{"id":2503,"date":"2009-06-24T22:59:02","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T04:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.wend.ca\/?p=2503"},"modified":"2020-06-21T08:04:23","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T12:04:23","slug":"country-bugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=2503","title":{"rendered":"Country Bugs"},"content":{"rendered":"

In India, most of the termites that I’ve seen have built their homes in red, sandy, loamy like soil; and, just like in many other countries around the world, they’ve developed a bad reputation for their ravenous ability to eat wood, destroy field crops, eat paper, trees, roots, seedlings, logs, and anything else they can get their hungry little mouths around.<\/p>\n

They’re not always seen as the bad boys of the bug world, however. Termites have been used as food in rural \/ poor areas because they are high in protein and can benefit those people at dietary risk: children and pregnant women. They are also used in Indian folk medicine; specifically, to treat asthma and increase lactation.<\/p>\n

I found this little guy (or gal) while hiking through the forest:<\/p>\n

\"Critters\"<\/a><\/p>\n

At first, I thought this was a spider web but quickly realized it was a caterpillar nest. Already you can see by the holes that the caterpillars have been moving in and out.<\/p>\n

\"Critters\"<\/a><\/p>\n