Asian giant water bug
Ho lomaThe 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

Ho e tseba jwang
- 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
Hangata e ferekanngwa le: 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
Matla a chefo
Chefo e tswa ka meno a yona a chefo (fangs) kapa ka meno a mang ha e loma.
E kotsi hakae ho batho?
Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.
Haeba e loma
- Bakeng sa boya bo hlabang ba diboko: bo tlose ka theipi e kgomarelang, ebe o hlatswa letlalo. O se ke wa hohla.
- Bakeng sa ho longwa: hlatswa mme o pholise. Fumana thuso ya bongaka haeba motho a ikutlwa a kula kapa a tswa madi habonolo.
Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele
Dula o bolokehile
- O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
- E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
- Haeba e nngwe e o loma: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.
Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile
Hokae lefatsheng?
E kgolo hakae?
E telele hakae?
e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 2,5 moleng
e ka sesa bolelele ba letangwane le leholo la ho sesa (50 m) ka metsotswana e 160Asian giant water bug e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?
Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.
E potlaka hakae?
Dintlha
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
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Lethocerus indicus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Lethocerus indicus (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
- Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.
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