakyo okukwata emmere oba okwekuuma, era kyandisinze kwekweka. Ebirala ku kwekuuma
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Ebituufu
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
Ebituufu we biva
- Lethocerus indicus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Lethocerus indicus (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
- Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.
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