A hard day’s work …. and lunch provided
June 25, 2012
Last week I spent some time splitting wood and came across several grubs (see picture) that had eaten themselves a cosy hideaway within a stringybark log.
As kids we called these Witchetty Grubs. This is a misnomer as the term Witchetty Grub applies specifically to the larvae of the cossid moth Endoxyla leucomochla. It is found in Central Australia and feeds on the roots of the Witchetty bush (Acacia kempeana).
This specimen is most likely the larvae of a Longhorn Beetle (family Cerambycidae).
Either way, it tastes like chicken.
So they say.
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Focus On Fauna 
I dare you to eat one!
you do have a sense of humour Ron… and now someone has dared you to eat one … goodness me!
I cooked one up once and it tasted like scrambled eggs.