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Eating huhu grubs (3rd of 3)

Eating huhu grubs

Each year at the Hokitika Wildfoods festival, cooked huhu grubs are on the menu. They are said to taste like peanut butter.

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Wildfoods Festival, Hokitika
Photograph by John McCombe

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George Gibbs. 'Insects – overview', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/insects-overview/8/2/3