... Raha in the Solomon Islands. The Kiriwinians, a Melanesian people inhabiting the Trobriand Islands, ate a variety of insects, including the larvae of the rhinoceros beetle, Scapanes sp. (Dynastinae) ... (regardless of food or protein shortages) indicates there were other reasons to eat insects. It is doubtful that primi- tive humans ever felt an instinctive aversion to eating insects, and there is ... feeding in compost or other decaying plant matter, including dung. The adults were usually roasted (sometimes fried), and either eaten alone after breaking off the hard, chitinous parts or used in...