Abstract
Throughout history humans have used a variety of insect species as sources of food: as everyday dietary supplements, occasional delicacies, and replacements for more common foods in times of shortages. Few Westerners realize that the practice of collecting and consuming insects in various life stages continues today. Human entomophagy is not limited to “primitive” peoples or practiced only in cases of critical food shortage. There are modern Indian people in the United States, living within walking distance of major grocery and fast-food chains, who choose to collect and eat larvae of the pandora moth, Coloradia pandora lindseyi Barnes & Benjamin. Piuga, as the Paiute Indians call the larvae, is a traditional food source among these people of the Owens Valley-Mono Lake area of California.
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