20 All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you. 21 However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground. 22 Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper. 23 All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.
That said, those are definitely not Orthoptera in that picture since Orthops are hemi-metabolous and hatch/birth looking like smaller versions of the adults. Holo-metabolous insects like beetles, flies, butterflies/moths, and bees/wasps are the ones with larval forms that look like mealworms/caterpillars/grubs.
The only real advantage locusts have is they are like goats and will eat absolutely everything possible.
Yield wise holometabolic larvae are better as they are literal eating machines with the sole purpose of building energy reserves to then change into an adult form, which is sometimes aphagous in the case of some moths so what the caterpillar eats is the only energy intake that insect will ever accomplish.
Larvae mean fewer unpalatable body parts like wings, legs, and at times significant carapace developments, but it's still not something many in the world, notably in the West, want to consume as historically animal protein has come from domestic farm animals such as cattle, goats/sheep, swine, and fowl.
Worth noting that it's always cattle and swine herds that these arguments are against while ignoring fowl despite their broader range of consumables as well as utility options based around their plumage.
Obviously there's the actual animal to consume but there are also eggs which can either be consumed directly or used as ingredients for more complex foods.
Fowl being smaller than cattle are not only faster to reach maturity but also easier to raise by comparison in terms of both feed requirements and ranging location. Sure cattle can "only" need grass but that requires having the grass in the first place both in terms of quality and quantity. Fowl however can happily live in woodland areas living off anything small enough for them to swallow.
Yet eco-warriors never bother to champion fowl as a possible alternative to cattle, most likely because it's not about one or the other, it's about control.
it's not kosher
It is according to Leviticus 11:22
That said, those are definitely not Orthoptera in that picture since Orthops are hemi-metabolous and hatch/birth looking like smaller versions of the adults. Holo-metabolous insects like beetles, flies, butterflies/moths, and bees/wasps are the ones with larval forms that look like mealworms/caterpillars/grubs.
The only real advantage locusts have is they are like goats and will eat absolutely everything possible.
Yield wise holometabolic larvae are better as they are literal eating machines with the sole purpose of building energy reserves to then change into an adult form, which is sometimes aphagous in the case of some moths so what the caterpillar eats is the only energy intake that insect will ever accomplish.
Larvae mean fewer unpalatable body parts like wings, legs, and at times significant carapace developments, but it's still not something many in the world, notably in the West, want to consume as historically animal protein has come from domestic farm animals such as cattle, goats/sheep, swine, and fowl.
Worth noting that it's always cattle and swine herds that these arguments are against while ignoring fowl despite their broader range of consumables as well as utility options based around their plumage.
Obviously there's the actual animal to consume but there are also eggs which can either be consumed directly or used as ingredients for more complex foods. Fowl being smaller than cattle are not only faster to reach maturity but also easier to raise by comparison in terms of both feed requirements and ranging location. Sure cattle can "only" need grass but that requires having the grass in the first place both in terms of quality and quantity. Fowl however can happily live in woodland areas living off anything small enough for them to swallow.
Yet eco-warriors never bother to champion fowl as a possible alternative to cattle, most likely because it's not about one or the other, it's about control.