Study area. a Location of Angola in Africa b Province of Uíge in Angola c Collectors of caterpillars cutting a host tree to collect larvae d Sample points of edible insects including several species according to Table 2. Vegetation zones according to Barbosa (1970).

Photographs of 4 edible Saturniidae-larvae collected in the Province Uíge and its imagoes. a Cirina forda (1) larva, (2) male imago b Imbrasia epimethea (1) larva, (2) male imago c Imbrasia obscura (1) larva, (2) male imago d Imbrasia truncata (1) larva, (2) male imago.

Photographs of another 4 edible Saturniidae-larvae collected in the Province Uíge and its imagoes. a larva of Gonimbrasia alopia b Pseudantheraea discrepans (1) larva, (2) female imago (3) male imago c Gonimbrasia dione (1) larva, (2) male imago d Micragone cana (1) larva, (2) male imago.

Photographs of edible larvae of Notodontidae (a–e) and Erebidae (f), collected in the Province Uíge. a Anaphe panda (1) larva (2) male imago b Anaphe venata (1) larva, (2) male imago, cNotodontidae sp. 1 dNotodontidae sp. 2 (left) and eNotodontidae sp. 4 (right) f Sciatta inconcisa (1) larva, (2) male imago.

Photographs of edible larvae of Lasiocampidae (a), Curculionidae (b), photo taken by Barbara Ditsch and Gryllidae (c) collected in the Province Uíge. a Gastroplakaeis rubroanalis (1) in cocoon and (2) without b Rhynchophorus phoenicis c Brachytrupes membranaceus.