Ethnoentomology of the Central Kalahari San

The Central Kalahari San (Bushmen) use many kinds of insects for daily food, in hunting, for medicine, for beauty, for decoration and as children’s play things. The author describes in particular detail the use of insects such as termites, grasshoppers, beetles, caterpillars, ants and honey for food, detailing methods for collecting and eating. Even though insects are not an important subsistence resource, the San have an extensive knowledge of the world of insects and make good use of them. The data were collected among /Gui and //Gana living in the Xade settlement in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana, in the 1993/94 and 1994/95 rainy season. App., notes, ref., sum.