Use of Insects by the Australian Aborigines

[Donald]

An interesting article, from the American Entomologist (32: 8-13), on the historical use of insects by the Australian Aborigines, is posted here:
http://www.bugbios.com/ced1/aust_abor.html

Some of these insects may be shown in challenges on Survivor: The Australian Outback. If the past show is any indication, you will not get much detailed information, so read the article and be informed. Then you can impart some real survival information.

The article will provide such information as: "Ten large grubs are sufficient to provide the daily needs of an adult." This fact is in reference to a discussion of the larvae of Xyleutes leucomochla Turn, the true witchety grub of the Aborigines.

Enjoy!

 

[Greg Davenport]

Donald,

I enjoyed the article. Excellent

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[Walt Welch]

The aboriginies also used some sort of wood boring insect to bore a hole down the center of a piece of wood which became with more work, a musical instrument (digoridoo??).

Further, they extracted a poison which they used for their arrows and darts from some sort of insect larvae. It didn't work as well as, say, curare, requiring a few days to kill the animal that was struck.

Walt