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  • Ant wine, pictured on the famed Great Wall of China, among a kilo of black ants, is actually ant-steeped rice brandy, and is lauded by Chinese traditional medicine doctors for its medicinal treatment of hepatitis-B and rheumatism. (Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects)
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  • Wang Lingyun, manager of the Yue Xiu seafood restaurant in Luoyang, with a plate of her specialty scorpions. On the bar behind are large jars containing potent rice wine with deer penises, snakes, and herbs. Luoyang, China. (Man Eating Bugs page 99 Top)
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  • Waitresses at the Roasted Goose restaurant outside Kunming present one of the establishment's specialties, an ant and chicken egg casserole, Kunming, China. (Man Eating Bugs page 104 Top)
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  • A small pot of Caterpillar Fungus Soup with Black Chicken, prepared by the Wine Forest restaurant costs 50 yuan, or $6.25 U.S.; the relatively high cost, especially considering that the soup contains only three or four of the fungi, originated from its medicinal value for the treatment of asthma, colds, jaundice, and tuberculosis. Guangzhou, China. The bamboo sticks are marked with the names of dishes available at the restaurant and act as a rustic menu. (Man Eating Bugs page 100,101)
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  • Caterpillar fungus gift boxes for sale in a traditional medical pharmacy, Kunming, China. The parasitic fungus Cordyceps sinensis attacks the larvae of the ghost moth Hepialus armoricanus, and grows into the body of the caterpillar. The fungus literally takes over the caterpillar, forming a hard, brown, mummy-like fungus sculpture of the caterpillar. The fungus is used to treat asthma, colds, jaundice, and tuberculosis and is very expensive: It sells for 4,000 yuan ($500 U.S.) per pound. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • One of the chefs of the "Elegant Good Smell Restaurant" prepares scorpion soup and stir-fried scorpions in woks, Louyang, China.(Man Eating Bugs page 98)
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  • Squirming flesh-colored marine worms for sale in a plastic tub in the Qing Ping Market. They are sold (not as bait) but as food, along with plump pink silkworm pupae and shiny black hard-shelled water beetles.   Guangzhou Province, China. (Man Eating Bugs page 86,87)
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  • Dried cicadas are one of many foodstuffs that may be purchased in the night food market in the village of Menghan, along with pig brain, pig feet, chicken feet, dried frogs, and fish heads. Jinhong, China. (Man Eating Bugs page 100 Bottom)
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  • A "barefoot doctor's" (traditional healer's) display of herbs and roots in the Sunday market in Menghan village, Xishaungbanna, China. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • A vendor naps in his stall at the old Qing Ping Market in Guangzhou, China. He sells dried snakes, scorpions, beetles, centipedes, shark fins, and caterpillar fungus..Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • A scorpion ranch in Luoyang, China. The scorpions are fed mealworms and watermelon. Scorpions in China are useful as both food and traditional Chinese medicine. Scorpions are in such demand that they are raised domestically (ranch style) by Chinese entrepreneurs. Man Eating Bugs page 93.
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  • A woman and her son choose scorpions for dinner in a market in Guangzhou, China's. Scorpions in China are useful as both food and traditional Chinese medicine. Scorpions are in such demand that they are raised domestically (ranch style) by Chinese entrepreneurs. They taste like sautéed twigs. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • You Zhiming, a young scorpion salesman, allows a scorpion to climb up his arm as a woman and her son choose scorpions for dinner in Guangzhou China's, Qing Ping Market. Scorpions are used as both food and traditional Chinese medicine. They are in such demand —often raised domestically by Chinese entrepreneurs. They taste a bit like sautéed twigs. (Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects)
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  • Li Shuiqi, a 26 year-old scorpion seller, and his roommate, You Zhiming, 25, eat scorpion soup. The pair of salesmen keep more than 10,000 scorpions in their apartment to raise and sell (for food and medicine) in the Qing Ping Market, Guangzhou, China. They are woody tasting. (Man Eating Bugs page 92)
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  • A bowl of scorpion soup in Guangzhou, China made by Li Shuiqi, a 26 year-old scorpion seller, and his roommate, You Zhiming, 25. The pair of salesmen was raising more than 10,000 scorpions in their apartment to sell in markets in Guangzhou, China. Scorpions in China are useful as both food and traditional Chinese medicine. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Swarming scorpions, members of Fan Yuelian's family business; the scorpions are raised in the family's apartment in plastic bins and are intended for sale in the city's Bird and Flower Market. (Man Eating Bugs page 97)
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  • A scorpion ranch in Luoyang, China. Scorpions in China are useful as both food and traditional Chinese medicine. Scorpions are in such demand that they are raised domestically (ranch style) by Chinese entrepreneurs. Man Eating Bugs page 93.
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  • Scorpions swarming at the Ru Yang Boda Scorpion Breeding Company, a new business in China's burgeoning market economy in Luo Yang, China. Scorpions in China are useful as both food and traditional Chinese medicine. Scorpions are in such demand that they are raised domestically (ranch style) by Chinese entrepreneurs. The Boda ranch's thirty employees are raising more than three million scorpions for public consumption in a football field-sized brick building. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Hou Songfeng in the concrete mausoleum-like breeding room of his scorpion-raising facility: Ru Yang Boda Scorpion Breeding Company,  a new addition to China's burgeoning market economy. The Boda ranch's thirty employees are raising more than three million scorpions for public consumption in a football field-sized brick building; Songfeng would like to expand his market into the United States, Luoyang,  China. (page 94, 95) .
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  • A baby scorpion on a fingertip; Kunming, China. (Man Eating Bugs page 96 Best)
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  • In Kunming, the capital city of the southern province of Yunnan, Fan Yuelian displays her family's home business, the raising of various insects such as live scorpions to be sold in the city's Bird and Flower Market, Kunming, China. The scorpions are raised in bins in her son's room, next to his bed. (Man Eating Bugs page 96 Top)
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  • The owner and chef of a restaurant in Kunming, China prepare live scorpions as a special treat for the visiting photographer from the USA. The live scorpions are put into rice wine for 30 seconds to anesthetize them. Their stingers are then clipped off and the scorpions are eaten whole. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Fried scorpions prepared at the Yue Xiu seafood restaurant served in Luoyang, China. (Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects page 99. See also page 6).
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  • Water beetles marinated in ginger and soy sauce with a carrot garnish against a background of swimming water beetles, in a restaurant in Guangzhou Province, China. (Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects)
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  • Water beetles marinated in ginger and soy sauce with a carrot garnish against a background of swimming water beetles, Guangzhou Province, China. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Stir-fried black water beetles prepared for a restaurant meal in Guangzhou, China (cold beer in background). Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • The Summer Palace in Beijing, China. Situated the western outskirts of Haidian District, the Summer Palace is 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) from central Beijing and contains archetypal Chinese gardens and buildings. The Palace is considered by some one of the most noted classical gardens of the world.
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  • As a preadolescent Buddhist monk walks through a market with two other young monk friends in the southern province of Yunnan; he proudly displays his fake pager; a coveted toy from "Motorora; Ching Menghan Sunday Market; Yunnan; China. (Man Eating Bugs page 84; 85)
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  • A traditional medicine doctor surrounded by his patients in the Fu Lin Tang Pharmacy in Kunming, China. The doctors, and all those in the line, listen to a series of health ailments, after which the doctor prescribes specific prescriptions of herbs and insects. From the project, Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Bugs.
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  • A traditional medicine doctor surrounded by his patients in the Fu Lin Tang Pharmacy. The doctor, and all those in the line, listen to a series of health ailments, after which the doctor then prescribes a specific prescriptions of herbs and insects, among other natural ingredients. Kunming, China. (Man Eating Bugs page 105 Top)
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  • A sample of caterpillar castings tea, called chongcha. The tiny hard pellets of caterpillar excrement are steeped in hot water to produce a tea of sorts which is reputed to possess certain medicinal properties, Kunming, China. (Man Eating Bugs page 105, 101)
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  • Caterpillar fungus, sold in markets and traditional medicine dispensaries throughout China was available here in the Qing Ping Market in Guangzhou until the market was closed in the early 2000's. The parasitic fungus Cordyceps sinensis attacks the larvae of the ghost moth Hepialus armoricanus, and grows into the body of the caterpillar. The fungus literally takes over the caterpillar, forming a hard, brown, mummy-like fungus sculpture of the caterpillar. The fungus is used to treat asthma, colds, jaundice, and tuberculosis and is very expensive: It sells for 4,000 yuan ($500 U.S.) per pound. (See "Fungus in your tea" on page 89 of Man Eating Bugs)
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  • Tao Xiuzeng, a worker at the Silk Factory #1 in the city of Suzhou, describes her favorite recipe for silkworms as she pulls the silkworm cocoons from boiling water, threads the fine  silk filament onto a reel, and then tosses away the rest of the pupae when the 1000 yards or more of silk is wound off each one. Occasionally she brings silk worm pupae home to eat, first drying them in the oven, then stir-frying them with ginger, onion, rice wine, and garlic, Suzhou, China. Her daughter is afraid of them, she says. (Man Eating Bugs page 90 Bottom)
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  • Live silkworm pupae are sold in the Qing Ping market; the pupae are often stir-fried along with ginger, onion, rice wine, and garlic, Guangzhou, China. (Man Eating Bugs page 90 Top)
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  • Stir-fried silkworm pupae about to be eaten, Guangzhou, China. Silk worm pupae can also be deep-fried. (Man Eating Bugs page 91).
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  • Two little girls leave their parent's table to marvel at the fresh catches in the Nan Hei (South Sea City Seafood) Restaurant which resemble the bins of various catches at a fish market; some of the selections include flesh-colored marine worms, plump pink silkworm pupae, and shiny black hard shelled water beetles, all sold not as bait, but as food. Clients choose their fish or insects and tell the staff how to prepare them. Ten minutes later they are on the table. Guangzhou province, China. (Man Eating Bugs, page 88-89)
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  • The Li River in Yangshuo, China. In the background are karst mountains, which are famous landscape features of this part of China near Guillin in Guangxi Porovice. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • The Sunday market in the village of Menghan in the southwestern province of Jinhong, near Burma, Jinhong, China. (Man Eating Bugs page 102,103)
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  • A couple shows off a singing cricket in a little cage that a vendor is selling on the Bund in Shanghai, China. The crickets are pets, not food. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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