Fried cooked bamboo caterpillars (Rot Duan) as sold in Bangkok - An example of the strange or weird food eaten by people around the world

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Rot Duan or bamboo caterpillar is well-known among Thai. It can found it in fried-insect shop; grasshopper, weevil, cricket etc. Bamboo Rot Duan has many names up to its location if it lives in Northern called “Dae Pai or Dunag Pai”, in E-Gor tribe (เผ่าอีก้อ) called “Habolua”, in Karieng tribe (เผ่ากะเหรี่ยง) called “Kli-Kler” and Burmese called “Ju Sung”. Rot Duan is a grub of moth, family Pyralidae and it is a tropical insect zone found in Northern and North East of Thailand."

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Size: 3744px × 5616px
Location: Bangkok Thailand
Photo credit: © Neil Setchfield / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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