Research shows dragonflies have long been on menu in northeast Japan

Research has shed light on a previously little-known insect-eating tradition in parts of the Tohoku region in Japan's northeast, where dragonflies have been consumed as both delicacies and for medicinal purposes.Shuji Watanabe, a senior curator at the Iwate Prefectural Museum, compiled a field report that describes how dragonflies have long been eaten by locals in parts of Iwate and Akita prefectures.Associate professor Ryohei Sugahara, an expert in human entomophagy, or the eating of insects, called Watanabe's report "intriguing as eating adult dragonflies is rare."One woman in her 70s, bo…READ FULL ARTICLE