butterfly delicacies?

[Bill Cornelius]

Luna:
This is a FAQ for insect energy conversion of biomass to protien: http://www.hollowtop.com/finl_html/conversion.htm
Bill

Solunella at aol.com wrote:

> Please help with the following questions:
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> (1) Any group(s) of people who feed (or historically, were known to have fed) on adult butterflies? (not moths, not larva, yes for nutrition)
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> (2) Are edible parts of butterflies (Leps, or any specific genera, species) especially rich in any nutrients? If so, which?
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> Not too many jokes as it is hard enough top stomach my dead tuna sandwich.
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> Any details would be interesting...
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> Luna
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