Edible Cisada (Hemoptera)

Cisada (Hemopter) are collected and eated in northeast Thailand. Cicadoidea have large eyes wide apart on the head and usually transparent, well-veined wings. Many people around the world regularly eat cicadas: the female is prized as it is meatier. Shells of cicadas are employed in the traditional medicines of China. Our Cicada’s have been cooked and seasoned to taste. They are consumed as a delicacy in Thailand’s north-eastern region.