Witchetty grub

Witchetty Made (English witchetty grub) is used in Australia name for great white, wood -feeding larvae of wood borers ( Cossidae ), rootworm ( Hepialidae ) or longhorn beetles ( Cerambycidae ).

Notably, however, the order up to 7 cm large wood drill larva of Endoxyla meant leucomochla (formerly Xyleutes leucomochla ). It feeds on the wood of the endemic in Australia Acacia Acacia kempeana, which is colloquially called, among other things witchetty bush and is name-giving. The word comes from the language of the witchetty Adnyamathanha, a native to the north-east of South Australia tribe of Aborigines. It is made up of " crooked branch " ( wityu ) and " larva " ( Vartu ).

The term witchetty grub is mainly needed when one speaks of the larva as food. They are both raw and roasted edible. Since they are a lot of protein, they were an important part of the diet of the Australian aborigines. They are now packaged available in some supermarkets. The taste is reminiscent of nuts, which is attributed to the fact that they feed exclusively on wood.

From bardi dug speaks mostly in Australia, when these larvae are used by fishermen on freshwater waters as bait when fishing. Originally the name for the larva of the bark beetle Bardistus cibarius was used.