World Edible Insects Day on 23 October

Oct 23, 2026

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Scenes of Mexico Mar 09, 2003; Acapulco, Guerrero, MEXICO; A cook holds up an edible grasshopper he has just fried in oil. The insects are eaten in many parts of Mexico as a delicacy.. Copyright: xKeithxDannemillerx
Thailändisches Essen auf dem Markt. Gebratene Insekten, Mehlwürmer als Zwischenmahlzeit Thai food at market. Fried insects mealworms for snack Copyright: imageBROKER @xImxPerfectxLazybon ibxiqx16180767.jpg
Gebratene, gebratene und rohe Insekten, Seidenraupen, Tintenfisch am Stiel als Snack Streetfood in China Roasted, fried and raw insects, silkworms, octopus on stick as snack street food in China Copyright: imageBROKER DawidxKalisinski ibxiqx16132632.jpg
Gebratene, gebratene und rohe Insekten, Seidenraupen, Skorpione, Käfer am Stiel als Imbiss in China Roasted, fried and raw insects, silkworms, scorpions, bugs on stick as snack street food in China Copyright: imageBROKER DawidxKalisinski ibxiqx16132628.jpg
Schokolade mit essbaren Insekten herstellen. Kulinarische Trends Making chocolate with edible insects. Culinary trends Copyright: imageBROKER Mjucha ibxiqx15425067.jpg
Taco Fair 2025 Mexico A view of a cockroach during the Taco Fair on the Alameda del Sur in the Coyoacan district of Mexico City, Mexico, on May 30, 2025, which offers visitors a variety of tacos with a variety of traditional dishes, including crocodile, wild boar, tarantula, and scorpion, among others. Mexico City Mexico City Mexico Copyright: xGerardoxVieyrax originalFilename: vieyra-notitle250530_npxdd.jpg
Pre-Hispanic Gastronomy Fair In Mexico View of dried grasshoppers at the Pre-Hispanic Food Fair 2024 in the Macro Plaza in the Iztapalapa district of Mexico City, where food such as tlacoyos, sopes, quesadillas, huitlacoche, chilatole, and other dishes prepared with acociles, nopales, quelites, beans, and grasshoppers are on offer, on July 11, 2024. Mexico City Mexico Copyright: xGerardoxVieyrax originalFilename: vieyra-notitle240711_nppr0.jpg
Man creates Disgusting Food Museum to highlight alternative food sources visitors can try rotten eggs, maggots and shark that smells like DEATH Story from Jam Press (Disgusting Food Museum) Pictured: A museum visitor trying a June Beetle. Man creates Disgusting Food Museum to highlight alternative food sources visitors can try rotten eggs, maggots and shark that smells like DEATH A museum is offering people the chance to try truly disgusting dishes from rotten eggs to eyeballs. But, according to the owner, many visitors enjoy some of the bizarre meals, particularly the insects. Samuel West first launched the space, aptly named the Disgusting Food Museum in 2017 to push a message of sustainability. The exhibitions foc Copyright: xJamxPress DisgustingxFoodxMuseum
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Company Grig, specializing in healthy food with nutritious cricket flour produce edible insects in Brno, Czech Republic, November 17, 2023. Pictured grasshopper insect. (CTKxPhoto VaclavxSalek) CTKPhotoP2023113005863 CTKPhotoP2023113005863
Close-up of an insect burger For 12.90 euros, visitors to the BUGA Federal Horticultural Show in Mannheim can order such a burger Copyright: xx
Mealworms in a muesli bowl The EU considers it safe to eat yellow mealworms The Europe-wide approval as food is thus getting closer According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 2,100 insect species are edible for humans Topic image, symbol image Cologne, 12 03 2023 NRW Germany Copyright: xChristophxHardtx
edible insects edible insects, 27 01 2023, Borkwalde, Brandenburg, In a package there are edible insects
Prepared insects For the European Union, insects are considered novel foods Two other products, the larva of the cereal mold beetle and the house cricket have been added in various forms of preparation Symbol photo, theme photo Cologne, 24 01 2023 Foto:xR.xSchmiegeltx xFuturexImage
Buffalo worms crickets and mealworms For the European Union, insects are considered novel foods Two other products, the larva of the cereal mold beetle and the house cricket have been added in various forms of preparation symbol photo, theme photo Cologne, 24 01 2023 Foto:xR.xSchmiegeltx xFuturexImage
Verkaufsstand Insektenriegel - Paleo Convention 2015 Neue Heimat Berlin xASx

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Scenes of Mexico Mar 09, 2003; Acapulco, Guerrero, MEXICO; A cook holds up an edible grasshopper he has just fried in oil. The insects are eaten in many parts of Mexico as a delicacy.. Copyright: xKeithxDannemillerx

Thailändisches Essen auf dem Markt. Gebratene Insekten, Mehlwürmer als Zwischenmahlzeit Thai food at market. Fried insects mealworms for snack Copyright: imageBROKER @xImxPerfectxLazybon ibxiqx16180767.jpg

Gebratene, gebratene und rohe Insekten, Seidenraupen, Tintenfisch am Stiel als Snack Streetfood in China Roasted, fried and raw insects, silkworms, octopus on stick as snack street food in China Copyright: imageBROKER DawidxKalisinski ibxiqx16132632.jpg

Gebratene, gebratene und rohe Insekten, Seidenraupen, Skorpione, Käfer am Stiel als Imbiss in China Roasted, fried and raw insects, silkworms, scorpions, bugs on stick as snack street food in China Copyright: imageBROKER DawidxKalisinski ibxiqx16132628.jpg

Schokolade mit essbaren Insekten herstellen. Kulinarische Trends Making chocolate with edible insects. Culinary trends Copyright: imageBROKER Mjucha ibxiqx15425067.jpg

Company Grig, specializing in healthy food with nutritious cricket flour produce edible insects in Brno, Czech Republic, November 17, 2023. Pictured grasshopper insect. (CTKxPhoto VaclavxSalek) CTKPhotoP2023113005863 CTKPhotoP2023113005863

Close-up of an insect burger For 12.90 euros, visitors to the BUGA Federal Horticultural Show in Mannheim can order such a burger Copyright: xx

edible insects edible insects, 27 01 2023, Borkwalde, Brandenburg, In a package there are edible insects

Prepared insects For the European Union, insects are considered novel foods Two other products, the larva of the cereal mold beetle and the house cricket have been added in various forms of preparation Symbol photo, theme photo Cologne, 24 01 2023 Foto:xR.xSchmiegeltx xFuturexImage

Verkaufsstand Insektenriegel - Paleo Convention 2015 Neue Heimat Berlin xASx